Ringo Starr and T Bone Burnett are back at it. Following their 2024 collaboration ‘Look Up,’ the legendary Beatles drummer returns April 24 with ‘Long Long Road,’ a ten-track record rooted in country and Americana, recorded in Nashville and Los Angeles with many of the same musicians from the previous album.
The first single, “It’s Been Too Long,” features vocals from Sarah Jarosz and Molly Tuttle, and sets the tone for a record that pulls from deep American roots while reflecting Starr’s own musical journey. Guests across the album include Billy Strings, Sheryl Crow, and St. Vincent. One of the album’s ten tracks, “I Don’t See Me In Your Eyes Anymore,” is a Carl Perkins song Starr had never previously recorded. “T Bone and I both wanted one on this record,” Starr explained, “and he found this beautiful track I’d never heard before.”
Six of the album’s ten songs were written or co-written by Burnett, with the core band, affectionately dubbed The Texans, returning intact: Paul Franklin, David Mansfield, Dennis Crouch, Daniel Tashian, Rory Hoffman, Patrick Warren, and Colin Linden. “Ringo Starr is a recording artist of the highest caliber,” Burnett said, “and I wanted to surround him with these young masters, bringing in some of this extraordinary young energy that’s happening around Nashville.”
Starr spoke to how naturally the record came together. “After we did the last record, which I love listening to, this one just sort of happened,” he said. “I like to say sometimes I make the right moves, and one of the right moves was hooking up with T Bone for Look Up, and now for this one.”
‘Long Long Road’ is available to pre-order now on CD and LP. It arrives April 24.
Track Listing:
Side One
Returning Without Tears
Baby Don’t Go
I Don’t See Me In Your Eyes Anymore
It’s Been Too Long
Why
Side Two
You and I (Wave of Love)
My Baby Don’t Want Nothing
Choose Love
She’s Gone
Long Long Road