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
Well Yee-haw!!! Country Ringo! Seriously….sounds interesting. Will scan for it on Qobuz. On a side note, Ringo’s Beatle’s cover turned me on to Buck Owens and the Buckaroos who I think are one of the best things ever in country music. Love that good old fashioned Bakersfield sound and songs that are just flat out fun. Just like Ringo, eh? |
Ok I checked out the track with Alison Kraus and am sold. I predict a big hit! Added to my library. It’s amazing how Robert Plant and Krauss magically jelled. Go Ringo! Love the cowboy hat! Thanks @bdp24 You are always the man with the music insights!
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Yep @slaw, the album is coming on LP and CD (and streaming I presume), I'm getting it on vinyl.
@mapman: No one was more surprised than I when Plant and Krauss teamed up. Looking back on it, I guess I shouldn't have been. I already knew Robert was a big fan of Rockabilly, and was responsible for signing Rockpile to Swan Song Records. Robert and Dave Edmunds are close friends. George Harrison was also influenced by Country & Western music, and in early interviews cited Chet Atkins as a major role model in his guitar playing. George's lack of a deep Blues influence is why when the guitar playing in Rock music made a major turn into Blues stylings, George sort of got left behind. I love George's playing, his solo in "Nowhere man" being an all-time favorite of mine. When I heard it for the first time, I laughed out loud; it was very (and I mean VERY) similar to the solo James Burton played in Ricky Nelson's song "Young World".
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