Ringo Starr live: Bottom Line, New York City

Ringo Starr performed at the Bottom Line club in New York City on 12 May 1998.

It was a warm-up show ahead of his appearance on VH1 Storytellers the following night.

Starr’s band was The Roundheads:

Joe Walsh: guitar, vocals
Mark Hudson: guitar, harmonica, vocals
Gary Burr: guitar, mandolin, vocals
Steve Dudas: guitar
Jack Blades: bass guitar, vocals
Jim Cox: keyboards, vocals
Scott Gordon: harmonica
Simon Kirke: drums, percussion

This was the first of a handful of shows by Starr and The Roundheads, in support of the Vertical Man album. This show marked the first time Starr performed ‘Don’t Pass Me By’ and ‘Octopus’s Garden’ in public.

The Bottom Line was a music venue at 15 West 4th Street in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. It opened on 11 February 1974 and closed on 22 January 2004.

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