Seiwell accepted, but McCracken declined, so McCartney invited Denny Laine, whom he had known since the early 1960s, to join. 1971–1973: First line-up Īfter the release of Ram, McCartney decided to form a new group and asked Seiwell and McCracken to join.
When Spinozza became unavailable due to other session commitments, Hugh McCracken was enlisted to take his place. Ram was recorded in New York City, where McCartney auditioned a number of drummers and guitarists, selecting Seiwell and guitarist David Spinozza.
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. Despite a final US number one with a live-recorded version of " Coming Up" (1980), after Laine departed from the band, Wings discontinued in 1981.Īfter the Beatles' break-up in 1970, McCartney recorded two albums: McCartney (1970), credited to himself, and Ram (1971), with his wife, Linda McCartney. During the supporting tour, Paul was arrested in Japan for cannabis possession, putting the band on hold. The resulting album, Back to the Egg, was a relative flop, with its singles under-performing and the critical reception negative. The McCartneys and Laine again added new members, recruiting guitarist Laurence Juber and drummer Steve Holley. Wings experienced another line-up shuffle, however, with both McCulloch and English departing before the release of the group's 1978 album London Town. In 1977, the band earned their only UK number one single, with " Mull of Kintyre", which became one of the best-selling singles in history. Intended as more of a group effort, Wings at the Speed of Sound (1976) was issued midway through the tour and featured the hit singles " Silly Love Songs" and " Let 'Em In". With the new line-up, Wings released 1975's Venus and Mars, which included the US number one single " Listen to What the Man Said", and undertook a highly successful world tour over 1975–76. Following that album, the band recruited guitarist Jimmy McCulloch and drummer Geoff Britton, only for Britton to quit shortly afterwards and be replaced by Joe English.
The McCartneys and Laine then released 1973's Band on the Run, a commercial and critical success that spawned two top ten singles in " Jet" and the title track.
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After the release of the title track of the James Bond movie Live and Let Die, McCullough and Seiwell resigned from the band. However, the core trio of the McCartneys and Laine remained intact throughout the group's existence.Ĭreated following the McCartneys' 1971 album Ram, the band's first two albums, Wild Life (1971) and Red Rose Speedway (1973) (the latter featuring guitarist Henry McCullough), were viewed as artistic disappointments beside Paul's work with the Beatles. Wings were noted for frequent personnel changes along with their commercial successes, going through three lead guitarists and four drummers. Paul McCartney and Wings (also known by their original name Wings) were a British-American rock band formed in 1971 by former Beatle Paul McCartney, his wife Linda McCartney on keyboards, session drummer Denny Seiwell, and former Moody Blues guitarist Denny Laine.
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