Ringo Starr was joined by Jack White, Sheryl Crow and many more for a country concert celebrating his legacy.
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The two-hour show entitled ‘Ringo & Friends At The Ryman’, which will air on CBS and stream on Paramount+ in the spring, took place at Ryman Auditorium in Nashville earlier this week.
Starr performed songs from his recent country album ‘Look Up’ along with his solo hits and The Beatles classics through a country lens. Proceeds from the concert will benefit the American Red Cross and those impacted by the LA wildfires.
White stepped up to open the show with a cover of Carl Perkins’ ‘Matchbox’ with Starr and he later performed The Beatles classic ‘Don’t Pass Me By’. You can view footage below.
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Elsewhere, Crow also performed ‘It Don’t Come Easy’ and ‘I Don’t Want To Spoil The Party’ with Molly Tuttle while the latter also joined Starr for ‘Look Up’ before the show culminated in a host of stars including White and Crow performing The Beatles classics ‘Yellow Submarine’ and ‘With A Little Help From My Friends’.
Ringo Starr cantando pela primeira vez “Look Up” no Ryman Auditorium em Nashville (14/01)
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Other artists on the night who performed included Brenda Lee, Rodney Crowell, Emmylou Harris, Mickey Guyton, Sarah Jarosz, Jamey Johnson, Billy Strings, The War and Treaty and Larkin Poe.
Ringo Starr & Friends played:
‘Matchbox’ (with Jack White)
‘It Don’t Come Easy’
‘Time On My Hands’
‘Octopus’ Garden’ (Molly Tuttle, no Ringo)
‘Don’t Pass Me By’ (Jack White, no Ringo)
‘Thankful’
‘Honey Don’t’ (Billy Strings, no Ringo)
‘Without Her’ (The War And Treaty, no Ringo)
‘I Don’t Want To Spoil the Party’ (Sheryl Crow, Molly Tuttle, no Ringo)
‘Boys’ (Ringo on drums and vocals)
‘Have You Seen My Baby’
‘You Don’t Know Me At All’
‘Act Naturally’
‘I Wanna Be Your Man’
‘What Goes On’ (with Billy Strings and Molly Tuttle)
‘Look Up’
‘Photograph’
‘Yellow Submarine’ (with Jim Keltner and Jack White)
‘With A Little Help From My Friends’ (with Emmylou Harris, Brenda Lee and previous guests)
Elsewhere, Starr recently said he’s not interested in being a solo artist as he “only wants to be in a band”.
He also has revealed that he and Sir Elton John‘s mum once left the legendary rockstar’s gig due to not knowing any of his songs.
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