Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run by Ted Widmer and Paul McCartney |
Well the rain exploded with a mighty crash as we fell into the sun
Ted Widmer’s Wings book is the sweeping post-Beatles journey of the most influential musician of our time, Sir Paul McCartney. From the trauma of the Fab Four parting ways and the former Beatle feeling “completely lost”, to forming Wings with wife Linda, hitting the road, rediscovering his voice and songwriting magic to release an endless streak of classic tunes over a six-decades-and-counting career.
Here Widmer talks about his humour-filled collaboration with the living legend, why it was important for him to “do a better job by Linda” who was “often dissed by snarky critics”, McCartney’s emotional reconciliation with John Lennon, his........