Why Ringo Starr Gave Permission for a Book Where John Lennon Survives

17 January, 2025 - 0 Comments

Ringo Starr recently approved of a book that imagines John Lennon living a long life before The Beatles reunite. Interestingly, the book was written by a noted country musician.


After The Beatles broke up, fans immediately wanted them to get back together. Ringo Starr recently approved of a book that imagines John Lennon living a long life before The Beatles reunite. Interestingly, a noted country musician wrote the book.
A new book focuses on John Lennon getting to perform at 1 last Beatles concert

Gary Burr is a songwriter known for his work in country music, including penning Patty Loveless’ “I Try to Think About Elvis” (which mentions The Beatles in passing). He also penned songs for Ringo. In a 2024 interview with The Tennessean, Burr said he wrote a book called Reunion that provides an alternate history of the Fab Four.

“[The story] starts with a rainy night in Hawaii and there’s a traffic accident and a young man in the back of the car is killed,” Burr said. “The man is [John’s killer] Mark David Chapman. So that means that in my world, my reality, he never did get to New York, he never did kill John. And 20 years later, for the reason that I lay out in the book, Paul needs to see if he could get the lads back together for one big last concert.”

Burr ran the concept by Ringo first. “We are friends and we’ve got a really good relationship,” he said. “And this is tricky. So when I started writing it, I didn’t want to do it without him knowing about it. So I called him up and I told him what I was doing and he was really sweet. He just said, ‘You know, I would never tell you what you can and can’t do with your art.'”

Source: cheatsheet.com/Matthew Trzcinski

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