The former Beatle reveals the key to being a member of his All-Starr Band.
would come through with a winner. “Well, he’d written me a couple of good songs, you know, like ‘Yellow Submarine.’ I thought, ‘He can do this,’” Starr recalls, before breaking into a laugh. The request came about during one of the pair’s frequent conversations. “We were Facetiming each other — we do that quite a bit — and I say, ‘I’m doing an EP. Write me a song.’ And he said, ‘OK,’” Starr says. “And he not only wrote it, he’s on bass, he’s singing on it. He’s all over it.
Sitting outside at West Hollywood’s famed Sunset Marquis hotel and nattily attired in a vibrant black and green suit, the world’s most famous drummer looks decades younger than his 83 years. He is relaxed and still beaming about a recent holiday in Malibu spent with eight of his nine grandchildren, who range in age from 24 years old to 20 months. “I’m an only child. We do a family photo and there’s 19 of us and I’m related to all of them,” he exclaims, shaking his head.
“George was like my producer for awhile. He took care of me. He put the right chords in because I could only play three,” he says. “There’s a great piece of footage where I’m playing ‘Octopus’s Garden’ and he’s going ‘F!’ I don’t know where F is. ‘G flat!’ He’s just shouting out these chords, laying on the settee. Look, I can play any song in the world as long as it’s in C,” Starr says, laughing loudly at himself.
Starr fondly remembers “Dream Weaver” singer Gary Wright, a member of the All-Starr Band from 2008-2011, who died last month. “He was a really fine musician, and he had a great smile and he had great songs,” he says. “You’re not in the All-Starrs unless you have great songs.”
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