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Summary: ...with great help from his friends...!
Comment: I own and have watched all the Ringo Starr All Starr Band DVDs but this one is just about the best. Sheila E. again is present as the companion drummer and she does "Glamorous Life" again but that doesn't get old or commonplace. She is dynamic and can play with the best of them - as Edgar Winter found out. He is the one who stole the show. His ballad, "Dying to Live" is sung to pull heartstrings while he solos at the keyboard. Later in the program he staps on the keyboard for "Frankenstein" then plays sax, timbales then back to the keyboard for the finish; drumming courtesy of Sheila E. The in-between spots with all the performers add humor and insight to the tour and to the people involved. Ringo freely admits "see you later, peace and love!" when it came to drumming the monster...
Rog Argent delivers also with "Hold Your Head Up" and two Zombies classics that are reworked with help from the other headliners.
Billy Squire is the lead guitarist this time around and he handles all that is performed with taste and style.
Richard Marx is the star(r) struck one of the bunch but his voice has matured with the years and after so many years of not hearing his songs I was surprised at how good they sound and have held up.
This is a very excellent DVD for not only post Beatle fans, Ringo fans - but music fans. Because of the company he keeps Ringo can present a traveling show of respected musicians and record them sonically and visually for the rest of us.
Speaking of sonic, this is and has been Ringo's time to shine as a drummer of merit. As a Beatle, the sound equipment just was not there. Since he has been an All-Starr the technology has finally caught up to him.
Peace and Love!
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Summary: An All-Starr best
Comment: I must admit, I'm not one of those people who complains about having too many Ringo Starr All-Starr Band recordings. Having been to at least one show from each tour, I'm personally glad that each and every one of the nine tours prior to this year's is represented in some way. And I look forward to this year's being released soon, too.
In fact, I'd become a bit concerned there for a while that the 2006 tour would not be released, what with two years having already elapsed. But thankfully, it's finally out. I say thankfully because in my opinion, it was his best tour to date, with such a wealth of talent joining him. I actually considered this Ringo's best "supergroup" of All-Starrs.
Sheila E, as usual, was in fine form. No other drummer on any of Ringo's tours compares to her. She's just a "supercussionist." Edgar Winter brought the house down with "Free Ride" and "Frankenstein." Those performances alone were worth the price of admission. And Rod Argent gave amazing renditions of three of his own well-known compositions.
The only drawback to any of the '06 shows was the feeling that artists like Billy Squier, Richard Marx, and Hamish Stuart couldn't perform more from their great repertoires. In fact, Stuart merely appeared as a session player for this tour. (Mercifully, he was highlighted more this year with two songs, and Squier, also rejoining the band in '08, was able to perform a couple of songs he didn't do in '06.) Not enough can be said about either Squier nor Marx. As I say, these talents both have such lengthy lists of hits that either can perform whole shows of their own (and they do, on occasion, thank goodness).
As for the product itself, I do have some misgivings. Of note, the album of music is severely abridged. While still worthy, if one must choose between the DVD or the CD, I suggest the DVD.
At the same time, however, while the DVD is the unabridged performance from the Mohecan Sun in Connecticut, I feel that a better show could've been selected for the release. For instance, the finale show at Radio City would've been a perfect release. It's probable that there were legal reasons for it not being chosen, but still, I attended two other shows from this tour that I felt were superior to the one on this release. But I'm not complaining. Something is most assuredly better than nothing.
My only complaint about this video release is that, although every performance from the concert is represented, each and every performance is, for whatever reason, talked up with interviews before and after. Watching the concert on DVD makes one wonder why the interviews were not given their own separate tracking, for the concert becomes a stop-and-go list of performances, in their correct sequence yet not the fluid concert from beginning to end. That would be my primary complaint about this production (hence the 4-starr rating, instead of five).
Still, all in all, I'm glad it's been released, and anyone who is considering their first purchase of a Ringo Starr concert should go with this one. As great as they were, all other releases pale by comparison.
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Summary: Ringo is the Greatest!!!!
Comment: If you ever have a Chance to see Ringo & his all starr band in concert GO!!! this video is Great, but in concert is the BEST!!! Sheilia playing drums with her shoes. Edgar Winter & the Frankenstein song WOW!!! Billy Squire Whoohoo! Although Ringo IS THE GREATEST! his all Starr band is about them all, & They all are Awesome!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: Great show, too many interruptions - worth 4.5 stars
Comment: This is an excellent show by Ringo and his band. The video and sound quality are excellent. My only complaint, and I have this issue with several concert DVD's, is that the show is continually interrupted between songs for interview segments. Almost every song in this show has an interview segment following it. These should be left out of the show so that it can be enjoyed without interruption. Overall, I'd give this show 4.5 stars if I could.
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Summary: One Word: WOW!
Comment: I'd grab this one for fear of it becoming out-of-print someday... This is THE BEST Live Ringo All-Starr... and if you have 5.1 you're in for a aural treat!... This DVD ROCKS!!! Not gonna ruin it by overwording this review... Just get it!
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