By SJ
Otto
For years I've been hoping that Ringo
Starr would come somewhere near my hometown of Wichita, even if I had to go as
far as Kansas City or some place further. So when I heard this concert was
coming, I bought tickets on day one. Ringo is my second favourite Beatle after
John Lennon. Since Lennon died I will never have a chance to see him play, so
this was probably the only time I will ever see a Beatle. I'm not sure if I
would go to see Sir Paul McCartney.[1] After
all, I actually watched the
Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show in February 9, 1964. I have some of
their best albums.
I've watched most of Ringo's movies, "The
Magic Christian," "Caveman" and "200 Motels." And I
have several of his solo albums including "Ringo," "Good Night Vienna
Most of the people in the audience were
as old or older than I. I used to see a lot of long hair and joints being
passed around, in my younger days, at rock concerts. Now they look like a gig
for the geriatric set complete with lots of gray hair. And yet there were a noticeable
amount of young people there.
Ringo has
his own All-Starr Band, which today is made up of some very
impressive permanent band members. They include guitarist Todd Rundgren,
guitarist Steve Lukather from Toto, Santana keyboardist Gregg Rolie, Mr. Mister
bassist Richard Page and drummer Gregg Bissonette.
During the show he performed songs that were either written
by, or performed, by other members of his band. For example, Lukather sang Toto's
"Africa ." Rolie performed "Black
Magic Woman" from his Santana days.
Ringo did play some Beatles songs, mostly those he either
wrote, co-wrote, or sang, such as "Yellow Submarine." He played "What
Goes On" Written by Lennon- McCartney-Starr(Starkey).[2]
"They got the order of the names wrong," Ringo joked.
Later he said; "I wrote a lot of songs for the Beatles.
But they didn't play any." The audience laughed. "Until this one:"
Then he broke into "Don't Pass Me By," which he wrote for the
Beatles' white album (not the official album name).
He also played a song written by John Lennon for him, "I'm
The Greatest." "He didn't have the balls to play it," Ringo
said. "So I did and I'm going to play it now."
He played a lot of his own songs that have become popular
over the years, such as "You're Sixteen," "Backup Boogaloo" and
"It Don't Come Easy."
He closed with some chanting of "Give Peace A
Chance," which was a breath of fresh air in our modern society so
pre-occupied with violence and war.
It was a great gig for Wichita ,
KS
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