"I'm blessed to have T Bone in my life right now and working with me on these records. After we did the last record, which I love listening to, this one just sort of happened. I like to say sometimes I make the right moves, like you can go left or right at any point, and one of the right moves was hooking up with T Bone for Look Up, and now for this one, which I'm calling Long Long Road, because I've been on a long long road."
"I've loved Ringo's playing and his singing for my whole life. And then one night we were at a poetry reading together and he said, why don't you write a song for me? So I wrote him a Gene Autry type song because I always heard Ringo as a Texas artist, the way he played felt just like Texas music to me. Ringo Starr is a recording artist of the highest caliber, and I wanted to surround him with these young masters."
Ringo Starr announces Long Long Road, his second country album produced by T Bone Burnett, arriving April 24 via UMe. The album features collaborations with Sheryl Crow, St. Vincent, Billy Strings, Molly Tuttle, and Sarah Jarosz, alongside musicians Daniel Tashian, Paul Franklin, David Mansfield, Dennis Crouch, Rory Hoffman, Patrick Warren, and Colin Linden. Burnett conceived the project after Ringo requested he write a song, inspiring a Gene Autry-style composition. Burnett intentionally surrounded Ringo with young Nashville musicians to bring contemporary energy to the record. The lead single, It's Been Too Long, co-written by Burnett and Tashian, features backing vocals from Molly Tuttle and Sarah Jarosz. Ringo will tour with his All-Starr Band across the West Coast and Southwest this spring.
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