Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band will play at Hayden Homes Amphitheater in 2023.

He may be your favorite Beatle, he may be your fourth-favorite Beatle — either way, Ringo Starr — yes, the drummer for the Beatles — is coming to Central Oregon Thursday.

Whether you’re a decrepit old cynic, a nascent Beatles fan still knee-high to a grasshopper or someone who lives and breathes music, when a living Beatle comes across the universe to your hometown for a summer concert, it’s sort of A Big Deal.

There are a lot of directions you could go when talking about Starr and his All Starr Band. Added together, the man and the musicians playing Thursday at Les Schwab Amphitheater in Bend (see “If you go”) have about 300 years (give or take) of professional music experience.

There’s the most obvious direction you could take: Talking about the technically proficient drummer who replaced Pete Best in the Beatles yet was overshadowed himself by the oversized talent and personalities of the other Fab Four. (Or maybe not. “I love Ringo” pins outsold all other Beatles merch in 1964, according to Wikipedia. Then again, maybe Ringo kills time editing his Wikipedia page while not on tour.)

During The Beatles’ run, Starr generally sang lead once per album, which added up to more tunes than a casual Beatles fan might realize, including “What Goes On,” “With a Little Help from My Friends,” “Octopus’s Garden” and the No. 1 song “Yellow Submarine.” He had two tunes on The White Album, “Don’t Pass Me By” and “Good Night.” (He wrote “Don’t Pass Me By” and “Octopus’s Garden,” by the way.)

You could spend a few minutes talking about the hits of his solo career, including the classic-rock staple “It Don’t Come Easy.” Starr’s b-side to that 1971 hit, “Early 1970,” has been described by music writer Peter Doggett as “a rough draft of a peace treaty” toward a reunited Beatles.

Alas, it was not enough. Nonetheless, Starr soldiered on with a solo career that included “Back Off Boogaloo,” “Photograph,” “The No No Song,” and “Never Without You,” this last one a tribute to fallen former Beatle George Harrison.

Naturally, concertgoers can expect to hear a bit of Starr’s solo fare and Beatles hits Thursday. Imagine the reaction if they didn’t.

Yet you could build a whole other setlist of contributions by members of the All Starr Band — and they practically do, judging from two recent (and identical) setlists from shows in Kettering, Ohio, and Chicago that have been posted along with many others at the setlist.fm website.

Contributions from the All Star Band are a no-brainer given that the group includes multi-instrumentalist Todd Rundgren, guitarist and vocalist Steve Lukather (of Toto), bassist and vocalist Richard Page (Mr. Mister) and keyboardist Gregg Rolie (Santana and Journey). The supergroup also includes drummer Gregg Bissonette, a session man who’s played with everyone from David Lee Roth to Duran Duran and Pat Boone.

So expect to hear Toto hits such as “Hold the Line,” “Africa” and “Rosanna.” Rundgren’s “Bang the Drum All Day” and “I Saw the Light.” Mr. Mister, don’t forget, had two mid-’80s hits, “Kyrie” and “Broken Wings.” Those Midwest setlists from a couple of weeks back also included a couple of Carl Perkins covers, “Oye Como Va” and “Black Magic Woman,” and a couple of old tunes originated by Ringo and/or his former peers.

Bottom line, Thursday’s show promises to be the concert version of a nostalgic Pandora station/oldies radio station during drive time, performed by a team of gifted, legendary musicians. And if there’s something wrong with that, well, good luck getting anyone around you to stop singing along long enough to care.

— Reporter: 541-383-0349, djasper@bendbulletin.com