Beatles legend Ringo Starr tells Fox News Digital the inspiration for him changing tune was producer T Bone Burnett.

During a recent interview, Ringo Starr explained why his Beatles bandmates would laugh at him when he’d present original songs to the group.

Ringo had known Burnett for many years, but it was a chance between the pair back in November 2022 at a party to launch Olivia Harrison’s book ‘Came the Lightening – Twenty Poems for George’ at the Sunset Marquis hotel in Los Angeles that inspired them to record together.

Look Up is his first for six years and his first to reflect his long-held love of country since way back in 1970, when he cut Beaucoups Of Blues in Nashville. In a new interview with the Sunday Times,

Ringo Starr discussed his “emotional” connection to country music, revealed some favorite country artists at a Nashville press event to promote his new album, 'Look Up,' and his shows at the Ryman.

These songs touch deep emotions, which is what I always loved about the great singers like Hank Williams,” Ringo Starr says of his new country album.

"We met Johnny Cash on the last gig the Beatles did, in San Francisco," Ringo Starr says today. "That was the last time we did gigs, and Johnny was there to see us off." Starr, 84, remembers it vividly,

Produced by T Bone Burnett, Look Up features 11 songs with Ringo playing drums and singing on all of them. On some of the songs, he’s joined by other artists like Molly Tuttle, Billy Strings, Alison Krauss, Larkin Poe, and Lucius.

The Beatle is releasing a new album titled 'Look Up' — his first in over five years Ringo Starr is only interested in making music on this condition. In an interview published on Sunday, Jan. 12 with The Times,

Former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr has long threaded country music into his work, both as part of the Fab Four, and his decades of solo work. During his tenure with the Beatles, Starr sang lead on the Fab Four's cover of the Buck Owens classic "Act Naturally.

Ringo & Friends at the Ryman' will feature Jack White and Sheryl Crow and will celebrate the singer's legacy through the lens of country music. It will tape in Nashville this week.

Country, rock hall of famers, modern stars joined icon Ringo Starr at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium to celebrate the release of his album 'Look Up.'