Ringo Starr’s new album Look Up returns the former Beatles drummer to his love of country music, particularly classic country. “I like old country, old style, and that’s what we’ve got,” he tells Rolling Stone in a new interview.
But Starr also raised our eyebrows when he revealed he was a fan of the eclectic country artist responsible for songs like “Hellbilly,” “Mississippi Mud,” and “Crazed Country Rebel.”
“Just to mess up everyone’s mind and brain in Nashville: How is Hank the 3rd doing?” Starr asks, referencing Hank Williams III, the grandson of Hank Williams who mixed heavy metal with outlaw country for a series of albums beginning with 1999’s Risin’ Outlaw. After releasing a pair of records in 2013, the country LP Brothers of the 4×4 and the punk project A Fiendish Threat, Williams went off the grid.
“I liked the records he…
