#Paul mccartney and wings band on the run full
Paul and Linda were robbed at knifepoint during their stay, losing a notebook full of lyrics and songs, plus cassette tapes of demos Paul wanted to record in the studio. Once there, the remaining members of the group encountered some major challenges. "The good thing is that it made me think 'screw you, I am going to make an album that you wish you were on!'" "I wasn't cool about it," he later recalled. The night before the band were set to depart, McCartney received a call to say that Henry McCullough and Denny Seiwell wouldn't be coming. The decision to record the next album in Nigeria certainly brought that, albeit not in the way that McCartney expected. Although no masterpiece, it hinted at a possible return to form for McCartney, with catchy single My Love (as good as many album tracks from The Beatles' later years) making a chart appearance.
Things began to look up, however, with Wings' album Red Rose Speedway. (To make matters worse, his former collaborator John Lennon had released Imagine to huge acclaim.) In 1971, he and Linda formed a new band, Wings, with lead guitarist Henry McCullock, drummer Denny Seiwell and former Moody Blues guitarist Denny Laine.īy 1973, McCartney had released two solo albums, and another two with Wings, but none had garnered the critical acclaim of his earlier work with the Fab Four. He'd married photographer Linda Eastman, and bought a Scottish island where he intended to raise his children. His decision to travel to Nigeria set off an unexpected chain of events that had a profound impact on McCartney's future career.Īfter leaving The Beatles in 1970, McCartney had seemingly struggled to carve out a niche for himself. After looking up a list of EMI Studios, McCartney found one in Lagos, and decided something interesting "was bound to happen" if the album was recorded there. Released in December 1973, the making of Wings' fifth studio album started with Paul McCartney's desire to do something "different and adventurous".
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