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Robbed at Knifepoint, Down to Three Men: The Wild Lagos Sessions Behind ‘Band on the Run’
Robbed at Knifepoint, Down to Three Men: The Wild Lagos Sessions Behind “Band on the Run” In August 1973, Paul McCartney flew to Nigeria to make an album. He had chosen the location the way other people choose holiday destinations: he asked EMI for a list of its studios around the world, ran his eye…
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The Beatle at Home: Paul McCartney, Father, Brother, and Friend
The world knows Paul McCartney the legend: the cute Beatle, the hit machine, the man who headlined Glastonbury at eighty. But the more interesting McCartney is the one the cameras miss — the father of five, the kid brother from Liverpool, the friend who never got to finish his last conversation with John Lennon, the…
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How Paul McCartney Made “Ram”: The Album the World Hated and History Loves
In the autumn of 1970, Paul McCartney was the most famous musician on earth and, by many accounts, the most hated — at least by the critics. The Beatles had collapsed in a blizzard of lawsuits and recriminations, and McCartney, who had announced the split, was cast as the villain. His response was not an…
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The Untold Story of Paul McCartney: The Beatle Who Had to Prove It All Over Again
Imagine being Paul McCartney in the spring of 1970. You have co-written the most beloved songbook in history. You are twenty-seven years old, world-famous beyond comprehension — and your band, the biggest the world has ever seen, is falling apart around you. Most people would have crumbled, cashed in, or disappeared. McCartney did something stranger:…