00:00They knew they just wanted to, like, rock.
00:02They didn't want to hear his country shit.
00:05Yeah.
00:06But people want to hear your country shit.
00:08They do.
00:09And...
00:10This sounds like me, and I love it.
00:13But she slipped through my fingers
00:16And I've got time on my hands
00:20Ringo Starr is back.
00:22And he's got a brand new country album.
00:25The Beatles star talked with our very own Melinda Newman all about it.
00:29Like where his country roots began.
00:31I did love country from before I was in the band.
00:34Yeah.
00:35Yeah.
00:36Yeah.
00:37You really loved it.
00:38And we got plenty of it in Liverpool,
00:40because the lads who were in the Merchant Navy
00:42would bring not only rock and roll over, but country.
00:46And when the country bands went on tour in England,
00:50they always played Liverpool.
00:52We always used to say,
00:53Liverpool is the capital of country music, you know, in England.
00:57And with his new single, he captured the country spirit.
01:00The wife's left, the dog's dead,
01:03and I don't have any money for the jukebox.
01:05And the truck won't start.
01:07And, you know...
01:09Well, if you listen to a lot of my songs,
01:11not only the country, the pop songs,
01:14the last verse is always an up.
01:19You know?
01:20Just for me, that's what I want to present.
01:22So, you know, there's a break in the clouds,
01:26and the light comes through.
01:34And he trusted producer T-Bone Burnett to get it done.
01:38I'll do the drums and the vocals.
01:42From the first track he sent me,
01:44I just put it in his hands to produce it.
01:47He's the producer.
01:49And he did us proud.
01:51Yeah, what did you think?
01:52No.
01:53When I first heard it, I was just blown away.
01:55Look Up is out today.
01:58And you can find the full interview with the legend
02:00over at Billboard.com.
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