jueves, 2 de febrero de 2012
PAUL RECEIVE A STAR
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The 69-year-old has certainly seen his share of nominations over the years, and even participated in honoring two of his bandmates, Ringo Starr in 2010 andGeorge Harrison in 2009, eight years after the guitarist died in 2001 -- both stars, along with John Lennon’s and one for The Beatles, have a permanent home in Hollywood outside the Capitol Records building near Hollywood and Vine -- but the dedication ceremony has eluded him, mostly due to scheduling difficulties.
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Paul McCartney to Receive Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Nearly 20 Years After Being Chosen
2/1/2012 by Shirley Halperin
Although first nominated in 1993, the Musicares Person of the Year honoree is the only Beatle without a star on the famous boulevard.
It may be hard to believe, but Sir Paul McCartney, one of two surviving members of The Beatles and arguably the game-changing foursome's most successful solo graduate, is the only Beatle who doesn’t have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The 69-year-old has certainly seen his share of nominations over the years, and even participated in honoring two of his bandmates, Ringo Starr in 2010 andGeorge Harrison in 2009, eight years after the guitarist died in 2001 -- both stars, along with John Lennon’s and one for The Beatles, have a permanent home in Hollywood outside the Capitol Records building near Hollywood and Vine -- but the dedication ceremony has eluded him, mostly due to scheduling difficulties.
The unintended slight is about to change.
On Feb. 9, nearly 20 years after last being chosen for the honor in 1993, he’ll finally get that star. Details on guest attendees and speakers have yet to be revealed, but the ceremony will take place at 2 p.m. outside of Capitol Records. The next night, the Beatle will be honored as Musicares' Person of the Year at the organization's annual gala dinner and tribute concert.
It's all part of a grand celebration of music leading up to the Grammy Awards, broadcast live on CBS from the L.A's Staples Center Sunday, Feb. 12.
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Vince Bucci/Getty ImagesMcCartney poses at the dedication of George Harrison's star in April 2009. From left: Jeff Lynne, Jim Keltner, Joe Walsh, Olivia and Dhani Harrison.
Ringo : 'I'll retire when I can't hold a drum stick'
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Ringo Starr: 'I'll retire when I can't hold a drum stick'
Published Wednesday, Feb 1 2012
By Justin Harp
Ringo Starr has insisted that he has no plans to retire.
The Beatles drummer celebrated his 71st birthday last July, but recently told USA Today that he doesn't need to stop performing in order to enjoy his golden years.
"As long as I can hold the sticks, I can play… I want to put a jam band together, where we do a two-minute song and a 40-minute fade like the Grateful Dead," Starr quipped.
He went on to say: "I joke that I'll end up in a blues band and play very, very slow."
Starr also praised his wife of 32 years, Barbara Bach, for keeping him alive and healthy by urging him to give up alcohol decades ago.
"There have been bad times, but I don't care how bad it gets as long as it's me and her. I love the woman. She loves me," he beamed. "Some days, I tell her, 'You've got to leave me. I want to leave me'. She says, 'I'll never leave you'. There's nothing better."
The Beatles drummer celebrated his 71st birthday last July, but recently told USA Today that he doesn't need to stop performing in order to enjoy his golden years.
"As long as I can hold the sticks, I can play… I want to put a jam band together, where we do a two-minute song and a 40-minute fade like the Grateful Dead," Starr quipped.
He went on to say: "I joke that I'll end up in a blues band and play very, very slow."
Starr also praised his wife of 32 years, Barbara Bach, for keeping him alive and healthy by urging him to give up alcohol decades ago.
"There have been bad times, but I don't care how bad it gets as long as it's me and her. I love the woman. She loves me," he beamed. "Some days, I tell her, 'You've got to leave me. I want to leave me'. She says, 'I'll never leave you'. There's nothing better."
Starr recently released 17th solo studio album Ringo 2012, which features his collaborations withDave Stewart and Joe Walsh of The Eagles.
miércoles, 1 de febrero de 2012
BRIAN RAY NEWSLETTER : ETTA JAMES
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We have lost someone irreplaceable.. someone who was a one in a million artist, performer, mother, grandmother, daughter and friend to so many. I heard her guitarist, Bobby Murray, say that Etta believed in him when he didn't believe in himself. It occurred to me that she had a way of doing that through her whole life - collecting and building character in others the way a college does. Etta was my college, music was our religion.
