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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.
Band on the Run-07.12.1973. Listen. Listen. Timeline Explore Paul McCartney’s life and career, decade by decade, from the 1970s onwards Enter. Enter. Stores. Eyes ...
McCartney's loss later became a connection with John Lennon, whose mother, Julia, died in 1958 when Lennon was 17. McCartney's father was a trumpet player and pianist who led Jim Mac's Jazz Band in the 1920s. He kept an upright piano in the front room, encouraged his sons to be musical and advised McCartney to take piano lessons.
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After the Beatles' break-up in 1970, McCartney recorded two solo albums: McCartney (1970), credited to himself, and Ram (1971), with his wife, Linda McCartney. He had insisted from the beginning of their marriage that Linda should be involved in his musical projects, notwithstanding her lack of previous experience as a musician, so that they did not have to be apart when he was on tour. Ram was recorded in New York City, where McCartney auditioned a number of drummers and guitarists, selectin...
1971–1973: First line-up
After the release of Ram, McCartney decided to form a new group and asked Seiwell and McCracken to join. Seiwell accepted, but McCracken declined, so McCartney invited Denny Laine, whom he had known since the early 1960s, to join. Laine, who was working on a solo album at the time, got a phone call from McCartney enquiring if he would like to work with him, as McCartney said: "I'd known him in the past and I just rang him and asked him, 'What are you doing?' He said, 'Nothing', so I said, 'Ri...
1974–1978: Second line-up
After Band on the Run, Jimmy McCulloch, former lead guitarist in Thunderclap Newman and Stone the Crows, joined the band. The first Wings project with McCulloch was McGear, a 1974 collaboration between Paul and his younger brother Mike McGear, with session musician Gerry Conway playing drums. Warner Bros. Records chose not to play up the "Wings" angle in its marketing for McGear, and the album sold poorly. However, the sessions also generated a single credited to McGear's group the Scaffold,...
Wings had twelve top-10 singles (including one number one) in the UK and fourteen top 10 singles (including six number ones) in the US. All 23 singles released by Wings reached the US top 40, and one two-sided hit, "Junior's Farm"/"Sally G", reached the top 40 with each side. Of the nine albums released by Wings, all went top 10 in either the UK or...
During its ten-year lifespan, Wings underwent numerous personnel changes, including twice being reduced to its core McCartney–McCartney–Laine trio.
Wings played five concert tours during their ten-year existence: 1. Wings University Tour– 11 shows in the UK, 1972 2. Wings Over Europe Tour– 25 shows, 1972 3. Wings 1973 United Kingdom Tour– 21 shows, 1973 4. Wings Over the World Tour– 66 shows, 1975–1976 5. Wings 1979 United Kingdom Tour– 20 shows, 1979
Music WeekAwardYugoton AwardAfter a lackluster start, the band became a showcase for Paul McCartney’s masterful songwriting skills and the best-selling pop act of the 1970s, with an astonishing 27 U.S. Top 40 hits (beating Elton John’s 25) and five consecutive number one albums, including the highly acclaimed Band on the Run (1973) and Wings at the Speed of Sound (1976).
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15 de sept. de 2023 · They also burnished Paul McCartney’s reputation, as he showed the resiliency to overcome the naysayers and laugh his way to the top of the charts with his new band. 1. The Beatles
2 de may. de 2024 · Paul McCartney's first wife was Linda McCartney (formerly Linda Eastman), an American photographer, musician, and entrepreneur, whom he married in 1969. They formed the band Wings, which toured the world and became the best-selling pop act of the 1970s, with 27 U.S. Top 40 hits. Linda McCartney died of breast cancer on April 17, 1998.
