wings Archive
30 Jun 2023
Take 5: Paul McCartney’s ‘Red Rose Speedway’
After dominating the 1960s pop music landscape with the Beatles, Paul McCartney arguably reached his solo career’s creative peak with the release of 1973’s Band on the Run, sustaining that […]
16 Jun 2020
Guitarist Laurence Juber Connects the Dots Between Classical, Folk and the Beatles
Laurence Juber was already an accomplished and in-demand session musician before he got the call to join Paul McCartney’s band, Wings. And although he was a member of the group […]
23 Aug 2019
Denny Laine: McCartney’s Wingman is Still Flying (Part Two)
Continued from Part One … I started buying Wings albums when Band on the Run came out. I was 10. And as I followed the band, I began–even as a […]
22 Aug 2019
Denny Laine: McCartney’s Wingman is Still Flying (Part One)
Denny Laine was a founding member of the Moody Blues, along with longtime members Ray Thomas and Mike Pinder. He left and went on to a solo career, working briefly […]
21 Aug 2019
Spin it On: Denny Laine on Wings’ ‘Back to the Egg’ at 40 (Part Two)
Continued from Part One … I have a bootleg recording which is probably a rough mix of a working version of Back to the Egg, and the version of “Getting […]
20 Aug 2019
Spin it On: Denny Laine on Wings’ ‘Back to the Egg’ at 40 (Part One)
In the very early 1970s, not long after the Beatles had broken up, Paul McCartney decided he wanted to have a band again. With wife Linda, he recruited Denny Laine, […]