Written by: Sorrells Pickard
Recorded: 25 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
Roy Huskey Jr: upright bass
Buddy Harman/DJ Fontana: drums
Jim Buchanan/George Richey/Grover Lavender: fiddle
Hoyt Hawkins, Neal Matthews Jr, Gordon Stoker, Ray Walker: vocals
‘Without Her’ is the fourth song on Beaucoups Of Blues, Ringo Starr’s second solo album.
It was written by Sorrells Pickard, who also composed ‘Woman Of The Night’, ‘$15 Draw’, and ‘Silent Homecoming’ on the album.
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. ‘Without Her’ was recorded during the first session on the night of 25 June.
Lyrics
Softly I search my memories
And hope I may find yesterday
And just like her, my thoughts wander
And like her, quietly slip away
Love brings out the weakness in a man
And I’m so weak I just can’t stand
To be without her
Without her
Without her
There was a time she walked with me
But yesterday comes only one time
And I can’t see a tomorrow
With yesterday clinging to my mind
Time will take her memory, they say
But it gets harder every day
To live without her
Without her
Without her
