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Holy cow: Ringo produced by T Bone Burnett!

 

I have YouTube video maker Norman Maslov to thank for for alerting me to this interesting news (see video link below if you wish). Ringo Starr revealed his love of Country music while still in The Beatles, and in 1970 traveled to Nashville to record his Beaucoups Of Blues album, which is 100% pure Country. It is one of my favorite post-Beatles albums from the four members (as is his 1973 s/t album). While his singing isn’t up to the level of the Nashville studio musicians who play on the album (many of them also heard on a few mid-60’s and later Dylan albums), it works.

A few years back, Mazzy expressed his desire that Ringo would forget about his All-Star albums, and make another Country record, a sentiment I wholeheartedly agreed with. Well, Ringo has finally done as Mazzy and I wished: He went back to Nashville to record a Country album, with T Bone Burnett producing, no less!

Mazzy mentions that Alison Krauss and Billy Strings (a fairly recent young neo-Traditionalist Country/Bluegrass songwriter/singer/guitarist making a name for himself) are heard on the album, so I have high hopes for it. It’s slated for a January release.

 

https://youtu.be/pmmIVfqGm08?si=GqaQaR-KBcnTKZwf

 

 

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Sina's take on Ringo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NCczct2ZIM

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You go Sina!

Not to be overly-critical---she is very young---but you can clearly hear her tendency to "rush"---play ahead of the "pocket", very common in young drummers. This is more severe when she gets to the "bridge" section of the song.

One thing I learned when I started recording with younger singers who accompanied themselves on guitar is their tendency to rush. Being new to the recording studio makes them anxious, and they find it hard to "wait for the beat" to come around. That playing ahead of the pocket can make it sound like the drummer is "dragging"---playing behind the pocket.

I've done sessions where the producer ended up recording me alone, playing to a click track (a metronome fed into my headphones), to get a basic rhythm track. He could then take all the time necessary to get the singer's guitar part right, without having to pay me while doing so. Time is money. wink

 

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Look Up tracklist:
1. “Breathless” (featuring Billy Strings) (T Bone Burnett)
2. “Look Up” (featuring Molly Tuttle) (Daniel Tashian, T Bone Burnett)
3. “Time on My Hands” (Paul Kennerly, Daniel Tashian, T Bone Burnett)
4. “Never Let Me Go” (featuring Billy Strings) (T Bone Burnett)
5. “I Live for Your Love” (featuring Molly Tuttle) (Billy Swan, T Bone Burnett)
6. “Come Back” (featuring Lucius) (T Bone Burnett)
7. “Can You Hear Me Call” (featuring Molly Tuttle) (T Bone Burnett)
8. “Rosetta” (featuring Billy Strings and Larkin Poe) (T Bone Burnett)
9. “You Want Some” (Billy Swan)
10. “String Theory” (featuring Molly Tuttle) (Daniel Tashian, T Bone Burnett)
11. “Thankful” (featuring Alison Krauss) (Richard Starkey, Bruce Sugar)

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