Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney and Joe Walsh have just covered John Lennon's 'Grow Old With Me'

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Thursday, 17 October 2019, 1:37PM

The Beatles bandmates Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney announced earlier this year they would be reuniting up for a special tribute to John Lennon - and we've just had our first taste of their project!

The duo has released a cover of the late singer's 1980 hit 'Grow Old With Me', featuring Ringo on lead vocals, Paul on bass and backing vocals and The Eagles legend Joe Walsh on guitar.⠀⁣

The song - which will feature on Ringo's forthcoming album What’s My Name? - was originally written by John and was one of the final songs he wrote in his life.

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GROW OLD WITH ME✌️❤️⭐️⠀⁣ Ringo Starr performs John Lennon's 'Grow Old With Me' on his hew album 'What's My Name?', featuring Paul McCartney on bass and backing vocals.⠀⁣ ⁣ Ringo: “Jack Douglas asked if I ever heard The Bermuda Tapes, John’s demos from that time, and I had never heard all this. ⁣ ⁣ The idea that John was talking about me in that time before he died, well, I’m an emotional person. And I just loved this song. I sang it the best that I could. I do well up when I think of John this deeply. And I’ve done my best. We’ve done our best. ⁣ ⁣ The other good thing is that I really wanted Paul to play on it, and he said yes. Paul came over and he played bass and sings a little bit on this with me. So John’s on it in a way. I’m on it and Paul’s on it. It’s not a publicity stunt. This is just what I wanted. ⁣ ⁣ And the strings that Jack arranged for this track, if you really listen, they do one line from “Here Comes The Sun.” So in a way, it’s the four of us.” ⠀⁣ ⠀⁣ And as a little tribute, it's nice to see Ringo wearing a badge made from the John Lennon USA Postage Stamp on the cover of the album.⠀⁣ ⠀⁣ @ringostarrmusic @paulmccartney @georgeharrisonofficial @thebeatles #johnlennonstamp

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In announcing the album, Ringo said reimagining 'Grow Old With Me' came about after a chance encounter with John and Yoko Ono's Double Fantasy producer Jack Douglas.

"Jack asked if I ever heard The Bermuda Tapes, John's demos from that time," Ringo said.

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"And I had never heard all this. The idea that John was talking about me in that time before he died, well, I’m an emotional person. And I just loved this song. I sang it the best that I could.

"I do well up when I think of John this deeply. And I’ve done my best. We’ve done our best," he admitted.

"The other good thing is that I really wanted Paul to play on it, and he said yes. Paul came over and he played bass and sings a little bit on this with me. So John's on it in a way. I'm on it and Paul's on it.

"It's not a publicity stunt. This is just what I wanted. And the strings that Jack arranged for this track, if you really listen, they do one line from 'Here Comes The Sun.' So in a way, it’s the four of us."

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