VOA标准英语2010年-Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney Reunite on

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Former Beatles Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney have reunited.  Well, at least for a couple of songs on Ringo's latest album, "Y Not." 

It seems like old times when you hear Ringo Starr playing drums and Paul McCartney on the bass¹ for Ringo's "Peace Dream."  The tune² has another Beatles connection; it was inspired by John Lennon and Yoko Ono's 1969 "bed-in" for peace during their honeymoon³ at a hotel in Amsterdam.  McCartney also sings harmony on the Ringo Starr original, "Walk With You."

Like Ringo's previous star-studded solo albums, his 10-song collection "Y Not" unites an impressive list of musical collaborators.  In addition to McCartney, the album features vocalists Ben Harper, Richard Marx and Joss Stone, blues-rock veteran Edgar Winter on saxophones and vocals⁴, and guitarists Joe Walsh, Dave Stewart and Billy Squier.

Born and raised Richard Starkey in an inner-city section of Liverpool, England, known as "The Dingle," Ringo sings about his working-class upbringing on the track "The Other Side Of Liverpool."  In it, he describes the city, which was also home to his three Beatles bandmates, as "cold and damp … only way out of there, drums, guitar and amp."

In support of "Y Not," Ringo and the current edition of his All-Starr Band launch their 2010 tour in Niagara Falls, Canada, on June 24.  Ringo will celebrate his 70th birthday with a concert at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on July 7.