Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Live At The Greek Theater 2019 (Roccabella via BFD/The Orchard) was released on November 25, 2022 on DVD, Blu Ray, CD and will be available on a special yellow double LP, as a Record Store Day Exclusive.
The charged and energetic live performance of ‘Matchbox’, the Carl Perkins rocker that Ringo opens his All Starr shows with igniting the audience as he runs onto the stage, is now available as a single here.
This collection commemorates Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band’s (Steve Lukather, Colin Hay, Greg Rollie, Hamish Stuart, Warren Ham and Gregg Bissonnette) 2019 performance at the Greek Theater, captured nearly 30 years to the day when Ringo and his very first All Starr Band played there on September 3, 1989. This was the last show of that tour in 2019, which included shows throughout the US and Canada as well as Japan. It also celebrated 30 years of wonderful music, and to mark the occasion All Starrs from throughout the years including Joe Walsh, Nils Lofgren and Jim Keltner from the first band, as well as Edgar Winter, Eric Carmen and Wally Palmer, flooded onto the stage to join in for the final song, ‘With A Little Help From My Friends’. This momentous and celebratory concert was captured on film, and watching it the viewer is transported into that open air arena among the Redwoods in Griffith Park.
From its inception and first tour in 1989 with the inaugural All Starr lineup –Joe Walsh, Dr. John, Billy Preston, Rick Danko and Levon Helm from The Band, Clarence Clemons and Nils Lofgren from Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, and session drum legend Jim Keltner–until the current and 15th iteration on tour now – Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band, who he has called “the best 1-800-band in the land,” deliver shows packed with hits that continue to delight audiences around the world. On this current tour, which was initially booked for 2020, fans held on to tickets until 2022, and the joy is apparent show after show. Ringo often says of the concerts that they are peace and love fests, “I love the audience and they love me and the band,” and that is exactly what was captured at the Greek on September 2, 2019.
Here is the track list, which reads like a greatest hits playlist to most of our lives:
1. Matchbox
2. It Don’t Come Easy
3. What Goes On
4. Evil Ways
5. Rosanna
6. Pick Up the Pieces
7. Down Under
8. Boys
9. Don’t Pass Me By
10. Yellow Submarine
11. Cut the Cake
12. Black Magic Woman
13. You’re Sixteen
14. Anthem
15. Overkill
16. Africa
17. Work To Do (CD, DVD, Blu-Ray only)
18. Oye Como Va
19. I Wanna Be Your Man
20. Who Can It Be Now?
21. Hold the Line
22. Photograph
23. Act Naturally
24. Help From My Friends
Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Live At The Greek 2019 Credits:
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Ringo Starr
PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY
Joe Thomas
Band:
Ringo Starr
DRUMS
Gregg Bissonette
GUITAR
Colin Hay
GUITAR
Steve Lukather
BASS GUITAR
Hamish Stuart
KEYBOARD
Gregg Rolie
SAX/KEYS/PERCUSSION
Warren Ham
SPECIAL THANKS TO BARBARA
EDITED BY
Skip Masters
MIXED BY
Frank Pappalardo
Joe Thomas
MUSIC DIRECTOR
Mark Rivera
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