Paul McCartney has contributed to a couple of tracks on the new Ringo Starr album `Y Not`.
McCartney plays bass on the track “Peace Dream’ and sings on ‘walk With You’.“Paul was doing the Grammys, so he came over to the house and was playing bass on `Peace Dream.” So I played him this other track and Paul said, `Give me the headphones. Give me a pair of cans.’ And he went to the mike and he just invented that part where he follows on my vocal. That was all Paul McCartney, and there could be nothing better. He makes it bigger and he makes it fuller. It makes the song like a conversation between us, and that was Paul’s idea to do his part one beat behind me. That’s why he’s a gen-i-us and an incredible bass player,” Ringo said in a statement.
Ringo produced this album himself. In fact, it is the first time he has had a crack at production. “I was the least involved in the production of the Beatle records,” he said. “And then with my solo records, I worked with some other great producers like Richard Perry, Arif Mardin, and Don Was. So it just seemed like that’s the way that it goes. Then suddenly, it’s another point in your life, and you say, `I’m going do this now.’ So I’ll be producing anything I make from now on. That’s the good news. It’s a confidence thing, I suppose. And Y Not is really another way of me saying, “Yes, I can.”
The album will also feature appearances from Joe Walsh, Joss Stone, Dave Stewart, Richard Marx, Gary Wright and Van Dyke Parks.
‘Y Not’ will be released on Hip-O Records through Universal in January.
