Ringo Starr at the El Rey Theatre

Bettye Lavette performs at the Ringo Starr salute at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles on Jan. 20, 2014.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Ben Folds performs during the Ringo Starr salute at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles on Jan. 20, 2014.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

David Lynch, left, presents an award to Ringo Starr at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles on Jan. 20, 2014.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Drummer Kenny Aronoff joins the Head and the Heart’s Josiah Johnson, left, Charity Rose Thielen and Jonathan Russell at the Ringo Starr salute at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles on Jan. 20, 2014.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Joe Walsh salutes Ringo Starr at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles on Jan. 20, 2014.   (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Ringo Starr gets behind the drums for a few numbers during his salute at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles on Jan. 20, 2014.   (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Peter Frampton, left, and Steve Lukather perform during the Ringo Starr salute at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles on Jan. 20, 2014.   (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

David Lynch, left, flashes a peace sign during the Ringo Starr salute at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles on Jan. 20, 2014.   (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Jesse Elliott and Lindsay Giles of the band Ark Life salute Ringo Starr at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles on Jan. 20, 2014.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Ringo Starr, left, with house band members Kenny Aronoff, back left, and Don Was at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles on Jan. 20, 2014.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Brendan Benson, left, at the Ringo Starr salute at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles on Jan. 20, 2014  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Ben Harper helps salute Ringo Starr at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles on Jan. 20, 2014.   (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Ringo Starr, right, with a little help from his friends onstage at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles on Jan. 20, 2014  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)