"We met Johnny Cash on the last gig the Beatles did, in San Francisco," Ringo Starr says today. "That was the last time we did gigs, and Johnny was there to see us off." Starr, 84, remembers it vividly,

The legendary drummer has teamed up with country producer and songwriter T Bone Burnett for first LP in six years - and he is even heading to Nashville next week.

The rest of the band were deeply unimpressed with the track and the recording process. In a 2008 Rolling Stone interview, Ringo said: "The worst session ever was 'Maxwell's Silver Hammer.' It was the worst track we ever had to record. It went on for f***ing weeks. I thought it was mad."

The British musician highlights his longstanding love of country music on an album produced by T Bone Burnett and featuring Alison Krauss and Billy Strings.

Lean, athletic, a full head of black hair and beard and the obligatory sunglasses. Ringo Start exudes a classic, timeless coolness like few others do. You just can't believe that the ex-Beatles drummer is 84 years old.

Ringo Starr "always wanted" a different singing voice. The 84-year-old musician found international fame as the drummer for the Beatles in the 1960s alongside the late John Lennon, George Harrison, and Sir Paul McCartney and while he can "hold a tune",