Label: EMI Records (Europe), 7243 8 32675 2 1
Style: Folk, World, Country
Country: Liverpool, England (7 July 1940)
Time: 44:56
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 254 Mb
Beaucoups of Blues is the second studio album by the English rock musician and former Beatle Ringo Starr. It was released in September 1970, five months after his debut solo album, Sentimental Journey. Beaucoups of Blues is very far removed in style from its pop-based predecessor, relying on country and western influences. A longtime fan of the genre, Starr recorded the album over three days in Nashville with producer Pete Drake and an ensemble of local session players. Beaucoups of Blues failed to chart in Britain but achieved moderate commercial success in the United States, where it reached number 35 on Billboard's Country Albums list and number 65 on the Billboard Top LPs chart.
During Ringo Starr's tenure with the Beatles he had dabbled with country music: he sang lead on the band's cover of the country song "Act Naturally", co-wrote the country-influenced track "What Goes On" and wrote the country song "Don't Pass Me By". Before these recordings, Starr's championing of the genre inspired the band's move towards country music on their 1964 album Beatles for Sale. While playing on sessions for George Harrison's All Things Must Pass in May–June 1970, Starr met American pedal steel guitarist Pete Drake, whom Harrison arranged to fly to London to play on some of the tracks. Starr had to pick up Drake from the airport so that the pair could record with Harrison; Drake noticed the number of country albums Starr had in his vehicle. Realising Drake's deep connection to country, Starr asked him if they could collaborate on an album together. Drake told Starr his musician friends could compose more than an album's worth of material in a week, which Starr thought was "impossible". Starr was very keen and agreed. Starr promptly flew to Nashville on 22 June.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaucoups_of_Blues)
01. Beaucoups Of Blues (02:36)
02. Love Don't Last Long (02:47)
03. Fastest Growing Heartache In The West (02:36)
04. Without Her (02:37)
05. Woman Of The Night (02:24)
06. I'd Be Talking All The Time (02:12)
07. $15 Draw (03:31)
08. Wine, Women And Loud Happy Songs (02:21)
09. I Wouldn't Have You Any Other Way (03:00)
10. Loser's Lounge (02:24)
11. Waiting (02:57)
12. Silent Homecoming (03:58)
13. Coochy Coochy (04:48)
14. Nashville Jam (06:40)
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