Written by: Chuck Howard
Recorded: 27 June 1970
Producer: Pete Drake
Engineer: Scotty Moore
Released: 25 September 1970 (UK), 28 September 1970 (US)
Available on:
Beaucoups Of Blues
Personnel
Ringo Starr: vocals
Charlie Daniels, Chuck Howard, Jerry Kennedy, Dave Kirby, Sorrells Pickard, Jerry Shook: guitar
Ben Keith/Pete Drake: pedal steel guitar
Jim Buchanan/George Richey/Grover Lavender: fiddle
Roy Huskey Jr: upright bass
Buddy Harman/DJ Fontana: drums
Jeannie Kendall, Hoyt Hawkins, Neal Matthews Jr, Gordon Stoker, Ray Walker: vocals
Unknown: piano
‘I Wouldn’t Have You Any Other Way’ is the ninth song on Beaucoups Of Blues, Ringo Starr’s second solo album.
It was written by Chuck Howard, who played guitar on the recording. Howard also wrote ‘Love Don’t Last Long’ and ‘Waiting’, and co-wrote ‘I’d Be Talking All The Time’ with Larry Kingston.
‘I Wouldn’t Have You Any Other Way’ features a vocal duet between Starr and 16-year-old Jeannie Kendall, who performed in The Kendalls with her father Royce.
I really loved the Beatles. They had a great sound, and great harmonies. So singing on Ringo’s album was really kind of scary. Here it was the first time I ever sung harmony on a record, and it’s for a Beatle! I was like, ‘Aaaah!’
In the studio
Beaucoups Of Blues was recorded at Music City Recorders in Nashville, TN, with a number of local musicians, some of whom had appeared on Bob Dylan’s albums Nashville Skyline and Self Portrait. The album was produced by Pete Drake, with Elvis Presley’s guitarist Scotty Moore engineering.
The sessions took place from 6pm-9pm and 10pm-1am over three nights, from 25-27 June 1970. ‘I Wouldn’t Have You Any Other Way’ was recorded during the second session on the night of 27 June.
Lyrics
You’re so different from anyone I’ve ever known
And to try to change you now would be all wrong
Sometimes I don’t understand everything you say
But I wouldn’t have you any other way
I wouldn’t want you if you weren’t you
And I’ll admit I don’t understand half the things you do
Sometimes I don’t go along with things you do each day
But I wouldn’t have you any other way
I wouldn’t want you if you weren’t you
And I’ll admit I don’t understand half the things you do
Sometimes I don’t go along with things you do each day
But I wouldn’t have you any other way
Sometimes I don’t go along with things you do each day
But I wouldn’t have you any other way
