Ringo will bring out Look Up on January 10, his first LP in six years and his big name pals have already had a listen.
Ringo had a little help from his friends as he launched his new country album with a London party. Ringo invited a host of his famous friends to hear upcoming album Look Up at Jack White’s store Third Man Records in Soho, London.
Guests including Eric Clapton, David Gilmour, Olivia Harrison, Jools Holland, Bob Geldof, Mel C, Ronnie Wood and Jimmy Page got the first listen of the LP and sipped drinks as Ringo told them about how the album was made with acclaimed country producer T Bone Burnett
It is Ringo’s first country album in 55 years since Beaucoups of Blues in 1970. His vocals are suited to the style of music and 84-year-old Ringo told Mojo magazine: “I love my voice on this. I love all the tracks actually, and you know, they’re all in my key. T Bone took care to put it in this great range for me and he organised all that. I just did it, you know. He is the best.”
Ringo added: “It turned out great for me. A lot of new guys, which I love, you know, hanging out with the new crowd and a lot of other good players. So he’s done a great job for me. I like a lot of different music, but I’ve always loved country.”
The album came after a chance meeting with Burnett at an event held by Olivia Harrison in Los Angeles in 2022 (the two had first met in the 1970s). After chatting, Ringo asked T Bone to write a song for an EP he was recording. Taking the task to heart, Burnett returned with nine songs, all in a country vein, and Starr liked them so much it put him on a path to record Look Up, which is his first album in six years.
“When I asked T Bone to write me a song, I didn’t even think at the time that it would be a country song – but of course it was, and it was so beautiful,” Ringo recalled.
“I had been making EPs at the time and so I thought we would do a country EP -but when he brought me nine songs I knew we had to make an album! And I am so glad we did. I want to thank, and send Peace & Love, to T Bone and all the great musicians who helped make this record.”
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