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Seeing one artist 100 times in concert feels excessive, no matter the circumstances. However, in fairness, Ringo Starr<\/a> has been around the sun 85 times, and in that context, getting to triple digits is fairly achievable.<\/p>\n The art of following a particular artist has become a lot easier to manage in the digital age, with fans plotting out holidays that align with them following their favourite artists on the road. Whereas, back in the day, all of the information necessary wasn\u2019t available at the click of the button, but that didn\u2019t stop Ringo from watching Bob Dylan whenever he physically could.<\/p>\n By the time Dylan started making the rounds across America, anyone who didn\u2019t know the name Ringo Starr was either old or dead. The Beatles had become one of the biggest sensations<\/a> in the world, and even if he wasn\u2019t standing out front with his bandmates, Starr couldn\u2019t move for fans hassling him on the streets.<\/p>\n He had a level of fame himself which prevented him from getting starry-eyed about a fellow musician just because they were a star attraction. Instead, it would take something greater to get on his radar, and Dylan, who never tried to play into the sounds of pop music, had him head over heels. <\/p>\n Dylan has always been an artist bent on delivering his message to as many people as possible, and back then, no matter when he played, he would put his heart and soul into every single song.<\/p>\n That\u2019s not to say that there weren\u2019t a few flaws. Anyone who has heard Dylan try his hand at singing knows he has a very distinctive voice, which can occasionally sound like sandpaper to the uninitiated. However, once you start paying attention to his lyrics, this wasn\u2019t just some joker with an acoustic guitar trying his hand at singing\u2026 this was a man speaking for you.<\/p>\n Compared to other popular singers at the time, Dylan wanted to make music that documented his time period, either taking politicians to task for their wrongdoing or making universal tales about what it means to treat people with respect and fight for the rights of everyone, regardless of their background. This was rock and roll history, and Starr couldn\u2019t get enough of it.<\/p>\n Further reading: From The Vault<\/p>\n When talking about his favourite artists, Starr admitted to obsessively watching Dylan when he came out, telling Howard Stern<\/a> in 2018, \u201cHe was great. I\u2019ve seen Bob 100 times, and you get what you get, and you still love it\u2026 I saw Bob in the \u201860s when he first came, and he played the Albert Hall \u2026 A lot of people in sweaters stood up screaming at him, \u2018Traitor! Traitor!\u2019 because he\u2019d gone a bit rock.\u201d<\/p>\n Starr has truly been a Dylan fan throughout thick and thin too, even when others have deserted him. In 2009, during an interview with ABC News, he named \u2018When The Deal Goes Down\u2019 as his favourite track from Dylan\u2019s career<\/a>, which featured on his 2006 album Modern Times.<\/p>\n He said from the heart, \u201cYou just got to love Bob. My old-time favourite lately is \u2018When The Deal Goes Down,\u2019 and it\u2019s just a beautiful love song. It\u2019s this beautiful love song, he\u2019s very romantic in a lot of songs, everyone listens to his wacky dream stuff, which is great. He moves me on that record.<\/p>\n Starr is a real one when it comes to Dylan, and in 1987, he accomplished his bucket list dream of working with his hero. However, what happened during that session<\/a> has never seen the light of day due to Starr aborting his plans for the entire album due to his alcohol problems.<\/p>\n He later conceded in 2010, \u201cI did a track in Memphis with Bob. I was doing an album there, and he came up to sing on it, but the album fell apart, and so did we. One thing was the person who was looking out for Bob at that time said, \u2018Bob\u2019s gone\u2019, so I said, \u2018Where\u2019s he gone?\u2019, \u2018Graceland\u2019. I said, \u2018That\u2019s good\u2019, he said, \u2018That\u2019s bad\u2019. It depends on which way you look at it.\u201d<\/p>\n While this is a disappointment, Starr knows it was all his doing, and it didn\u2019t stop him from getting to the next Dylan show his calendar permitted.<\/p>\n Like all of his biggest fans, Starr admires that Mr Zimmerman is not a man who puts on airs whenever he gets onstage, and whenever he entertains a crowd with songs, he\u2019s not marching to anyone else\u2019s tune but his own. That might be frustrating for those who just want to hear \u2018Like a Rolling Stone\u2019<\/a> or \u2018Blowin\u2019 in the Wind\u2019, but Dylan should be commended for sticking to his guns. He never went glam in the 1980s or tried his hand at making brooding grunge in the 1990s. <\/p>\n He may have periods that were more celebrated than others, but Dylan knew that no artist should have to compromise their performance to suit what the trends are<\/p>\n<\/p>\n![\"Bob](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Bob-Dylan-1965-London-Royal-Albert-Hall-Far-Out-Magazine-1024x768.jpg\")
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