Hamish Stuart, Ringo’s All-Starr Band

[bmusic]

Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, last night.

I approve of his rig. His suit, too.

I'm a ginormous Beatles fan, but came away for newfound respect for Steve Lukather (shredded), Gregg Bissonette (madman), and Edgar Winter, who I never gave a thought to, but who, it turns out, is made of music.

Also have to give a shout-out to Warren Ham and Colin Hay, who writes the songs that make the old men sing.

 

[woodyng2]

Got to see Hamish many years ago when he was part of Macca's touring band.
I think he was playing a Stingray or Sabre back then.

 

[bholder]

A true pro who hires the best, always puts on a great show. Much respect for keeping the music alive.

 

[SwansonEricJohn]

Hamish was the "Swiss Army Knife" in McCartney's band, playing everything that was needed as Paul switched between bass, piano, guitar, etc. I saw Edgar Winter open for Johnny Winter with a third set of them jamming together. It was fantastic. Edgar bleeds music. Ringo always hires a great band, obviously. He has talented friends! Todd Rundgren? Joe Walsh?

 

[Auer]

They come yearly to the venue I work at, great with the crowd and very easy to work with.
Winters DIY "Keytars" are cool, Beat up midi controllers at this stage. Missing most of their slider knobs .

 

[bmusic]

Hamish was the "Swiss Army Knife" in McCartney's band, playing everything that was needed as Paul switched between bass, piano, guitar, etc. I saw Edgar Winter open for Johnny Winter with a third set of them jamming together. It was fantastic. Edgar bleeds music. Ringo always hires a great band, obviously. He has talented friends! Todd Rundgren? Joe Walsh?

I didn't see Rundgren. Joe Walsh might have been one of the 4 guys—not introduced—that came out to join in the "With a Little Help From My Friends"/"Give Peace a Chance" finale. Jim Keltner was one of the others (he sat at Ringo's throne) and I'm pretty sure so was Howard Jones.

 

[BuddhaFingas]

Serious player... Average White Band founding member, too.

 

[Michedelic]

Hamish was the "Swiss Army Knife" in McCartney's band, playing everything that was needed as Paul switched between bass, piano, guitar, etc. I saw Edgar Winter open for Johnny Winter with a third set of them jamming together. It was fantastic. Edgar bleeds music. Ringo always hires a great band, obviously. He has talented friends! Todd Rundgren? Joe Walsh?

I didn't see Rundgren. Joe Walsh might have been one of the 4 guys—not introduced—that came out to join in the "With a Little Help From My Friends"/"Give Peace a Chance" finale. Jim Keltner was one of the others (he sat at Ringo's throne) and I'm pretty sure so was Howard Jones.

Joe Walsh is Ringo's brother-in-law.

 

[jerry]

Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, last night.

I approve of his rig. His suit, too.

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I'm a ginormous Beatles fan, but came away for newfound respect for Steve Lukather (shredded), Gregg Bissonette (madman), and Edgar Winter, who I never gave a thought to, but who, it turns out, is made of music.

Also have to give a shout-out to Warren Ham and Colin Hay, who writes the songs that make the old men sing.

Edgar is so talented at so many things his vocals sometimes get overlooked, he is a mo-fo of a singer! Hamish like his old partner Alan Gorrie is one of the masters of space in his basslines as well.

 

[Ostie]

Hamish likes the shorties!

 

[smurfco]

What I like about him is he is not complete ham, just ham-ish.

 

[brianrost]

Hamish likes the shorties!

He played Mustangs most of the time in AWB, certainly on the show I caught back in 1979.

 

[Relsom]

I saw him with that other Beatle July 4th, 1990 at RFK Stadium. It was a great show but unfortunately the most memorable thing about the whole night was the crush of the crowd pushing to get onto the Metro at the end.

 

[sikamikanico]

Hmm, if it's His All-Starr Band, shouldn't they all be related to Ringo?

 

[dougjwray]

I saw this lineup last October. They were all great, and it was fun to hear Ringo play Average White Band and Toto grooves.
He's still a fantastic drummer.
I saw a different incarnation around 2000, and that lineup included Jack Bruce!

 

[dtripoli]

What an amazing show it was! "Wow, just wow" was all I could say all the way home.
Such talented musicians, great FOH sound. It was surreal.

 

[SDC1-ClickClack]

Indeed, Ringo and his various All-Starr Band line-ups have delivered great concerts for years and years. The idea of featuring so many artists with well-known songs in their discographies is a great way for these aging musicians to go on the road and earn some money well after their prime earning years, while sharing the physical demands of being the lead singer. (For my tastes, it's a bit too much like an oldies radio station or a jukebox stocked with only songs that got heavy airplay in decades past, but one cannot begrudge them taking the opportunity to go out and use their talents to entertain audiences while bringing in some much-needed revenue.)

It's a shame that Edgar Winter is not far more widely appreciated for his musical abilities. Yes, he can sing well (with a huge range, at least when he was younger), yes, he can play drums and keyboards, and holy crap, can he wail on the sax! Not only that, but his 1970 debut solo album Entrance is a jazz-rock tour de force, but with an emphasis on JAZZ. Most people only know him for the songs "Frankenstein" and "Free Ride" (both admittedly quite good) or his scream-heavy vocal work with the band Edgar Winter's White Trash.

That Entrance album and Edgar himself are so good that the Ed Palermo Big Band released an excellent album a couple of years ago consisting entirely of songs composed by Edgar and arranged by Palermo, including the "Winter's Dream" suite that took up the entire first side of the original album LP. As good as the big band versions are, the original album still holds up really well over 50 years later.

 

[StatesideRambler]

Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, last night.

I approve of his rig. His suit, too.

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I'm a ginormous Beatles fan, but came away for newfound respect for Steve Lukather (shredded), Gregg Bissonette (madman), and Edgar Winter, who I never gave a thought to, but who, it turns out, is made of music.

Also have to give a shout-out to Warren Ham and Colin Hay, who writes the songs that make the old men sing.

Hey! Why hasn't anyone called him out for putting 4-1x" cabs side-by-side? This is TB! You guys are slipping.

 

[Killing Floor]

He's great. Spread the word. Imaginative player.

And yeah, Luke is a baller guitarist.

 

[Auer]

Hey! Why hasn't anyone called him out for putting 4-1x" cabs side-by-side? This is TB! You guys are slipping.

Without going in to details, a fair amount of the gear on stage are props.