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Paul McCartney's band is the backing band that accompanies Paul McCartney in the studio and on tour. The core line-up has been steady since 2002, and includes Wix Wickens on keyboards and serving as musical director, Rusty Anderson on guitar, Brian Ray on guitar and bass, and Abe Laboriel Jr. on drums.
He also played all the drum parts on his albums McCartney, McCartney II and McCartney III, as well as on Wings' Band on the Run, and most of the drums on his solo LP Chaos and Creation in the Backyard.
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15 de set. de 2023 · The Beatles. One wonders what music would sound like right now had Paul McCartney not happened to stumble upon John Lennon playing a local gig back in 1957.
- Jim Beviglia
- 4 min
- Contributor
- Overview
- Beginnings and Wild Life
- First hits: “My Love” and “Live and Let Die”
- Band on the Run
- Venus and Mars and Wings at the Speed of Sound
- “Mull of Kintyre” and later albums
- Disbanding and legacy
Paul McCartney and Wings, British-American rock band founded by Beatles icon Paul McCartney (b. June 18, 1942, Liverpool, England) and his wife, Linda McCartney (b. Linda Eastman, September 24, 1941, Scarsdale, New York—d. April 17, 1998, Tucson, Arizona). After a lackluster start, the band became a showcase for Paul McCartney’s masterful songwriti...
Following the breakup of the Beatles, Paul McCartney released the albums McCartney (1970) and Ram (1971). However, he wanted to avoid long stretches away from his wife, Linda McCartney, whom he married in 1969. Having her tour with him and perform onstage would solve many of the problems that befall marriages in the world of popular music, so he taught her to play keyboards, and they formed a new band. He invited guitarist Denny Laine (b. Brian Hines, October 29, 1944, near Jersey, Channel Islands), former Moody Blues member and longtime friend, as well as Ram session drummer Denny Seiwell (b. July 10, 1943, Lehighton, Pennsylvania) to join.
The band, which Paul McCartney named Wings, recorded their first album, Wild Life (1971), in eight days to give it a live feel. The record, however, received mostly mediocre reviews from critics. In 1972 guitarist Henry McCullough (b. July 21, 1943, Portstewart, Northern Ireland—d. June 14, 2016, Ballymoney, Northern Ireland) joined Wings, and the band decided to embark on a tour to establish themselves. They avoided playing Beatles songs and only performed in small clubs and colleges in the United Kingdom.
In 1973 the band renamed themselves Paul McCartney and Wings to combat the sluggish commercial response to Wings. They released Red Rose Speedway, which featured the single “My Love.” The song provided the band with their first hit, reaching number one in the United States. Later that year, the band released “Live and Let Die,” the theme for the Ja...
After “Live and Let Die,” McCullough and Seiwell left the band, and the remaining members traveled to Lagos, Nigeria, to record Band on the Run. It became the band’s most successful album and later appeared on lists of the greatest rock records of all time. The title track reached number one in the United States, while the singles “Jet” and “Helen ...
Wings added guitarist Jimmy McCulloch (b. June 4, 1953, Dumbarton, Scotland—d. September 27, 1979, London, England) and drummer Geoff Britton (b. August 1, 1943, London) to the lineup, but the latter left during the recording of Wing’s next album Venus and Mars (1975). He was replaced by Joe English (b. February 7, 1949, Rochester, New York) soon after. The album reached number one in the United States on the strength of the single “Listen to What the Man Said.”
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The release Wings at the Speed of Sound was a number one album in the United States. “Let ‘Em In,” and “Silly Love Songs” were massive hits, with the latter showcasing Linda’s vocals. Wings toured the United States on the Wings over America Tour, the first time Paul McCartney had played live in the U.S. since the last Beatles concert there, in 1966. The band also began playing Beatles songs, drawing yet more interest. The 1976 live album Wings over America documented the tour and was certified platinum in the United States.
In 1977 Wings released “Mull of Kintyre,” which became the most successful single of Paul McCartney’s career, selling more than any Beatles single had in the United Kingdom. That same year, however, English and McCulloch left the band, with Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney, and Laine a trio once again. Wings’s subsequent albums had mixed success. Lo...
A series of events in 1980 led up to Paul McCartney choosing to dissolve Wings the following year. In January the band’s tour of Japan was canceled after McCartney was arrested for marijuana possession when he arrived at Narita International Airport, Tokyo. The tour was subsequently canceled, and McCartney delayed resuming public appearances, repor...
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On 7th December Paul will reissue Wild Life and Red Rose Speedway as the 11th and 12th instalments of his GRAMMY-winning Archive Collection. The two albums marked the start of the band Wings who, although they would go on to sell out stadiums across the globe, had humble beginnings at Paul's farm in Scotland.
