Ringo Starr might be 84 but he is still up for taking risks and new challenges - or as he puts it "taking the right turns" as he goes through life. As a Beatle and legendary drummer he could be relaxing in his Beverly Hills home or falling back on past successes. Instead Ringo wants to talk about Look Up - his first country album in 55 years since Beaucoups of Blues in 1970 and his first LP in six years which will kickstart a host of live shows in 2025. He says he still gets up every day at 7.30am where he prays and meditates before going into his daily schedule. And one day in 2022 he received an email with a song attached from legendary country producer and songwriter T Bone Burnett which changed his life for the next few years.
The pair chatted at an event held by Olivia Harrison, the widow of Beatle George, in Los Angeles in 2022 having previously hung out in the 70s and Ringo suggested he could send him a song if he wanted to. Ringo explains: "I used to say hey, T Bone, because I bumped into him many times, and we laugh now, but I used to have a lot of parties in LA and he was always there, and I never invited him! He would always come with someone.
"It just came out of the blue, the album wasn't planned. I love this life I'm leading. I'm open and things happen. I can take that turn. I like to say they're the right turns. "I was doing all these EPs and he sent me this beautiful track, and it was country.
