Ringo Starr recently sat down with Goldmine and talked about his 1973 album ‘Ringo’ coming to its 50th anniversary, the ‘Beatles Anthology’, drums, and more. In the interview, when his musical idol was asked, Ringo mentioned that he loved Lightnin’ Major so much that he was planning on going to America:
“Musically, the major idol of mine was Lightnin’ Hopkins. I loved the blues. Life is weird. At 18 I went to the American consulate in Liverpool because I wanted to move to Houston, Texas because Lightnin’ was from there.”
Starr continued telling the story of him trying to move to Houston because he was so influenced by Lightnin’:
Source: Elifnaz Yuksel/rockcelebrities.net