#ringo starr's all-starr band

[jeffcbliss]

Ringo Starr - The Venetian Theatre; Las Vegas, NV (6-1-24). @ringostarrmusic @thebeatles

Photo: Jeff Bliss

[swaying--daisies]

“How Lucky Was I, to have those men in my life?”

I think Paul really spoke for all of us 😭

(The cropped versions are wallpaper friendly! 🥰)

[javelinbk]

The Beatles at the press launch for Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, at Brian Epstein's house, 24 Chapel Street, London. 19th May 1967. Photo by Barrie Wentzell.

[maxwelllhammer]

Love is all you need!!

[gojisaurus]

redrew a comic i made when i first saw some bits from the Get Back documentary

[thekhoei]

my favorite lennon starr friendship moment is that each of them narrated the other's commercial

(i couldnt post 2 vids at once so i added inline links to the videos)

[commanderogerss]

@usergif new year, new fonts

day 02 - ONLY ONE

the beatles now and then (2023)

font used: magical holiday

[good-to-drive]

One thing that gives me some petty satisfaction as a beatles fan is when someone is bitching about how such and such an artist is a million times better and more original than the beatles and then you look up the artist and they just very openly consider the beatles to be one of their primary musical influences

[harrisonsbabygirl]

Behind the scenes of the Sgt Pepper photo shoot on March 30th, 1967

[jeffcbliss]

(L-R) Ringo Starr, Gregg Bissonette and Colin Hay of Ringo Starr's All-Starr Band - The Venetian Theatre; Las Vegas, NV (6-1-24). @ringostarrmusic @greggbissonette @ColinHay

Photo: Jeff Bliss

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They say it’s your birthday… 😎 Happy birthday to you! ✌️✨🎆🍓🌠🤩🥳

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Concert Review: Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band

Wed. 9/18/24 @ Chevalier Theatre (Medford, MA)

Sir Ringo (center) and his All-Starr Band

What more can you say about Sir Ringo Starr? At 84, he is still an active musician and performer in his own right and not just the drummer for The Beatles who occasionally sang on select songs. I have been fortunate enough to cover not only The Beatles (most recently with the reissue of the Red and Blue albums late last year), but also Sir Ringo's solo output including 2019's What's My Name, 2022's EP3, 2023's Rewind Forward, and this year's Crooked Boy. I was lucky enough to see him live in 2010 on his 70th birthday where his old bandmate Paul McCartney came out for the encore and performed "Birthday" with him. For my second time seeing him in 2022 he was at the Boch Center and it blew me away to see someone in his 80s singing and drumming like he was in his 20s. At the very last minute, I got to cover Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band's only MA show on a Fall tour in the same week I got to see Jane's Addiction and Pearl Jam. What a week!

All-Starr Band with their starry background

Over time it has become cool to poke fun at Sir Ringo, but his solo career is criminally underrated. As a member of The Beatles, he gets loads of respect, but as a solo artist he doesn’t get the recognition he deserves. He has to live up to the Fab Four and each of their solo careers, but he has actually made some great solo albums. In 1989, Starr toured with a supergroup Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band. Each of the band members takes turns doing some of their hits in addition to backing Starr as he does his solo and Beatle hits. The line-up of the All-Starr Band has changed over the years, but the group is still going strong. This lineup features Toto's Steve Lukather (an All-Starr since 2012), Men at Work's Colin Hay (an All-Starr in 2003, 2008 and since 2018), Average White Band and Paul McCartney's band (in the late 80s/early 90s) Hamish Stuart (an All-Starr 2006-2008 and since 2018), David Lee Roth alum Gregg Bissonette (an All-Starr since 2008), Kansas and Toto alum Warren Ham (an All-Starr since 2014) and Aerosmith touring member Buck Johnson (newest All-Starr). The only difference in this lineup since I saw them in 2022 is that Edgar Winter wasn't there, Buck Johnson was filling in. Ringo did his solo hits "It Don't Come Easy", "I'm the Greatest", "Back Off Boogaloo", and "Photograph" as well as Beatle hits "Yellow Submarine", "Octopus's Garden", "I Wanna Be Your Man" and "With a Little Help From My Friends". He also did cover songs he's closely affiliated with like Carl Perkins' "Matchbox" (which The Beatles did in 1964), and The Shirelles' "Boys" (which The Beatles covered in 1963). Each member got their chance to shine too with Lukather singing Toto hits, Stuart doing Average White Band hits, and Hay doing Men at Work hits. Of all the non-Ringo / Beatle songs, I found the Men at Work hits to be the strongest.

Sir Ringo singing

Sir Ringo drumming

I don't know how much longer Sir Ringo is going to be touring and performing for, so any chance to see him is exciting. He sings lead and sometimes plays drums and he's a born entertainer! There is an element of a Vegas show vibe to this, but what's wrong with that? I do wish they'd incorporate some of Ringo's output since the 70s into set, but he's giving the audience what they want. This was my third time seeing the All-Starr Band and it was a blast. The first time is among my most legendary concert moments ever to get to see two Beatles onstage together. The second show I got to see in the same week as a Sir Paul concert. Bottom line: it's hard to compare to both of those concert experiences, but this was quite a show!

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