This picture was taken, and recently cropped, by me. Taken from the Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band show in Worcester, Massachusetts, June 11, 2016
This picture was taken, and recently cropped, by me for the Ringo Starr In Conversation at Strands Bookstore - October 26, 2015
Ringo Starr is a legendary and well-respected musician. Sometimes, there are detractors who claim that, in fact, he was not so great. But more people feel that he had a style of drumming that was highly influential and often underrated. Of course, he was the drummer for what many consider to be the greatest rock band in history, The Beatles, so that punched his ticket to fame and fortune and a certain measure of immortality.
Yet, he went on to have a successful solo career, and became best known for touring with his "All-Starr Band," which in fact was a rotating group of distinguished musicians in their own right. In addition, he worked on other projects with notable musicians, as well. That includes former bandmates from the Beatles days, of course.
All of this would have been enough. In short, he has nothing to prove. Yet, he is still touring, even though he is now 82. In fact, as I write this, he is less than two months from turning 83.
So why does he keep touring? Well, he revealed his reasons in a recent interview, which you can read for yourself by clicking on the link below. Enjoy!
Ringo Starr will keep on drumming, but forget about a memoir: 'I'm not doing a book' Marco della Cava USA TODAY May 18, 2023:
https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/entertainment/music/2023/05/18/ringo-all-starr-band-2023-tour-beatles/70230041007/?fbclid=IwAR0gvVODo7u9bMyKJPgllCo0mRF6QKjc9bSIubIxVkNZB3bvj6OAl2XGB58
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