Ringo Starr’s epic new music video is stuffed with Beatles Easter Eggs | Music | Entertainment | EUROtoday

Sir Ringo Starr has teamed up as soon as once more with T Bone Burnett for his second Country solo album in a row.

Released this weekend, the titular monitor Long Long Road additionally comes with a model new music video stuffed with Beatles Easter eggs and never-before-seen pictures.

The footage opens with the well-known Yellow Submarine slightly below the Pacific Ocean, as Ringo drives a black Musset Ford convertible alongside the coastal freeway.

Fans will spot that the 85-year-old can be sporting the identical purple frilly shirt he sported again within the Sixties, displaying simply how properly the drummer has sorted his well being over time.

As Ringo drives alongside, he time travels again to his childhood in Liverpool, cruising previous his mother and father and youthful self, earlier than the motion continues alongside the lengthy lengthy highway of his epic life. We see The Beatles’ US tour and Ringo settling down with youngsters earlier than his second marriage to Bond lady Barbara Bach and on-going solo profession.

Reflecting on the monitor which options Sheryl Crow and Daniel Tashian’s vocals, Ringo shared: “We’re talking about this Long Long Road I’ve been on – and I’ve been thinking about the road I’ve taken. Starting in Liverpool, being in several bands, then with The Beatles – all those stops on your walk of life, it’s so far out. What would have happened if I’d emigrated to Texas to be near Lightnin’ Hopkins? We don’t know. I could have taken another path but I took this one and ended up here, still on this Long Long Road. I loved making this record with T Bone and I hope you enjoy listening to it.”

“I’ve loved Ringo’s playing and his singing for my whole life,” T Bone said. “And I always heard Ringo as a Texas artist; the way he played felt just like Texas music to me. Ringo Starr is a master musician and a recording artist of the highest caliber, and I wanted to surround him with these young masters, bringing in some of this extraordinary young energy that’s happening around Nashville for both of these records.”

Long Long Road is out now.