{"id":2448703,"date":"2019-09-13T12:56:57","date_gmt":"2019-09-13T18:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=884168"},"modified":"2019-09-13T12:56:57","modified_gmt":"2019-09-13T18:56:57","slug":"ringo-starrs-new-album-features-paul-mccartney-john-lennon-penned-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/ringo-starrs-new-album-features-paul-mccartney-john-lennon-penned-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Ringo Starr\u2019s New Album Features Paul McCartney, John Lennon-Penned Song"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ringo Starr<\/a> has organized a mini-Beatles reunion, tapping Paul McCartney for a rendition of John Lennon\u2019s \u201cGrow Old With Me,\u201d which will appear on the musician\u2019s new album, What\u2019s My Name<\/em>, out October 25th via UMe.<\/p>\n

\u201cGrow Old With Me\u201d was one of the last songs Lennon wrote before his death, and the song eventually appeared on his posthumous 1984 album with Yoko Ono, Milk and Honey<\/em>. Starr said he was inspired to record the song after producer Jack Douglas asked if he\u2019d heard Lennon\u2019s \u201cBermuda Tapes,\u201d a collection of demos Lennon recorded in 1980.<\/p>\n

\u201cI sang it the best that I could,\u201d Starr said of the recording in a statement. \u201cI do well up when I think of John this deeply. And I\u2019ve done my best. We\u2019ve done our best. The other good thing is that I really wanted Paul to play on it, and he said yes. Paul came over and he played bass and sings a little bit on this with me. So John\u2019s on it in a way. I\u2019m on it and Paul\u2019s on it. It\u2019s not a publicity stunt. This is just what I wanted. And the strings that Jack arranged for this track, if you really listen, they do one line from [George Harrison\u2019s] \u2018Here Comes The Sun.\u2019 So in a way, it\u2019s the four of us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Along with detailing What\u2019s My Name<\/em>, Starr also shared the album\u2019s title track, which was written by longtime All-Starr Band member Colin Hay. With a title and hook pulled from a frequent refrain at Starr\u2019s live shows, \u201cWhat\u2019s My Name\u201d boasts a rambunctious rock and roll energy and finds Starr reminiscing about his career with a cheeky confidence. \u201cWell I\u2019ve seen it all from the mountains of Napal to Reno, Nevada,\u201d he sings, \u201cI\u2019ve taken all the falls, I was climbing up the walls and now it doesn\u2019t matter\/Nothing stays the same, but I\u2019m still in the game\/What\u2019s my name? Ringo!\u201d<\/p>\n

What\u2019s My Name<\/em> marks Starr\u2019s 20th studio album and follows his 2017 album, Give More Love<\/em>. Along with McCartney and Hay, the record also features collaborations with Joe Walsh, Benmont Tench, Edgar Winter, Steve Lukather, Richard Page, Warren Ham, Windy Wagner and more. Starr recorded the album at his home studio, Rocabella West, which he said creates a more communal atmosphere than a traditional studio.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want to be in an old-fashioned recording studio anymore, really,\u201d Starr said. \u201cI\u2019ve had enough of the big glass wall and the separation. <\/span> We are all together in here, whoever I invite over. This is the smallest club in town\u2026 it\u2019s just been good for me and the music.\u201d<\/p>\n

via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ringo Starr has organized a mini-Beatles reunion, tapping Paul McCartney for a rendition of John Lennon\u2019s \u201cGrow Old With Me,\u201d which will appear on the musician\u2019s new album, What\u2019s My Name, out October 25th via UMe. \u201cGrow Old With Me\u201d was one of the last songs Lennon wrote before his death, and the song eventually appeared […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2448703","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-27 19:22:58","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley's Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2448703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448703\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2448703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2448703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2448703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}