Music legend and nine-time winner GRAMMY awards Ringo Starr released a single „Time On My Hands“ and announced country album „Look Up“which was created in collaboration with T Bone Burnett-om. This stunning collaboration features 11 original tracks, recorded in studios in Nashville and Los Angeles.
Ringo Starr he sings and plays drums on all the tracks and wrote the last song on the album – „Thankful“where she joins him Alison Krauss. T Bone Burnett has included some of Nashville’s greatest talents in the production of the album, such as Billy Strings, Larkin Poe, Lucius i Molly Tuttle.
Ringova lifelong love of country music is very evident and often celebrated during his legendary career. He performed and wrote many country tracks over the years with The Beatles-ima („Act Naturally“, „What Goes On“, „Don’t Pass Me By“), as well as in earlier collaborations with Rory Storm and The Hurricanesand in 1970 he released his solo country album, „Beaucoups of Blues“. His love for this genre even as a teenager led him to try to move from London to Texas, after he found out that Lightnin’ Hopkins lives in Houston.
“I’ve always loved country music. When I asked T Bone-a to write me a song, I didn’t even think then that it would be a country song – but of course it was, and it was beautiful” he recalls Ringo. “At that time I was making an EP and I thought of doing one in that genre, but when he brought me nine songs I knew it had to become an album! I’m very glad we did it. I want to say thank you and send peace and love T Bone-u and to all the great musicians who helped me record this release. It was a real pleasure to create the album, and I hope it will be a pleasure to listen to it as well”.
“I love Starr– and the way he plays and sings, as well as his aesthetics, since I can remember.” He declares Burnett. “He changed the way every drummer after him played, with his inventive approach to the instrument. He always sang rockabilly fantastically, and he also knew how to break hearts by singing ballads. Getting the chance to make music with him was something like a 60-year dream come true. None of the things I’ve accomplished throughout my career would have happened without him and his band. Among other things, this album is my way of expressing gratitude for everything he has given me.”
The musician’s new album was created after a chance meeting with T Bone Burnett-om in Los Angeles in 2022, when he Ringo Starr asked him to write a song for the EP he was recording at the time. Taking the task very seriously, Burnett returned with nine songs in country manner and inspired Hands to start the journey towards the album „Look Up“ – his first country project after more than 50 years and his first full-length album since 2019.
Ringo Starr is entered twice Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – first as a member of the team The Beatlesand then as a solo musician. He is the winner nine GRAMMY rewardacted in more than 15 films, received Oscar and was nominated for Emmy award. Ringo is also a visual artist with numerous exhibitions behind him, and his work „Peace Sculpture“ is on permanent display in Beverly Hills Park. In 2022, he received an honorary doctorate at Berklee college, entered the Musicians Hall of Fame on Joe Chambers Musicians Legacy with a prize.
Edition „Time On My Hands“ is available in Serbia on Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, Tidal and YouTube Music, as well as around the world.
Source: balkanrock.com
