From Beatle to boss: Ringo Starr on running his All-Starr Band
LA TimesRingo Starr moseys up to the restaurant at the Sunset Marquis in a spotless white cowboy hat and matching white denim jacket. “That’ll be later.” For the moment, he’s focused on a tour with his All-Starr Band that’s set to launch Saturday in San Diego before stopping at the Greek Theatre on Sunday night. “We also had Barbara’s sister, Marjorie, and Joe,” Starr adds, strumming an imaginary guitar to indicate his famous brother-in-law, Joe Walsh of the Eagles, who married Marjorie Bach in 2008, years after doing a stint in the first All-Starr Band. So what happens?” I get the phone book out — it’s 1989, so it was a physical phone book — and I called Joe Walsh: “Man, they’re asking me to go on tour. He said, “I’ll have to leave,” and I said, “OK — you’re not gonna blackmail me.” He didn’t leave.