As many of you know, I first met Etta at age 19 and Etta was a tender 36 years old when I began playing with her. She believed in me before I knew there was a 'me' to believe in. She went all in, hiring me as her trusted musical director and guitarist when she couldn't afford to carry her own band with her.
Ringo Starr live at the Troubadour
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Ringo Starr held court Monday at the Troubadour in West Hollywood, and even if it was an invitation-only affair for the taping of one of Sirius XM satellite radio’s Town Hall sessions, it offered a rare chance to witness a Beatle in a club setting.
Ringo Starr live at the Troubadour for Sirius XM Town Hall session
January 31, 2012
Ringo Starr held court Monday at the Troubadour in West Hollywood, and even if it was an invitation-only affair for the taping of one of Sirius XM satellite radio’s Town Hall sessions, it offered a rare chance to witness a Beatle in a club setting.
Starr bantered with a pair of co-hosts, first with comedian and fellow Brit Russell Brand, then with producer Don Was. Both helped field questions for the 71-year-old musician from members of the invitation-only audience, some of whom flew in from as far away as New Jersey.
Some came seeking words of wisdom, as in the case of a dad who asked Starr what advice he’d give the man’s young son. “What I’ve always tried to do,” Starr said, “is not tell other people what to do. I just do what I do.”
Others answered the riddle of how interview questions are like men: good ones are hard to find. Several came up with long and convoluted windups that sounded as if they’d been researched deep in the bowels of UCLA’s ethnomusicology department — or perhaps the philosophy department. At times, it took on the flavor of a Starr Trek convention.
One of the more interesting queries came from a drummer who asked how Starr came to use the “matched hand” technique, in which both drumsticks are wrapped tight in the fists, rather than the conventional drum kit style with the right hand stick held more like a dinner fork and the left in the fist.
“I didn’t know any better,” Starr replied unapologetically — then explained that the conventional grip was developed by military and marching band drummers who had to play an instrument that was suspended at their waistline.
Another fan asked whether he regretted that the impromptu “Let It Be” concert on the rooftop of the Abbey Road studio in London, which had taken place exactly 43 years earlier, turned out to be the Fab Four’s final public performance, rather than a meticulously planned farewell blowout that a popular band might engineer today for its swan song.
“I have no regrets,” he said. He confessed that at the time, the Beatles had toyed with the idea of an exotic performance space, such as an Egyptian pyramid or some other far-flung location, for the concert part of the “Let It Be” documentary. “But then we just decided, ‘Oh let’s just go up to the roof and have done with it.’
“That’s the way we worked a lot of the time: There would be all these grand plans, but in the end it came down to, ‘Let’s just get the job done.’ ”
He said that he’s resisted many offers to write a book and will continue to do so, but that he has tried to share his life story through songs he calls “audio-biographies” on his three latest albums.
After about an hour’s worth of questions and answers, Starr was joined by members of his band for a short set including a couple of Beatles tunes (“I Wanna Be Your Man,” “With A Little Help From My Friends”), vintage solo Ringo (“It Don’t Come Easy”) and, not coincidentally, “Wings” from his brand-new “Ringo 2012” album, which was released today.
He was joined onstage by guest guitarist Joe Walsh, who became Starr's brother-in-law in 2008 upon marrying Marjorie Bach, the sister of Starr's wife, actress Barbara Bach. Both women cheered their husbands on from their seats in the Troubadour's balcony.
He noted during the Q&A that he plans to put together another edition of the Ringo Starr All-Starr Band to tour this summer, but said he wouldn't talk about the personnel lineup yet.
The session aired live Monday, but will is being repeated today at 3 p.m. Pacific time, Wednesday at 9 a.m., Friday at 6 p.m. and Saturday at 11 a.m. on the Spectrum, Sirius XM Channel 28.
He's also making album release-week appearances tonight on CBS-TV's "The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson" and Wednesday night on NBC-TV's "Late Night With Conan O'Brien." Then on Feb. 12, he'll be a presenter at the Grammy Awards ceremony.
First Listen: 'Kisses On The Bottom' In Full!
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JAN
31
2012
First Listen: 'Kisses On The Bottom' In Full!
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