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14/01/2025

Tonight's the big night in Nashville, Tennessee!!

Celebrating his brand new album, "Look Up", Ringo Starr and a bunch of his friends will be performing at the historic Ryman Auditorium! Tomorrow night, as well.

Both shows will be taped for broadcast on CBS this spring and to stream on Paramount+. Proceeds from the shows and the broadcast will benefit the American Red Cross and those impacted by the California wildfires.

Ringo is going to be joined by special guests Jack White, Sheryl Crow, Brenda Lee, Rodney Crowell, Emmylou Harris, Mickey Guyton, Sarah Jarosz, Jamey Johnson, the War and Treaty and three artists who appear on the "Look Up" album - Billy Strings, Larkin Poe and Molly Tuttle. T Bone Burnett, who co-produced "Look Up" and wrote or co-wrote all but one of the songs on it, will be the producer of these two special Ryman shows.

Here's hoping all my friends in Nashville have a ball tonight and tomorrow, especially Ken Michaels.

14/01/2025

You can win a copy of the new Allan Kozinn and Adrian Sinclair book, "The McCartney Legacy Volume 2 1974-80" on "Things We Said Today". All you need to do is watch/listen to either, or both, of our two most recent shows for instructions on how to enter the contest. Adrian Sinclair joins us (and Allan switches from co-host to co-guest!) on our two most recent shows, numbers 427 and 428, which both focus on Paul McCartney and Wings from 1974 until January 1980.

In Episode 428 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels and Darren Devivo continue the discussion with Allan Kozinn and Adrian Sinclair about the second install...

12/01/2025

Why, LOOKee here. The NUMBER ONE newly released CD and/or LP on Amazon.com is:
"LOOK UP" by RINGO STARR!

10/01/2025

Here's the video for "Look Up", the title song of Ringo Starr's new album... out today!

The official music video for Ringo Starr's "Look Up". Listen to the Look Up album here: https://strm.to/LookUp Subscribe and ring the bell to never miss an u...

10/01/2025

Happy "Look Up" day! The new album from Ringo Starr is here! "Look Up", featuring Billy Strings, Molly Tuttle, (Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig of) Lucius, Larkin Poe (Rebecca and Megan Lovell) and Alison Krauss, was produced by T Bone Burnett with a little help from his friends Daniel Tashian, Bruce Sugar and Ringo Starr! Eleven new songs: Breathless, Look Up, Time On My Hands, Never Let Me Go, I Live For Your Love, Come Back, Can You Hear Me Call, Rosetta, You Want Some, String Theory, Thankful. On Lost Highway Records.

"Look Up" is a Ringo's first full length album in more than five years, following 2019's "What's My Name". Of course, those five plus years were filled with the twenty-one songs released over Ringo's five EPs - "Zoom In" (2021), "Change The World" (2021), "EP3" (2022), "Rewind Forward" (2023) and "Crooked Boy" (2024). And, speaking of the number twenty-one... "Look Up" is Ringo's twenty-first full length solo studio album!

07/01/2025

Things We Said Today #428 – “The McCartney Legacy, Vol.2 1974-1980” Part 2
In Episode 428 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels and Darren DeVivo continue the discussion with Allan Kozinn and Adrian Sinclair about the second installment of their monumental biography of Paul McCartney, “The McCartney Legacy, Vol. 2 1974-1980.” The discussion of the new volume begins at 6’55”, after Ken’s news report.

In Episode 428 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels and Darren Devivo continue the discussion with Allan Kozinn and Adrian Sinclair about the second install...

31/12/2024

Things We Said Today #427 – “The McCartney Legacy, Vol.2 1974-1980” Part 1
In Episode 427 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels and Darren DeVivo speak with Allan Kozinn and Adrian Sinclair about the second installment of their monumental biography of Paul McCartney, “The McCartney Legacy, Vol. 2 1974-1980.” The discussion of the new set begins at 13’00”, after Ken’s news report. We also have another contest: we are giving away three copies of “The McCartney Legacy, Vol. 2” Darren will have the rules and details after the interview with Allan and Adrian.

In Episode 427 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels and Darren Devivo speak with Allan Kozinn and Adrian Sinclair about the second installment of their monu...

19/12/2024

Things We Said Today #426 – “Living in the Material World” Box
In Episode 426 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo discuss the 50th anniversary (one year late) archival release of George Harrison’s “Living in the Material World.” The discussion of the new set begins after Ken’s news segment, at 17’05”.

In Episode 426 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren Devivo discuss the 50th anniversary (one year late) archival release of George ...

13/12/2024

The news is getting better for Badfinger guitarist and vocalist, Joey Molland. Joey has been in the hospital for a week or so dealing with complications from diabetes, but the latest update on his condition revealed some positive news. He has been showing signs of improvement. Keep sending those prayers and healing vibes out to Joey!

