Starr toured with Blackfoot from 1977 to 1978. Her third and last album for Capitol, Smoky Places, was released in 1977. By the late 1970s, Starr had made Milwaukee her home town and was a popular act in clubs in the region.
By the early 1980s, Starr had formed a new band called “Grey Star” by joining with a band that performed in and around Mayville, Wisconsin called “Lucy Grey”, featuring Dave “Mud Slide” Gruenewaldt on the drums. They issued several recordings which included 1981’s Grey Star and 1983’s Telephone Sex. Starr formed her final road band, “Henrietta Kahn”, in the late 1980s.
In the early 1990s, Starr quit the road and moved to Las Vegas, playing at casino/hotels on the Strip such as the Riviera and the Stardust as well as local clubs. During this period, The Ruby Star Band also performed as the opening act for Kansas, The Fabulous Thunderbirds and April Wine. Shortly after she was chosen to perform in the Country Legends show at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas, she learned she had cancer.
After being diagnosed with lung cancer and a brain tumor, Starr returned home to her family in Toledo where she died at age 45. The song “Ruby”, by Raging Slab, is in memory of her.
The three albums she released on Capitol has never been reissued on cd.
Artist: Ruby Starr
Album: Smokey Place
Year: 1977
Label: Capitol
Style: Hard Rock, Classic Rock
Format: mp3/320
Tracklist
01 Time To Hide 4:37
02 Don’t Let Me Down Again 3:31
03 Just A Little 4:53
04 Don’t Kill My Love 3:31
05 100 Lbs. Of Woman 2:52
06 When You Walk In The Room 3:11
07 Love’s Made A Fool Of You 2:44
08 Do I Still Figure In Your Life? 4:09
09 On Top 3:02
10 Let Your Feet Down Easy 3:31