British guitarist analyses Paul McCartney and Wings live in 1976! 

It was!

Brian Gregory , My sediments exactly

I saw ‘Wings Over America’ in Atlanta, Georgia, May 1977 😍

100%

@@MakeItSo1111 I was there as well, but it was in' 76.👍

He has always said his GREATEST achievement was his family

I always thought Linda’s harmony’s were great and her keyboard bits were pretty good too.

Paul & Linda only had a thirty year old love story. They met in 1967 at a Bag of Nails Bar. Then Married in March 12, 1969 to Linda Death in April 17, 1998. Paul loved Linda. Paul said that he was going out with girls until he met Linda & Linda was a Woman. So, Paul married Linda and raised 4 beautiful children together.

@@danmelenka9521 So did I, I really am sick of hearing people who criticize her and cut her down. I really miss her on his recordings.

@@danmelenka9521 ME TOO

Definitely, me too!

@@AugieTaylorSong Faul is talented yes.

Yes our Best Faul yet. What a brave face Billy has!

Katie S Love ❤️ Medicine Jar. Also do you remember that clip of her off key singing someone released years ago. Heard it on Howard Stern back before Sirius.

Sheila Blische Yes. That was from one of the later solo concerts. I’ve talked about that before. She sounded terrible. Too bad DJ’s around the world took such glee in shaming her. And that is the only reason I mentioned how good she sounded in 1976. During the acoustic section of the concert, it was Paul, Linda and Denny sitting down and singing. Just voices and guitars. There was nowhere for her voice to hide. As Fil mentioned, this band was well rehearsed and very tight. It is quite possible that Linda wasn’t so well rehearsed on the later tours. 🤷🏼‍♀️

I would give all five of my Bowie concerts including Ziggy mid America premiere in ‘72 to have seen WINGS OVER AMERICA!

Kmg24 Absolutely, he was at his vocal peak from 1975-1979.

Kmg24 The best Wings line up too!

Great live album. I think Paul's music sounds better live.

He’s very engaging in concert and keeps you engaged with his presence. He’s got a great stage personality.

Practice ,

@@MarcP5267 I agree. No one can touch him in live performance.

Doesn't hurt when you have a catalogue of so many classic songs that you would have to play 8 hours to even make a significant dent.

I saw him in Seattle mid 90's and I thought how his stage presence was intoxicating... No wonder the Beatles became who they became..

I don't have a source for what follows, but if someone's does it would be interesting to validate. I remember hearing that the original reason that Linda became involved in performing with him was his income was tied up for legal reasons with the Beatles breakup. The easiest way for Paul and Linda to have a source of income was to pay her to perform on his solo record (before wings). This kind if makes sense. I'm not sure if it's true though.

@@rossstevens6165 the way I heard that was because of The Beatles' legal/money battles, all the songs just said "McCartney" so the royalties would go at least half to her

@@rossstevens6165 it is true. The label sued them and settled over it.

@@glennmccready7569 The songs were credited to Paul and Linda McCartney The album Ram was actually listed as BY Paul and Linda McCartney

I'm not sitting on a fence here. I heard McCartney say he wanted Linda on stage as a good friend not great pianist. That's the story I heard first. The legal part was something he mentioned about the 'