Tim Cappello is an American musician, known primarily as a saxophonist, whose work can be heard on the Tina Turner tracks "We Don't Need Another Hero" and "One of the Living" from Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, and his cover of The Call's song "I Still Believe" from The Lost Boys.
Cappello was born in Silver Lake, Westchester County, New York to Italian parents. The instruments in his repertoire include tenor saxophone, keyboards, percussion, guitar, and harmonica. Cappello is also a vocalist and composer. His professional career began alongside Billy Crystal. For five years, Cappello provided musical improvisations on piano and saxophone to accompany Crystal's comedy.
Cappello went on to record and tour with Peter Gabriel, Eric Carmen, Carly Simon and Ringo Starr. From 1984 to 1999 Cappello was a member of Tina Turner's band.
He starred in Tina Turner's music video for "We Don't Need Another Hero," the title track for the Mel Gibson-Tina Turner film, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. From then on, Cappello acted in several films and television series, including Hearts of Fire (with Bob Dylan), Tap (with Gregory Hines), and The Lost Boys, in which he performed a single from the movie soundtrack. Capello's television credits include The Equalizer and Miami Vice.
Cappello's other pastimes include body building and songwriting. He has written songs for and performs with New York band "The Ken Dolls". He has scored for the PBS Frontline series and has recently completed a composition for "The Rat Pack", a four hour Arts & Entertainment special.
Cappello also performed with the 1999 version of Ringo Starr's All Starr Band, of which he was a member in 1992. Currently, he is working on various musical projects.
Tim, formerly know as Timmy, changed his name after a life-changing trip to Nepal.
Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Volume 2: Live From Montreux is Ringo Starr's second official live album and was released in 1993. Following up on 1990s Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band, this new collection highlighted a performance in Montreux in 1992 just following the release of Time Takes Time.
Starr was once again supported by his All-Starr Band, but this time the celebrity guests within was shuffled somewhat. Retained from his 1989/1990 inaugural jaunt were Joe Walsh and Nils Lofgren, while newcomers were Burton Cummings, Timothy B. Schmit, Dave Edmunds, Todd Rundgren, Tim Cappello on sax and Starr's own son, Zak Starkey on drums.
While Starr performed new material from Time Takes Time, he mostly centered on his Beatles standards on this outing, namely "Yellow Submarine", "With A Little Help From My Friends" and his cover of The Shirelles' "Boys", which had been featured on The Beatles' 1963 debut album, Please Please Me. The members of his All-Starr Band also had solo moments throughout the live recording.
Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Volume 2: Live From Montreux was released worldwide on Rykodisc, eventually being deleted towards the end of the 1990s. Due to his heavy involvement in The Beatles Anthology, it was Starr's last official release until 1998s Vertical Man. In between these releases, Starr orchestrated a limited edition live release of his 1995 tour exclusively through the Blockbuster video store chain in 1997.
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