Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band

Infobox Album | Name = Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band...
Type = Live album
Artist = Ringo Starr


Released = 8 October 1990
Recorded = 3 September 1989
Genre = Rock
Length = 56:00
Label = EMI (UK)
Rykodisc (US)
Producer = Joe Walsh
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gmd7yl7jxpsb link]
Last album = ""
(1989)
This album = "Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band"
(1990)
Next album = "Time Takes Time"
(1992) |

"Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band" is Ringo Starr's first official live album, recorded in 1989 during his successful comeback tour and released in 1990. It was also Starr's first release of unheard material for seven years.

The Album

After taking a hiatus from his solo career following 1983's "Old Wave", Starr spent the next few years making TV appearances and guesting on other artists' recordings and gigs, as well as recording an album that would remain unissued. In 1988, however, he and wife Barbara Bach accepted that they both were suffering from alcoholism and took steps to rehabilitate themselves. Once Starr was sober, he felt the need to work again. Before delving into an album, he wanted to hit the road first - but with a difference. Always one to include friends, Starr concocted the All-Starr Band, an ever-changing live line-up of famous musicians that would back Starr up, in addition to each performing a song or two themselves.

Booking himself on the road from July to September 1989, Starr was accompanied by Dr. John, Joe Walsh, Billy Preston, The Band's Levon Helm, Garth Hudson and Rick Danko, Nils Lofgren, Clarence Clemons and renowned session drummer Jim Keltner. The shows were often sold out and were well-received, although Starr's thunder was stolen by Paul McCartney's concurrent first US tour in thirteen years for "Flowers in the Dirt". However, demand was so high for Starr & Co. that they would end up playing Japan before McCartney that same fall. After several years of laying fallow, Ringo Starr was doing what he loved best and was clearly all the happier for it. The performance contained here was effected on the closing night of the US tour at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles.

"Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band" was released through EMI in the fall of 1990 (Starr's first association with his first label since 1975). In the US however, Rykodisc assumed the distribution of the album. Failing to chart, the release would ultimately be deleted some years later. In the first edition, is included a bonus CD with alternative songs.

Track listing

#"It Don't Come Easy" (Richard Starkey) – 3:17
#"The No-No Song" (Hoyt Axton/David Jackson) – 3:28
#"Iko Iko" (Rosa Lee Hawkins/Barbara Ann Hawkins/Joan Marie Johnson/James Crawford) – 6:10
#* "Performed by Dr. John"
#"The Weight" (Robbie Robertson) – 5:57
#* "Performed by Levon Helm"
#"Shine Silently" - (Nils Lofgren/Dick Wagner) – 6:45
#* "Performed by Nils Lofgren"
#"Honey Don't" (Carl Perkins) – 2:44
#"You're Sixteen" (Bob Sherman/Dick Sherman) – 2:59
#"Quarter To Three" (Frank Guida/Eugene Barge/Joseph Royster/Gary Anderson) – 3:52
#* "Performed by Clarence Clemons"
#"Raining In My Heart" (Buddy Holly) – 5:22
#* "Performed by Rick Danko"
#"Will It Go Round In Circles" (Billy Preston) – 4:20
#* "Performed by Billy Preston"
#"Life In The Fast Lane" (Joe Walsh/Glenn Frey/Don Henley) – 6:40
#* "Performed by Joe Walsh"
#"Photograph" (Richard Starkey/George Harrison) – 4:20

Bonus CD

#"It Don't Come Easy" (Richard Starkey) – 3:0
#*"Recorded on September 4, 1989. Performed by Ringo."
#"The Weight" (Robbie Robertson) – 5:45
#*"Recorded on September 4, 1989. Performed by Levon Helm."
#"Rocky Mountain Way" (Rocke Grace/Kenny Pasarelli/Joe Vitale/Joe Walsh) – 7:14
#*"Recorded on September 3, 1989. Performed by Joe Walsh".
#"Act Naturally" (Russell/Morrison) – 2:45
#*"Recorded on September 3, 1989. Performed by Ringo."

Personnel

*Ringo Starr: Drums, vocals.
*Billy Preston: Keyboards, harmonium, vocals.
*Joe Walsh: Guitar, percussion, vocals.
*Nils Lofgren: Guitar, Accordion, vocals
*Clarence Clemons: Saxophone, percussion, vocals.
*Dr. John: Piano, vocals.
*Rick Danko: Bass guitar, vocals.
*Garth Hudson: Accordion.
*Levon Helm: Drums, percussion, vocals.
*Jim Keltner: Drums, percussion.
*Zak Starkey: Drums.

External links

*http://www.ringostarr.com
* [http://www.jpgr.co.uk/ems1375.html JPGR's "Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band" site]