One of my favorite Ringo Starr album’s is 1998′s Vertical Man. The hit single off the album was called La De Da and along with Ringo’s regular band (Mark Hudson, Steve Dudas and Jim Cox), was his brother-in-law, Joe Walsh (doing that nice guitar work), and backing vocals by about 43 others including Paul McCartney, Barbara Bach, Steven Tyler, Nils Lofgren and Timothy B. Schmidt.
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Click here if this is FAB!Filmed Interview with Sir Paul McCartney
Paul discusses Gershwin prize for Popular Song and other interesting things. Source: PBS.org.
Watch the full episode. See more In Performance at The White House.
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Paul McCartney on PBS tonight
Exclusive interviews with Paul McCartney and the three Jonas Brothers went online today in time for tonight’s PBS special “Paul McCartney: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song In Performance at the White House.”
The music special premieres tonight at 8 PM ET on PBS stations nationwide (check local listings).
Performers at the June 2 White House event: Sir Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder, Elvis Costello, Jonas Brothers, Herbie Hancock, Corinne Bailey Rae, Dave Grohl, Faith Hill, Emmylou Harris, Lang Lang, and Jack White, with brief remarks by Jerry Seinfeld.
New Ringo Starr All-Starrs releases: ‘Live At The Greek Theatre 2008′ DVD/CD
Ringo and His 10th All Starr Band performed their last show at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles California on August 2, 2008. With stars above them and all around them, they played an exuberant set that included highlights spanning Ringo’s entire career, from Beatles classics to solo hits. The show at the Greek was the culmination of a fantastic summer playing music on the road.
Yesterday on July 27, 2010 Hip-O/UMe proudly to announced the release of the Ringo Starr’s All Starr Band “Live At The Greek Theatre 2008,” on CD and DVD, also available in 5.1 Surround Sound.
More than a memento of a wonderful show, this is a remarkable playlist of music you know and love which is enhanced by the pleasure the musicians had playing it, and the fun the audience had hearing it. Each All Starr Tour is unique, a collection of individual musicians who have never come together before and played as this particular band. So each version of their hits has a quality that is distinct to this specific group. There is a palpable exuberance and joy that comes through every one of these remarkable songs.
Little Child
The Beatles visit an Indian reservation in Texas and get trapped by a little Indian girl trying to prove she can trap game just like Indian boys.
Beatles Rarity Of The Week – The Hippy Hippy Shake Live in Liverpool
Welcome to the Beatles Rarity of the Week. I’ve decided to let this post be in celebration of my trip to Nashville, TN to see Sir Paul tonight. Since he hasn’t been to Nashville since 1974, when he recorded Junior’s Farm and Sally G there with Wings, I was even hoping he might modify his set list, and at least throw Junior’s Farm in for the occasion (it’s such a good rocker). We’ll see…but hey! I’m getting off track here.
On June 1, 2008, Liverpool, UK had one of it’s greatest concerts in history when Paul showed up in celebration for his birth-city’s year as the European Capital of Culture. The pre-show music was from his obscure UK Twin Freaks album and also some remixes of the Memory Almost Full track, Nod Your Head. Then Paul and band hit the stage and surprised everyone by opening with something he hasn’t performed live in nearly 50 years – The Hippy Hippy Shake. The Beatles used to cover this little rocker when they played in Hamburg Germany from 1960-1962.
The Hippy Hippy Shake was written by Chan Romero but The Beatles were probably more familiar with the version by Italian rocker Little Tony, because that is the version that made it big in the UK around 1959. The Beatles can be heard on some of the releases of the Hamburg, Star Club recordings, covering the song. The Beatles also performed it 5 times for the BBC radio programs in the early 60′s and one of these recordings (from July 10, 1963) is on the Live At The BBC Beatles release on Apple. Paul sang lead on all accounts, as he does with equal energy here.
So if the set list was modified for Liverpool, might it be for Nashville too? Again, we’ll see…
Paul McCartney - The Hippy Hippy Shake
Paul McCartney & Brian Ray on stage, Liverpool, 2008
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