This week’s VOW is to get you ready, in case you have a ticket to see Ringo this summer. His US tour is currently in progress. Back Off Boogaloo was Ringo’s second solo UK single and third in the US. It made it to #9 on the US Billboard charts and #3 on the UK Melody Maker charts. George Harrison produced the original single and plays guitar on it. It also has Klaus Voormann on bass and Gary Wright on keyboards. Of course, Ringo is on the drum kit. It has been rumored that Boogaloo was a nickname for Paul McCartney, and that the lines in the song Wake up meathead, don’t pretend that you are dead are directed at him. While this is plausible, given the dispute over Apple Records going on at the time, Ringo, in 1977, claimed only that the song was inspired by his late friend Marc Bolan (of T. Rex fame), who used the word a lot one night when they had dinner together, causing Ringo to dream up the song.

This clip was recorded live at The Genesee Theatre, Waukegan, IL with The Roundheads: Mark Hudson (guitars, harmonica, background vocals), Steve Dudas (electric guitar), Gary Burr (electric guitar, mandolin, background vocals), Mark Hart (keyboards, background vocals), Greg Bissonette (drums, background vocals) and Matt Bissonette (bass guitar, backing vocals).

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