We met Johnny Cash on the last gig the Beatles did, in San Francisco,Ringo Starrsays today.
That was the last time we did gigs, and Johnny was there to see us off.
Like Yesterday as [sings] Come and Play.
Ringo Starr teamed up with producer T Bone Burnett for his new country album ‘Look Up.‘Scott Robert Ritchie*
Id just put new words to these songs.
I like old country, old style, and thats what weve got, he says.
I think its great she made that move, Starr says.
And he sent me this beautiful country song, Starr says.
The name Ringo Starr sounds like the sheriff of Tombstone, Arizona.
I tried to write a Gene Autry kind of cowboy song.
It just started rolling from there.
Burnetts inclination to evoke Autry while writing the song Come Back was right on point.
He credits that early memory of Autry with fostering his interest in country music.
It was just one of those musical thrills for a kid.
(Im a bit sloppy, but its still a groove, you know?
Starr says of his playing.)
I like the more kind of country-leaning stuff the Beatles have done, Tuttle says.
It was just so cool to hear Ringo drumming on that punch in of song again.
When they sent me the mix with my voice on it, I was completely flabbergasted.
It was one of the most surreal things that Ive ever gotten the privilege to do.
Ringo has been underutilized as a singer, Burnett says.
You hear every syllable that he says.
Its a reminder to experience life in the moment, and not through the screen of a phone.
Its titled Thankful, and it features the angelic harmonies of Alison Krauss.
Im thankful for my life.
Im settled now, with good friends, he says.
And its a sunny day.
I like to say, Its always a sunny day.
