A two-hour live performance particular celebrating the legacy of Ringo Starr via the lens of nation music will air this spring, and proceeds from the all-star efficiency of “With a Little Assist From My Buddies” will profit the American Purple Cross and people impacted by the California wildfires.
Ringo & Buddies on the Ryman, which is able to air on CBS and stream on Paramount+ in the USA, will tape on Tuesday and Wednesday on the famed Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. The particular comes every week after Starr launched his nation album known as Look Up, which was produced and co-written by T Bone Burnett. Starr will carry out songs from that album alongside along with his solo hits and Beatles classics.
For the TV occasion, Starr can be joined by Jack White, Sheryl Crow, Brenda Lee, Rodney Crowell, Emmylou Harris, Mickey Guyton, Sarah Jarosz, Jamey Johnson, Billy Strings, The Warfare And Treaty, Larkin Poe and Molly Tuttle. Extra visitor artists can be introduced at a later date.
“It’s at all times a thrill to play the Ryman, and this time we’re going nation!” Starr stated in an announcement. “T Bone has put collectively a terrific present. I’m excited to listen to my songs performed in a rustic vein and to play with this unbelievable group of musicians. Will probably be two nights of peace, love and nation music.”
Ringo & Buddies on the Ryman can even function Starr reflecting on nation music’s affect on his life, the Beatles and his solo profession, whereas the visitor artists will share private tales of Starr’s impression on their music. The particular is produced by Burnett in collaboration with Van Toffler of Gunpowder & Sky. Michael Lohmann will direct.
“There may be not a single particular person on this planet who has generated extra goodwill than Ringo Starr, and I write this with out hyperbole,” Burnett stated in an announcement. “This Jan. 14 and 15, a rare group of artists is coming collectively to assist exhibit that on the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn. Ringo has been singing and taking part in nation music since earlier than he joined The Beatles, and plenty of, if not most, of his recordings with that band had been nation songs — ‘Matchbox,’ ‘Honey Don’t,’ ‘Act Naturally,’ ‘What Goes On?,’ ‘Don’t Cross Me By’ — and even ‘Octopus’s Backyard’ is a rustic music. We don’t know which nation, however a rustic music, nonetheless. Nashville is a city filled with extraordinary musicians, and a killer band of a few of Nashville’s most extraordinary musicians will accompany Ringo and the remainder of the artists.”
Toffler, who based Gunpowder & Sky in 2016 and has produced Emmy-nominated tasks like Dolly Parton’s Pet Gala and The Infamous B.I.G. Sky’s The Restrict: A VR Live performance Expertise, added: “Ringo and his bandmates launched me and numerous others to timeless American rockabilly classics, reimagined with their distinctive Liverpudlian twist on Carl Perkins and plenty of extra. It’s an honor to supply this particular with Ringo and T Bone, bringing collectively a few of music’s most interesting, who will undoubtedly play the hell out of Ringo’s songs, together with some Beatles classics. I’m pumped for an unforgettable night time on the Mom Church of Nation Music, and it feels particularly poetic to be airing on the identical community that launched the Beatles to America 61 years in the past.”
