Beaucoups of Blues
Studio album by Ringo Starr
Released	25 September 1970
Recorded	Late June - 1 July 1970
Genre	Rock
Length	33:25
Label	Apple Records/EMI
Producer	Pete Drake
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone (not rated) link
Ringo Starr chronology
Sentimental Journey (1970) Beaucoups of Blues (1970) "Ringo" (1973)

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While playing on sessions for George Harrison's All Things Must Pass (the recording of which began on 26 May), Starr - a long-time country and western fan - met Pete Drake, who Harrison had called upon to play pedal steel guitar. Realizing Drake's deep connection to country (having also played on Bob Dylan's Nashville Skyline), Starr asked him if they could collaborate on an album together. Drake promptly told Starr his musician friends could compose more than an album's worth of material from which Starr could pick his favorites and record his vocals. Starr was very keen and agreed. He flew to Nashville on 22 June to begin working on the project. For other persons named George Harrison, see George Harrison (disambiguation). ... Alternate cover Cover of 2001 remaster All Things Must Pass is a triple album by George Harrison recorded and released after the break-up of The Beatles. ... is the 146th day of the year (147th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Country music, once known as Country and Western music, is a popular musical form developed in the southern United States, with roots in traditional folk music, spirituals, and the blues. ... Pete Drake (born Roddis Franklin Drake, 8 October 1932, Augusta, Georgia - died 29 July 1988, Nashville, Tennessee), was a major Nashville based record producer and steel guitar player. ... This article is about the recording artist. ... Nashville Skyline is an album by Bob Dylan, released in 1969. ... For other cities named Nashville, see Nashville (disambiguation). ... is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

While most of the tracks were cut in two days (30 June and 1 July), Drake had produced some earlier sessions with The Jordanaires on backing vocals so that Starr could add his lead on top. The sessions went exceedingly well, and it was clear to all that Starr's vocals were much more suited to genre of country than the old standards that characterized Sentimental Journey. For Ringo Starr, making Beaucoups of Blues had fulfilled a lifelong ambition. is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ...

Beaucoups of Blues was released that September to a fan base that was once again bemused with Starr's abrupt change in style. While the album is more acclaimed than Sentimental Journey, Beaucoups of Blues didn't perform nearly as well, missing the UK charts and reaching only #65 in the US. In light of the tepid commercial reaction, Starr would refrain from further album releases for the time being, preferring to concentrate on his second vocation: film acting.

Beaucoups of Blues was remastered and reissued on CD in 1995 with the addition of two bonus tracks: "Coochy Coochy" (a Starr original that appeared as the B-Side to the single release of "Beaucoups of Blues") and a jam with all the musicians entitled, appropriately enough, "Nashville Jam".

Track listing

1. "Beaucoups Of Blues" (Buzz Rabin) – 2:33
2. "Love Don't Last Long" (Chuck Howard) – 2:45
3. "Fastest Growing Heartache In The West" (Larry Kingston/Fred Dycus) – 2:34
4. "Without Her" (Sorrells Pickard) – 2:35
5. "Woman Of The Night" (Sorrells Pickard) – 2:21
6. "I'd Be Talking All The Time" (Chuck Howard/Larry Kingston) – 2:10
7. "$15 Draw" (Sorrells Pickard) – 3:29
8. "Wine, Women And Loud Happy Songs" (Larry Kingston) – 2:18
9. "I Wouldn't Have You Any Other Way" (Chuck Howard) – 2:57
10. "Loser's Lounge" (Bobby Pierce) – 2:23
11. "Waiting" (Chuck Howard) – 2:54
12. "Silent Homecoming" (Sorrells Pickard) – 3:55

External links

• JPGR's Beaucoups of Blues site