{"id":11147,"date":"2025-03-07T14:13:13","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T14:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/ringo-starr-explains-pivot-to-country-music-as-he-takes-cbs-mornings-backstage-in-nashville\/"},"modified":"2025-03-07T14:13:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T14:13:13","slug":"ringo-starr-explains-pivot-to-country-music-as-he-takes-cbs-mornings-backstage-in-nashville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/ringo-starr-explains-pivot-to-country-music-as-he-takes-cbs-mornings-backstage-in-nashville\/","title":{"rendered":"Ringo Starr explains pivot to country music as he takes &#8220;CBS Mornings&#8221; backstage in Nashville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>You may think <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/tag\/ringo-starr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Ringo Starr <\/a>is more <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/pictures\/abbey-road-inside-the-worlds-most-famous-sound-studio\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Abbey Road<\/a><\/span> than Music Row, but the iconic Beatles drummer says he&#8217;s always had a soft spot for country music.<\/p>\n<p>Starr will celebrate his longtime love for the genre alongside country greats like Emmylou Harris and <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/sheryl-crow-documentary-film-career-singer-songwriter\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Sheryl Crow<\/a><\/span> at the world-famous Ryman Auditorium in Nashville in a new 2-hour concert special called\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/www.paramountpressexpress.com\/cbs-entertainment\/shows\/ringo-friends-at-the-ryman\/releases\/?view=110847-cbs-presents-ringo-friends-at-the-ryman-a-two-hour-special-featuring-ringo-starr-and-some-of-country-musics-biggest-names-airing-monday-march-10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">&#8220;Ringo &amp; Friends at the Ryman,&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0airing Monday, March 10 at 8 p.m. ET on CBS and streaming on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paramountplus.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paramount+<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When I was a teenager with Hank Williams and people like that the name of the game was to get here,&#8221; he told CBS News senior culture correspondent Anthony Mason in an interview for &#8220;CBS Mornings&#8221; while walking backstage at the Ryman, once home of the Grand Ole Opry.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><strong>&#8220;Peace, love and country music&#8221;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Mason met up with Starr at the start of his 2-day country &#8220;tour&#8221; at the Ryman following the release of his new country music album, &#8220;Look Up,&#8221; produced and co-written by T Bone Burnett.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was two nights of peace, love and country music,&#8221; Starr reflected on the concert in a CBS\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/www.paramountpressexpress.com\/cbs-entertainment\/shows\/ringo-friends-at-the-ryman\/releases\/?view=110847-cbs-presents-ringo-friends-at-the-ryman-a-two-hour-special-featuring-ringo-starr-and-some-of-country-musics-biggest-names-airing-monday-march-10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Burnett says Starr floated the idea for the country collaboration after the pair met up in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>Burnett was sold, especially &#8220;knowing that his name is Ringo Starr because he wanted to be a cowboy singer when he was a kid,&#8221; joking that it &#8220;sounds like the sheriff of Dodge City or something.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So, Burnett decided to write a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/remembering-gene-autry\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Gene Autry<\/a><\/span>-inspired song, &#8220;Time On My Hands.&#8221; It would be the catalyst for the album, released in January.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Crossover to country\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>As a teenager, Starr applied to emigrate from Liverpool to Houston, where his favorite blues singer Lightnin&#8217; Hopkins was. Ultimately, he had to scrap the plan, but his failed cross-continent move changed the course of music history. Starr stayed in Liverpool and <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/beatles-exhibit-captures-the-magic-behind-the-music\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">The Beatles were born<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, Starr still brought his country roots into the DNA of The Beatles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One of his first lead vocals for the Beatles was Carl Perkins&#8217; country classic &#8220;Honey Don&#8217;t.&#8221; He also wrote the country rock tune &#8220;Don&#8217;t Pass Me By&#8221; from the Beatles&#8217; 1968 &#8220;White Album.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I mean, from the beginning you were kind of the country guy in The Beatles really,&#8221; Mason said to Starr.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was,&#8221; Starr said.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>A little help from his friends<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/sanfrancisco\/news\/jack-white-pop-up-no-name-tour-bay-area-petaluma-san-francisco-shows\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Jack White<\/a><\/span>, the former frontman of the White Stripes, performed a cover of &#8220;Don&#8217;t Pass Me By&#8221; at the January concert at the Ryman with Starr.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a treat for me,&#8221; White said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;White Album&#8221; was the first vinyl he bought when he was just 14 years old.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I skipped school and went downtown Detroit and I went into Harmony House Records and I bought the &#8216;White Album&#8217; and so for me to be able to sing from that record is pretty cool,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Molly Tuttle, who sang on Starr&#8217;s new album, also played at the Ryman with Starr and <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/bluegrass-guitarist-billy-strings\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Billy Strings<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know when I&#8217;ve worked on, like practiced something more. I was like I have to do a good job,&#8221; Tuttle said of the tracks on the album.<\/p>\n<p>Strings said it was an honor to play with Starr \u2013 someone he&#8217;s admired since he was young.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was spoon-fed that music. I remember my mom showing me the &#8216;White Album&#8217; when I was just a little kid and playing it backwards for me and stuff, you know,&#8221; Strings recalled.<\/p>\n<p>Sheryl Crow also joined Starr and company onstage at the Ryman in January.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s easy to forget when you are where you are, that you&#8217;re getting to play with those people you used to listen to,&#8221; Mason commented to Crow.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is never lost on me,&#8221; Crow replied.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Just running through stuff being this close to him, I wanted just, it was like Jesus, I just wanted to touch the cloak, you know what I mean,&#8221; Crow laughed.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"chartbeat\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation component--type-recirculation-collection\">\n<p>                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/feature\/celebrities\/?intcid=CNI-00-10aaa3a\" class=\"component__view-more component__view-more--sm\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><br \/>\n            More<br \/>\n            <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"icon__caret-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-caret-down\"\/><\/svg><\/a><br \/>\n                    <\/aside>\n<p><!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/anthony-mason\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Anthony Mason<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__image\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/anthony-mason\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><br \/>\n              <span class=\"img \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/05\/15\/a04dcd5b-989b-4e2e-81b7-347470290c3c\/thumbnail\/80x80\/9f7cfc833849eb4ae59921094251a7cb\/headshot-400-anthony-mason.jpg?v=63a2b43e2ef8917aa6bd547ca29dd4fa#\" alt=\"headshot-400-anthony-mason.jpg \" height=\"80\" width=\"80\" class=\" lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/05\/15\/a04dcd5b-989b-4e2e-81b7-347470290c3c\/thumbnail\/80x80\/9f7cfc833849eb4ae59921094251a7cb\/headshot-400-anthony-mason.jpg?v=63a2b43e2ef8917aa6bd547ca29dd4fa 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/05\/15\/a04dcd5b-989b-4e2e-81b7-347470290c3c\/thumbnail\/160x160\/be23d289a4a837b6936b4b6950d90bd3\/headshot-400-anthony-mason.jpg?v=63a2b43e2ef8917aa6bd547ca29dd4fa 2x\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20viewBox%3D'0%200%2080%2080'%2F%3E\"\/><\/span><br \/>\n            <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Anthony Mason is a senior culture and senior national correspondent for CBS News. 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