Some 60-odd years into his career, Ringo Starr is about to release Rewind Forward,a four-song EP that is part of a series he began working on during the pandemic. Ringo has kept himself very busy since the Beatles split up in 1970, releasing 20 solo albums and four EPs and collaborating with everyone from Harry Nilsson and T. Rex’s Marc Bolan to indie rock icon Jenny Lewis. He’s been steadily touring with his All Starr Band since 1989 and is hitting the road once again in September 2023. Since Sir Starr clearly has no intention of retiring, his people figured why not give him a good jolt to the system by sitting him down for 20 minutes on Zoom with one of these loonies they keep hearing about over there at CREEM? A-wop-bop-a-loo-bop, a-lop-bam-boom!

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Ringo! Happy belated birthday! 83, huh? You don’t look a day over 60!

That old?! [Laughs]