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Ringo's All-Starr Life
Rock icon looks back on the Beatles and ahead to his Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction


"I think we could have got it together," Ringo Starr says of a hypothetical Beatles reunion were John Lennon and George Harrison still alive.
photo: Mark Seliger

www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ringo-starr-beatles-hall-of-fame-inside-new-issue-20150325

"By Rolling Stone March 25, 2015

Ringo Starr returns to the cover of Rolling Stone on his own for the first time since 1981 in our new issue (on stands Friday).
The happy-go-lucky Beatle gets serious, tracing his whole life to this point, from his poverty-stricken childhood to his struggles
with drugs and alcohol to his upcoming induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist. He also considers whether
the Beatles would have ever re-formed if John Lennon and George Harrison were still alive.

Contributing Editor Stephen Rodrick traveled down to Fort Pierce, Florida, to hang out with Starr as the drummer prepped
for what he estimated would be at least his 800th solo concert....

(Video of Ringo playing drums on the beach here in the original article)

On the question of a hypothetical Beatles reunion, Starr says that he believes it would have been possible.
"With the [technology] you have now, I think we could have got it together," he reveals.
"I think the stumbling block was just sitting around and saying, 'OK, let's do it.' And we never got to that.
You know, we did in twos, we talked about it. But I think if we had just relaxed behind it long enough, we still
had the songs, and we still could play. We could have put it together. And we could have done 'A Day in the Life.'
Of course, it's ended now. John and George are gone.

The closet thing possible to a Beatles reunion these days will occur on April 18th when Paul McCartney inducts Starr
into the Hall of Fame in Cleveland. McCartney says he kickstarted the process after having dinner with Robbie Robertson,
who pointed out that Beatles manager Brian Epstein was in, but Ringo was not.
"I said, 'Let me see what I can do,'" says McCartney. "And I talked to Bruce Springsteen and I talked to Dave Grohl,
and they both said he should be in. And I said I'd do the induction. That took care of it."

In the cover story, Starr also explains why he decided to get clean in 1988 after years of drinking and drugging.
"It gets really lonely, you know," he says. "It's just really cold and lonely. It's a miserable disease, in the end.
There's a crowd of you, and it's lonely. Because that's all you're doing is getting fucked, you know.
But I haven't been that lonely since."

Also in this issue: Janet Reitman on three Chicago teenagers who ran away to join ISIS, Jonah Weiner on Courtney Barnett,
a Q&A with former Beastie Boy Adam Horovitz, plus James Taylor, Alabama Shakes and Jason Beghe.

Look for the issue on stands and in the iTunes App Store this Friday, March 27th."

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Postcards from Paradise

Review: Ringo Starr's latest recalls Fab times and vibes
Associated Press JEFF KAROUB March‎ ‎30‎, ‎2015

"Ringo Starr, "Postcards from Paradise" (Universal Music Enterprises)

"We were sleeping on the floor, eating bread and jam," Ringo Starr sings, retelling the story of the early days of his band.

Right. The band. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Then comes the chorus: "We were Rory and the Hurricanes."

Wait. You were who now?

The mystery is solved toward the end of "Rory and the Hurricanes" when he sings that by the next tour,
"I was with you-know-who — I play the drums like I always do." Indeed, the Fab order of the universe is restored.
As if to add a percussive punctuation mark, a basic yet swinging drum solo follows in that inimitable Ringo style.

Forty-five years after the Beatles officially called it quits (and about decade more since he left Rory Storm and the Hurricanes
to make history), Starr's "Postcards from Paradise" comes with plenty of lyrical and musical blasts from the past
to remind listeners of his role in music history. Fitting timing, as the world's most famous musical time-keeper becomes
the last of the solo Beatles to be inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in two weeks.

Some nods are obvious, like the Beatlesque mid-tempo shuffle of the title track, in which dozens of Beatles (and solo) tunes
get name-checked. To wit: "I ain't goin' nowhere man, because I want to hold your hand." Others are subtle, like the
guitar-drum interplay on "Bridges" that calls to mind the bond between Starr and his fallen mate, George Harrison.

Overall, "Postcards" entertains as it reminisces but doesn't break musical ground. Still, it's a mostly fun ride
that's musically strengthened by the All-Starr Band, a top-notch group of rock journeymen. The collection is tailor-made
for touring, tucked among the classics he played with, um, "you-know-who.""