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Summary: Some Great Performances
Comment: With twenty-six songs in surround sound, the sound is perfect for displaying the oldies live like you've never heard them before. Rod Argent plays his very oldie, `She's Not There" with a near perfect rendition. Of course, he also supplies the seventies monster hit, "Hold Your Head Up", a completely different style of music. Sheila E. gets her kicks in frequently as a super-percussionist, teaming up with and sometimes replacing Ringo Starr on drums. Her, "The Glamorous Life" is a nice powerful performance with a great finale. Billy Squire who has never really been a huge hit, performs very, very well with his signature songs, "Everybody Wants You" and "Rock Me Tonight", obviously relishing every piece he shares intimately wit the audience. My favorite has to be the wild and weird Edgar Winter who does a great job on, `Free Ride", but brings the house down with his wild rendition of, "Frankenstein, playing both keyboards, saxophone and a duel percussion with Sheila E. To watch this giant guy recreate that classic song with all the special effects and synthesizes is worth the DVD alone. Sheila E. does a great powerhouse job on the drum solo as well as playing duel percussion with Winter. Multi-talented Richard Marx and Hamish Stuart round out the band playing on nearly every song. Of course, Ringo Starr gets his famous songs in, like, `Photograph", "Yellow Submarine" and A little Help From My Friends" and more. The only drawback is the frequent interruptions with interviews from each of the musicians and Ringo Starr, but the music makes up for that minor inconvenience.
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Summary: ringo+ edgar winter= great dvd
Comment: i loved ringo's performances, excellent and very funny. you jus can see ringo's ability to connect with the audience, joines by a great band. sheila e. did a great job, and the songs performed by her are really good.
But the one who really steals the show (obviously after RiNGO) is Edgar Winter, who played three amazing songs! (Free Ride, Dying to Live and Frankenstein) What an artist!!!
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Summary: Ringo Live
Comment: I've been waiting to get a Ringo live DVD for some time now. I was excited and watched the whole thing the minute it arrived. The performances are all great. Everyone on this All Starr band are great musicians. The interviews between songs are kind of dull. Some of the interviews are ok but most of them are just repetitive. I do believe that this is the first time Ringo performed "What Goes On" live and now you can see it on DVD over and over again.
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Summary: Ringo does it again
Comment: Once again Ringo has assembled a stellar group to be his All Starr band.The concert is a great showcase of both Ringo and band member numbers,with interview clips from all members,interspersed between numbers.
Ringo is a master showman, but also allows each member of the band to shine,something those familiar with previous All Starr lineups will attest to.Highly recommended to anyone who loves good music,the Beatles,or just a great fun time
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Summary: 4.5 Starrs! Must purchase for any Ringo fan
Comment: If you're a Ringo fan buy this DVD. The between song interview clips are an enjoyable addition and the cameras and editing were actually focused on Ringo and the band members throughout the concert. Unlike the editors who worked on a Paul McCartney concert video I recently watched, this production crew seemed to grasp that the reason for watching a concert DVD is to view the concert - not the audience. If you've seen one of Ringo's All Starr Band concerts (which I would highly recommend) there's nothing new here but it's great to be able to go back to it any time. The only reason I didn't give this 5 stars (I'd actually like to give it 4.5) is due to the inclusion of what I thought were a couple weaker songs - one by Edgar Winter and one by Ron Argent but otherwise this is classic, fun Ringo. Rock on Ringo!
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