The Story of Paul McCartney & Wings Part II

About this episode

This episode explores the daily life of Paul McCartney's band Wings and the challenges they faced as they rose to fame.

Part 2 of Paul McCartney's story will take you inside the daily life of his band Wings as they ascend to the charts. However, can they sustain their flight path given the fact that a famous Beatle is now at the helm with his own ideas of how a band should work... In Part 2 you'll learn: How Paul recruited members of The Band An analysis of Linda McCartney and her role in the band from a number of perspectives A discussion of the pioneering techniques employed by McCartney in the studio The untold and unbelievable circumstances during the legendary Band on the Run album recording The financial challenges members of the band faced An insightful analysis of Paul McCartney's personality Follow the Show / Receive bonus content: Follow GTS on Apple or Spotify podcasts to be alerted when our next episode drops Follow Garage to Stadiums (GTS) on social channels Download the Official Garage to Stadiums playlists for each episode on Apple Music or Spotify Visit GaragetoStadiums.com for bonus content on The Beatles and Paul McCartney & Wings including concert footage, transcripts and other interesting facts. Guest Bio Allan Kozinn the co-author of a two volume pair of books called The…

People in this episode

Host: Dave Anthony

Guest: Allan Kozinn

Topics covered

• Paul McCartney
• Wings
• music history
• studio techniques
• band dynamics
• financial challenges

Keywords

• Paul McCartney
• Wings
• music history
• studio techniques
• Band on the Run
• Linda McCartney
• Allan Kozinn

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Band, New York Times, Wall Street Journal

Books & works: The McCartney Legacy, Band on the Run

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