POP REVIEW : Retro-Rock by Ringo & Co.

Joined by a veritable cut-out bin of ‘70s-era rockers, singing drummer Ringo Starr hosted an amiable evening of retro-rock on Sunday at the Pacific Amphitheatre.

As on his 1989 “All Starr” tour, the ex-Beatle was more than democratic in sharing the spotlight with his band, which this time out included Nils Lofgren, Todd Rundgren, Dave Edmunds, Timothy B. Schmit, Burton Cummings, Joe Walsh and Starr’s son Zak Starkey on drums.

Though a wonderful, song-serving drummer with the Beatles, Starr’s occasional recorded vocals were often marginal. His singing Sunday was on-key and engaging, if not exactly inspiring, as he tackled his current “Time Takes Time” album’s “Don’t Go Where the Road Don’t Go” and the decidedly Beatlesque “Weight of the World.” The Beatles songs included “Boys,” “Act Naturally” and sing-alongs of “Yellow Submarine” and “A Little Help From My Friends.”

The guitar-heavy lineup did a capable, sometimes exuberant job of backing him, and having a band full of singers made for some lush backup harmonies. When he wasn’t singing, Starr either backed the others on drums (doubling with Zak) or was absent from the stage entirely.

Except for Rundgren, who pulled out obscurities like his 1972 “Black Maria,” the performers stuck chiefly to their hits, with Edmunds’ “Girls Talk” and “I Hear You Knocking” seeming particularly propulsive. The only real musical debit was Walsh’s inevitable, interminably plodding “Rocky Mountain Way.”