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Beatles gold records line the wall in the lobby at the Capitol Tower.
After over 6 weeks on the road with Ringo Starr, I had to take time out to see Ringo's Star on the Walk of Fame in front of Capitol Records.
I spent most of Sunday with Angelo Scrobe at the Capitol Records tower at Hollywood and Vine before flying home. We discussed upcoming John Lennon, Beatles and Apple projects. While in the historic tower I took the opportunity to shoot some photos of the home of the Fab Four.
This is the sign in front of the historic Capitol Records recording studios.
This is Frank Sinatra's chair in Studio B at Capitol Records. This is where Frank sat while singing his iconic songs from the Capitol years.
This is a photo of Capitol Records Studio B. Sinatra's chair sits at the far left.
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Ringo played his final show of the 2010 All Starr Tour last night at the historic Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. Angelo from Captiol/EMI stopped by and helped sell art for Ringo’s charity. Ringo was joined on stage with some friends during “With A Little Help From My Friends” including Joe Walsh, Ben Harper and Keith Allison (Paul Revere & the Raiders).
I met a lot of great people with Ringo’s crew as well as band members. It’s amazing how hard they work, sleeping on buses all night and working all day. I hope to keep in touch with them.
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Ringo performed his second to the last show on the tour at Humphrey’s in San Diego. Located on the water, the venue was surrounded by a hotel. Ringo and the all Starrs walked past our art show exhibit on the way to sound check and Ringo commented that our set up was very cool. A couple of the All Starrs stopped to take photos at our set up and Ringo gave a shout out to the art show from the stage during the concert. Tonight is the final show.
The concert setting in San Diego.
Gary Wright stops by to say hi on his way to sound check.
Wally Palmar (Romantics) and Ringo art publisher Neal Glaser pose in front of the art display in San Diego.
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The stage in Rancho Mirage as the crew sets up for the evening concert.
Ringo performed last night in Rancho Mirage (outside of Palm Springs). The afternoon temperature was 110 degrees….but as everyone says….it’s a dry heat. The concert was video taped for a future live DVD release.
Heard a great story from Ringo’s Eugene, Oregon show….
Ringo makes his escape from each venue during the last song so he can beat the crowds…while the band is performing and taking their bows during “Give Peace a Chance”, Ringo has already left the building. Anyway….his car was taking him out of the Eugene venue when it passed a couple of fans walking to their car. Ringo unrolled the window and yelled over to them…”Why did you leave the show early…you’re missing the last song.” Ringo’s car sped off before the stunned couple realized that it was Ringo. Very funny!
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Ringo performed in Saratoga, California last night at a winery at the top of a mountain (thus called the Mountain Winery). A very scary drive up a winding mountain road (with no shoulders on the road, only a steep drop). The winery used to be the Paul Masson winery and is now partly owned by Apple guru Steve Jobs.
At the show, a guy wearing a reflective vest on a Segway passed by us. He looked a policeman or event security….then someone familiar with the venue comment…oh that’s Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computers. He lives in the area and was checking out the scene. He wears the reflective vest so no one hits him as he navigates the mountain roads. No everyday that you see a Billionaire.
This is the view from the mountain top where Ringo performed in Saratoga.
Ringo sings Yellow Submarine at the Mountain Winery in Saratoga.
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