Had the opportunity to up my Beatles quotient to 50% the other night when I got to see Ringo with his All-Star Band. (I saw George Harrison in Tucson in 1974, what a great memory.)

Ringo's doing good, he started on time and they rocked continuously for over 2 hours. He did his old standards and some of his new stuff, too. Many people say that Ringo's compositions are pretty simple and basic - and I agree. But I'm a simple person with simple tastes. When Ringo sings "choose love", it's profound enough for me. "Choose Love" and "Memphis In Your Mind" were my favorites from the newer material. It's hard to beat "With a Little Help From My Friends" and "Yellow Submarine" sung by the original, though!

The All-Star band was great, with Edgar Winter earning overtime playing keyboards, sax, even drums. The band included Billy Squier, Colin Hay of Men at Work, keyboardist Gary Wright ("Dreamweaver"), bassist Hamish Stuart (Average White Band) and second drummer Greg Bissonette.

They must have had a concession on guitars, because Colin and Billy changed guitars almost every song and "old" guitars were slow to reappear.

An exciting and energizing concert, I'm really glad I got to go.