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<\/a>Ringo Starr and his longest running incarnation of the All Starr Band made an appearance at the Smart Financial Center in Sugarland and put on probably the best \u2018feel good\u2019 show of the year. \u00a0The feel good music was not only from Ringo\u2019s storied catalog but from contributions of every member in the band as well. \u00a0As with the previous All Starr bands, Starr has amassed a troupe of musicians who have been with him for a number of years now. \u00a0With guys like Steve Lukather from Toto and Richard Page from Mister Mister to Greg Rolie from Santana and the ever nutty Todd Rundgren it\u2019s hard to imagine anything but great tunes.Considering all this talent in one show Starr graciously defers quite often to his bandmates so that they too can share center stage performing songs that made them famous in their own right.<\/p>\nSteve Lukather was spot on the mark with Toto favorites like \u201cRosanna\u201d, \u201cAfrica\u201d and \u201cHold the Line\u201d. \u00a0Mister Mister alum Richard Page delivered incredible versions of \u201cKyrie\u201d, \u201cBroken Wings\u201d and a new number called \u201cYou Are Mine\u201d. \u00a0Greg Rollie, original vocalist and keyboardist for Santana revived his vocals on the Santana hits \u201cEvil Ways\u201d, \u201cBlack Magic Woman\u201d and \u201cOye Como Va\u201d.<\/p>\n
The last All Starr member to strut his stuff was Todd Rundgren.\u00a0 \u201cI Saw the Light\u201d is probably Rundgren\u2019s most well known and most popular hit. \u00a0His version on this night was memorable as Rundgren slipped the crowd right back into the \u201870\u2019s with this unforgettable tune from his Something \/ Anything album from 1972. \u00a0More Rundgren fun was in store when he broke into \u201cBang the Drum All Day\u201d, a tune that had the crowd percussing their own improvised drums of seat backs and whatever else they could beat on.<\/p>\n
Seeing all of these artists alone would be a show in itself but the real Starr of the show really sparkled whenever Ringo took the microphone. \u00a0Just about everything \u2018Ringo\u2019 was featured as Starr took the audience on a musical ride of his own solo hits as well as the Beatles songs that were trademarked with his distinctive vocals.<\/p>\n
Starr opened the show with \u201cMatchbox\u201d, a rockin\u2019 Carl Perkins number from the 50\u2019s and also from The Beatles 1964 release \u201cSomething New\u201d. \u00a0He quickly fast forwarded the show with one of his own tunes \u201cIt Don\u2019t Come Easy\u201d, Ringo\u2019s first solo hit from 1971.\u00a0 This song made it really sink in that we were in the presence of a Beatle, one of only four members of the most famous band that ever was.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Starr announced before performing another classic song that he sang it with a band he used to be in, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. \u00a0Then he mentioned he sang it with the other band as well. \u00a0The song was \u201cBoys\u201d, a hit for the Shirelles back in 1960 and a hit for The Beatles in 1963.<\/p>\n