Ringo Starr and his All-Star Band @ CMAC, Canandaigua, NY
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
By: Gus Griesinger
Former Beatle legend Ringo Starr brought his annual All-Star Band to the CMAC for a night of memorable music. Ringo dazzled the audience with favorites from the Beatles catalog, his solo work, and hits from each member of his all-star band. The band consisted of drummer Greg Bissonette, Waly Palmer from (The Romantics), Edgar Winter, Rick Derringer, Gary Wright, and Richard Page(Mister Mister).
Ringo played drums on 11 of the 22 tracks the band performed. He also finished the 3rd song of the night behind the kit for the last chorus of Choose Love. Ringo, even though he was a Beatle, never received full recognition for the precise drummer he actually is. Tonight he kept time with drummer extraordinaire, Greg Bissonette. He took vocal leads on 11 tracks while the other members sang their respective hits. The highlight of the evening was Edgar Winter. He dialed up a terrific rendition of his hit, and first instrumental song to go to number one, Frankenstein. Besides Frankenstein, Edgar played sax on Talking in Your Sleep and Photograph. Starr played two songs off of his new CD Y Not called Peace Song and The Other Side of Liverpool.
All members were grateful that Ringo took them out on this current tour and made some reference to him before each one played their respective song. Lots of references to Peace and Love and giving the peace sign were made by Ringo throughout the performance. The All-Star Band even ended up performing a quick melody of the John Lennon song Give Peace a Chance following Starrs biggest hit with the Beatles, With a Little Help from my Friends.
Ringos commentary and quick wit made for a memorable performance. He joked when thanking the two people who bought his new CD called Y Not that came out earlier this year. Plenty of crowd interaction and his humorous nature always led Ringo to be a fan favorite. The crowd at the CMAC walked away with the same feelings they had after All those years ago
Set List:
It Dont Come Easy (Ringo Starr)
Honey Dont (Ringo Starr)
Choose Love (Ringo Starr)
Hang on Sloopy (Rick Derringer)
Free Ride (Edgar Winter)
Talking in Your Sleep (Wally Palmar)
I Wanna be Your Man (Ringo Starr)
Dream Weaver (Gary Wright)
Kyrie (Richard Page)
The Other Side of Liverpool (Ringo Starr)
Yellow Submarine (Ringo Starr)
Frankenstein (Edgar Winter)
Peace Dream (Ringo Starr)
Back off Boogaloo (Ringo Starr)
What I Like about You (Wally Palmar)
Rock and Roll Hoochie Coo/Eruption (Rick Derringer)
Boys (Ringo Starr)
Love is Alive (Gary Wright)
Broken Wings (Richard Page)
Photograph (Ringo Starr)
Act Naturally (Ringo Starr)
Encores:
With a Little Help from my Friends/Give Peace a Chance (Ringo Starr)
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We would like to thank Elizabeth Freund and Kathryn Musilek from Beautiful Day Media and Mary Scott from Dixon Schwabel PR for allowing Backstageaxxess.com to review the show.