09/12/2024

84 years old?? So what!!

Ringo Starr will be firing on all cylinders in 2025! (By the way, Ringo will be 85 on July 7, 2025.)

On January 10, Ringo will release his first full length album in more than five years, a country album co-written and produced by T Bone Burnett, called "Look Up". It'll be Ringo's second country album. To promote "Look Up", Ringo will perform two shows at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on January 14 and 15.

Now, comes word that Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band will hit the road again for a spring tour of the Eastern U.S. that will bring them to Radio City Music Hall on June 13. It will be the second show on this tour, that will start on June 12 in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The tour will end on June 25 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The All Starr Band lineup will remain unchanged from last year - lead guitarist Steve Lukather (from Toto), rhythm guitarist Colin Hay (ex-Men At Work), saxophonist and multi instrumentalist Warren Ham, bassist Hamish Stuart (ex-Average White Band and Paul McCartney's 1990s band), drummer Gregg Bissonette and keyboardist Buck Johnson.

09/12/2024

Andrew Dixon's preliminary look at The McCartney Legacy Vol. 2. Gotta love his excitement about it - and he's only read the first 38 pages!

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08/12/2024

Number 9, number 9, number 9 dream...

John Lennon's 1974 album, "Walls And Bridges", became his first album to generate more than one hit single. After "Whatever Gets You Thru The Night" soared to number 1, becoming John's first number 1 hit, Apple Records tapped back into the album for a second single. Issued on December 16, 1974, " #9 Dream" was penned by John for inclusion on "Walls And Bridges". Recording sessions took place in July and August 1974, with John handling production duties. John was supported by the Plastic Ono Nuclear Band, as well as Little Big Horns and the Philharmanic Orchestrange, which featured Ken Ascher (clavinet), Jesse Ed Davis (guitar), Nicky Hopkins (electric piano), Arthur Jenkins (percussion), Jim Keltner (drums), Bobby Keys (saxophone), Eddie Mottau (acoustic guitar), Klaus Voormann (bass) and the 44th Street Fairies - Lennon, May Pang, Lori Burton and Joey Dambra (backing vocals).
Appropriately, "9 Dream" reached number 9 on the U.S. Billboard chart. (The "Walls And Bridges" album was John's second number 1 album.)

JOHN LENNON. GIMME SOME TRUTH. THE ULTIMATE MIXES. The Very Best of John Lennon.36 tracks completely remixed from the original multitracks in Stereo, 5.1 and...

08/12/2024

"Power To The People" RIGHT ON!

Before "Imagine", John released the anthemic "Power To The People". It was a stand alone single (a song not taken from an album) from John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band that was issued in the U.S. on Apple Records on March 22, 1971 (the day before my sixth birthday!).

Lennon recorded "Power To The People" with the Plastic Ono Band at his home studio, Ascot Sound Studios, on February 15, 1971. This was during the early stages of the "Imagine" album sessions. Lennon, who wrote the song, played electric guitar and piano. The Plastic Ono Band consisted of bassist Klaus Voormann, drummer Jim Gordon, saxophonist Bobby Keys and vocalists Doris Troy (at the time, an Apple recording artist), Madeline Bell, Nanette Workman, Rosetta Hightower and others.

"Power To The People" was a big hit, climbing to number 11. Four and a half years later, it made it's album debut on the 1975 compilation, "Shaved Fish".

JOHN LENNON. GIMME SOME TRUTH. THE ULTIMATE MIXES. The Very Best of John Lennon.36 tracks completely remixed from the original multitracks in Stereo, 5.1 and...

08/12/2024

December 8 will always be a somber day. 44 years ago today, December 8, 1980, John Lennon was murdered. It's still hard for me to wrap my head around that fact that John Lennon is gone.

I'd like to remember him by sharing his music. This is "Imagine" from John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band (with the Flux Fiddlers). It was the title song to Lennon's 1971 album, his second album following the breakup of the Beatles.

"Imagine" was released as a single in the U.S. on October 11, 1971 by Apple Records. It was written by John and Yoko Ono and produced by John, Yoko and Phil Spector. The recording sessions took place at the Lennon's home studio, Ascot Sound, at Tittenhurst Park, England, on May 27, 1971 with string overdubs (the Flux Fiddlers!) happening on July 4 in New York City.

Lennon played piano while the Plastic Ono Band - Klaus Voormann on bass and future member of Yes, Alan White, on drums - accompanied him. "Imagine" reached number 3 on the U.S. singles chart while the album, released on September 9, 1971 in the U.S., became Lennon's first number 1.

JOHN LENNON. GIMME SOME TRUTH. THE ULTIMATE MIXES. The Very Best of John Lennon.36 tracks completely remixed from the original multitracks in Stereo, 5.1 and...