RINGO & ALL STARR BAND, GREENVILLE SC - PHOTOS

Ringo & All Starr Band performs at the Peace Center with his All Starr Band- Greenville SC, last night 

Tuesday night was cold, but the Peace Center was smoldering, thanks to Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band.

For two hours, the ex-Beatle and his stellar cast of bandmates worked their way through a jukebox worth of hits from several decades.

Ringo at The Peace Center, on tuesday

Bounding onto the stage in black jeans and a sparkly T-shirt, the 74-year-old Starr leapt into a bluesy version of Carl Perkins' "Matchbox." From there, he moved smoothly into his own solo hit "It Don't Come Easy," as he danced around the stage and flashed the peace sign.

But he soon yielded the spotlight to each of his bandmates in turn, all the while laying down a solid backbeat behind a drum kit emblazoned with a shining star.

Todd Rundgren sang a couple of his solo hits, including "I Saw the Light" and an energetic "Bang on the Drum All Day," but much of the night belonged to guitarist Steve Lukather and keyboardist Gregg Rolie.

When he wasn't adding searing guitar solos to the other musicians' songs, Lukather was working his way through some of the greatest hits from his band Toto, including "Rosanna" and "Hold the Line."

Rolie contributed some familiar songs from his years with Santana, adding a spooky vibe to "Evil Ways" and turning "Black Magic Woman" into a jam.

But Ringo came back to the microphone periodically throughout the show. He performed a few Beatles songs, including "the first song I wrote and recorded" with the Beatles, "Don't Pass Me By," and "Yellow Submarine," which he turned into a rousing audience sing-along, but only a smattering of his solo work, including a lovely version of "Photograph."

Ringo's trademark sense of humor wound its way through the show, as when the drummer introduced "Yellow Submarine" by telling the audience, "If you don't know this song, you're in the wrong venue."

The sold-out crowd was primed for a great show. Jeff Walls, a musician, was seeing Starr for the first time, but he said he was there almost as much for the All Starr Band as for the ex-Beatle himself.

"I'm a fan of the bits and pieces within the band," Walls said.

Walls' friend Dan Nickles was excited to check another Beatle off his list, after seeing Paul McCartney in concert a few years ago.

But Nickles said he too was interested in Starr's current bandmates, especially Rolie and Rundgren. Speaking of Rundgren, he said, "Is there any part of music that Todd Rundgren hasn't had a hand in?"

Ringo himself proved his own musical ubiquity, closing with the crowd-pleasing Beatles hit "With a Little Help From My Friends," accompanied by a round of jumping jacks, and finishing out the show with his fellow Beatle John Lennon's "Give Peace a Chance."

Backstage - Greenville SC, with R Richard Page, Steve Lukather, Kasim Sulton & Ringo Starr - Feb 17th 2015