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Starr's 19th solo album "Give More Love" will
be released on Sept. 15 and will include McCartney on two tracks
- "We're on the Road Again" and "Show Me the Way," which is
dedicated to Starr's wife, Barbara Bach.
"We are still mates," Starr told Reuters of his former bandmate.
"He's out on the road, he's got his own life. I'm out on the
road a lot making records and he was in town so I called him and
I said, 'I've got this track for you to play on.'"
Starr called McCartney "the most melodic bass player in the
world."
"I love the way he plays," he said.Starr holds his birthday
celebrations in public every year, raising awareness of his
peace-and-love message. On Friday he led a crowd gathered on the
sunny, hot streets of Hollywood in a "peace and love" chant,
joined on stage by guests including guitarist Joe Walsh, who is
a member of Starr's band and also his brother-in-law, as well as
"Twin Peaks" director David Lynch.
"There is a lot of trouble in the world, a lot of violence in
the world and a lot of starvation and a lot of people without
water," Starr said. "I'm a big supporter of Water Aid because
everyone should at least have water ... It's not all bombs and
guns."
Starr and McCartney made musical history as members of seminal
1960s English band the Beatles, along with the late George
Harrison and John Lennon. The "Fab Four" led the British
invasion into U.S. pop music and became one of the most
successful bands in the world.
All four Beatles have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall
of Fame both as part of the band and as solo artists.
(Reporting by Rollo Ross for Reuters TV; Editing by Piya Sinha-Roy
and Bill Trott)
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