Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney team up again
A new single has been announced from the upcoming collaboration of the two legends of the 'Beatles'. Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney back on stage together!
By Dimitris (Bari) Polyzois
A reunion for Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney in a new collaboration that will bring to the music world a new single-teaser from Ringo's upcoming EP called "Zoom In".
It's the song "Here's To Nights".
"Zoom In" has a release date of March 29, 2021. It will include five tracks. The record will be the immediate follow-up to "What's My Name", released in 2019, which was the previous one featuring the erstwhile drummer of the Beatles.
A wealth of guests and collaborations
On the other hand, Paul McCartney is also expected to release his own album "McCartney III".
The EP in question includes a wealth of guests and collaborations, among them Diane Warren (songwriter), Eric Burton (Black Pumas), Sheryl Crow, Finneas, Dave Grohl, Ben Harper, Lenny Kravitz, Jenny Lewis, Steve Lukather.
Grow Old With Me was one of the last songs Lennon wrote before his assassination in 1980. It was released posthumously on the 1984 record Milk and Honey. The song was created by Lennon and Yoko Ono, who drew inspiration from the poetry of the 19th-century couple Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
The McCartney and Starr versions of Grow Old with Me will appear on Starr's 20th studio album. This is the latest in the series of records created by
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are releasing a cover of Grow Old with Me, one of the last songs John Lennon wrote before he died.
Starr at his home with a cast of notable friends, including McCartney and record producer Jack Douglas. In a statement, Starr said the idea for the recording came about after he had met Douglas. The latter is the producer behind Lennon and Ono's album, Double Fantasy.
I'm an emotional person. And I really loved that song.
"Jack asked if I'd ever heard the Bermuda tapes. John's demos from that time," Starr recalled. "I'm an emotional person. And I really loved that song. I sang it as best I could. Through it I think deeply of John."
Reflecting on McCartney playing bass and singing on the recording, Starr described: "John had a particular style. Paul and I both follow that." Then, when Douglas was arranging the chords for the track, he included a line from Here Comes The Sun. "So in a way, the four of us find ourselves together again."
Emotion took over when Starr acknowledged that he is still living the dream that Lennon envisioned for himself and Ono when he wrote Grow Old with Me. Growing old and spending time with a loved one.
