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Why Paul McCartney still loves getting on stage with Ringo Starr
By Mayer Nissim
Gold Radio
23 January 2025
Ringo and Paul have kept their relationship alive since The Beatles split up.
After the tragic deaths of John Lennon and then George Harrison, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr have kept the flame of The Beatles alive as solo performers.
And while there was plenty of bad blood between various factions in the band in the years after the split, Sirs Paul and Ringo have seemingly always been on good terms and happy to collaborate with one another.
That working relationship has continued to this day, and not only did the pair recently finish off "final" Beatles song 'Now and Then', but Ringo has also appeared on stage with Paul during his critically acclaimed live shows.
Quizzed on what it's like playing with Ringo these days, Paul told Mojo: "Yeah, it’s just amazing, actually.
"It's just, yep, it's like wearing a very comfortable pair of shoes, if that's the right metaphor."
Asked about on Ringo's post-Beatles career, Paul said: "Like all of us, he wanted to continue in music. And besides country music, he's a big fan of old standards, so that's why he did Sentimental Journey as his first album."
Of Ringo's "natural genius", he added: "You know, he didn’t have a sort of heavy education, like a lot of people. So anything he knows is self-taught, most of it, he's very clever that way.
"He picks things up and is very witty. And, above all else, he's an amazing drummer who just knows how to do it. Simple as that."
Since The Beatles split, Ringo and Paul worked together on Starr's Ringo album in 1973, as well as his Ringo's Rotogravure, Stop and Smell the Roses, Vertical Man, Y Not, Give More Love and What's My Name albums in the years that followed.
In turn, Ringo appeared on Paul's Tug of War, Pipes of Peace, Give My Regards to Broad Street and Flaming Pie.
They both appeared on George Harrison's 1981 John Lennon tribute 'All Those Years Ago', and of course collaborated on 'Free as a Bird' and 'Real Love' in the 1990s and the more recent 'Now and Then'.
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Paul McCartney: “Ringo for President! He’d do a great job!”
Paul McCartney speaks to MOJO about his former bandmate’s “natural genius” and why he was the perfect drummer for The Beatles.
By MOJO
Updated on22nd January 2025
Released earlier this month Ringo Starr’s new album Look Up finds the former Beatle reconnecting with the country music that started it all for him, way back in a Liverpool cinema in the 1940s. As part of our extended interview with Starr in the latest issue of MOJO, Paul McCartney discussed his old bandmate’s “natural genius”, affinity for country music and why he was the perfect drummer for The Beatles...
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Ringo’s new album Look Up is a collection of country songs. What is it about his personality – and singing voice – that is so perfectly suited to country music?
He always loved country from the first minute I met him. He liked the old country singers like George Jones and people like that, and he was a big fan of that. So I think, you know, maybe, it suits his personality. He’s a very sincere, straightforward guy, and I think that’s the sort of theme behind a lot of country music.
Ringo was the perfect drummer for The Beatles. But why?
Impossible to say why – he just was.
When you first hit America, why do you think Ringo was so particularly endearing to the fans? And could you get behind the Ringo For President campaign?
Ringo for President? Yeah, absolutely! He would do a great job. President of what is the question?
When The Beatles split, Ringo immediately launched a solo music career and pursued a parallel film career. Was it clear that he wouldn’t just join another band as a drummer, that he had more strings to his bow?
Like all of us, he wanted to continue in music. And besides country music, he’s a big fan of old standards, so that’s why he did Sentimental Journey as his first album.
On the rare occasions you get together on-stage these days, do you find you both lock back into some long-practised groove?
Yeah, it’s just amazing, actually. It’s just, yep, it’s like wearing a very comfortable pair of shoes, if that’s the right metaphor.
You once described Ringo to MOJO as “a natural genius”. In what ways?
Many ways, actually. You know, he didn’t have a sort of heavy education, like a lot of people. So anything he knows is self-taught, most of it, he’s very clever that way. He picks things up and is very witty. And, above all else, he’s an amazing drummer who just knows how to do it. Simple as that.
“When The Beatles were over, I had to sit around the garden and think, y’know, I’ll just enjoy the sun… or a joint. And then I thought, ‘Nah, come on, you gotta get up...” Get the latest issue of MOJO to read our exclusive interview with Ringo Starr about the demise of The Beatles, solo success, his new album and a life-long affinity with America. More info and to order a copy HERE !
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