Hello to everyone from the lovely old city of Brussels in Belgium. Tonight we play the "Marktrock" festival in Leuven a small town near here. Let me try to update y'all on what's been happening with the Ringo and The All Starrs menage in Europe. Ringo and the All Starr Band are:
Ringo Starr (Drums/Vocals)
Peter Frampton (Guitar/Vocals)
Gary Brooker (Keyboards/Vocals)
Jack Bruce Bass/keyboard/accoustic guitar/Vocals)
Simon Kirke (Drums/vocals)
Mark Rivera (Saxophones/Acc. Guitar/Percussion/vocals,Musical Director)
We had rehearsals in London for a couple of weeks and the set we came up with is as follows.
1 It Don't Come Easy (Ringo vocal)
2 Act Naturally (Ringo )
3 Whiskey Train (Gary)
4 Show Me the Way (Peter)
5 Sunshine of Your Love (Jack)
6 Shooting Star (Simon)
7 Boys (Ringo)
8 Love Me Do (Ringo)
9 Baby I Love Your Way (Peter)
10 Yellow Submarine (Ringo)
11 Solo One
12 Solo Two (These two numbers are performed in rotation and I do either Theme For an Imaginary Western or Ropeladder To the Moon)
13 Conquistador (Gary)
14 I'm The Greatest (Ringo)
15 The No No Song (Ringo)
16 La De Da (Ringo)
17 I Feel Free (Jack)
18 Alright Now (Gary)
19 I Wanna Be Your Man (Ringo)
20 Do You Feel (Peter)
21 White Room (Jack)
22 A Whiter Shade of Pale (Gary)
23 Photograph (Ringo)
24 A Little Help From My Friends (Ringo)
So Far we have played Helsinki, Finland; Zofingen, Switzerland; Skanderborg, Denmark and Stuttgart and Chemnitz, Germany. It's been a lot of fun so far and the group are great to travel with being as we are a heady mix of Yanks and Brits. (I of course am the token Scot.)
The weather - wow I'm sounding like a holiday postcard from the edge - has ranged from cold (50 in Finland) to searing (high 90's in Stuttgart) but the audiences have been unfailingly warm and appreciative.
Tomorrow we fly to Lisbon in Portugal and I'm looking forward to a little sea air and Bacalhau. I'll keep you posted always providing I can get "on-line."
By the way special thanks to all who write in comments to the site. I can assure you I read them all and your kind words make it all worth while.
All the Best and Keep On Listening
Jack
