Starr had sat in for ex-Beatles drummer Pete Best a couple of times in Germany.Ĭould that be the best decision in rock history? On the new album, “Rory and the Hurricanes” is about the band he drummed for before accepting an offer to join the Beatles, who then had less of a following than the Hurricanes. In “Liverpool 8,” he sang of leaving his hometown, “but I never let you down.” The song “The Other Side of Liverpool” name-checks old friends and talks about growing up poor. He expresses no interest in writing a book, but has written on recent discs songs that he considers mini-autobiographies looking back on slices of his life. “Also, for me, it’s a great excuse to hang out with a lot of friends and a lot of great musicians. “That’s where I come from - you made records, you put them out,” he said. Starr may joke onstage about how few people buy his new music, but he said making it is important to him. Numbers like that are why many artists of his generation stop making new music. His “Ringo 2012” disc sold fewer than 20,000 copies, according to Nielsen Soundscan. Since 1992, he’s put out as many discs of original material as McCartney, his fellow Beatle survivor, even more if you didn’t count McCartney’s classical excursions. Only an occasional singer and lyricist with the Beatles, Starr has maintained an active recording career, particularly since getting sober in the late 1980s. “I only knew about it when Paul McCartney called me and said, ‘they want to honor you at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He said that any calls that come in during the process - including, presumably, McCartney’s - “are purely coincidental.” Although lobbying calls are taken, induction is a group decision. Joel Peresman, president and CEO of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation, said these honorees are chosen by committee. That category has been used four times, none before 2011.
RINGO STARR SITTING DOWN FULL
Rather than being nominated and voted upon by the full panel of musicians, journalists and others who choose most members, Starr was selected under a “musical excellence” category.
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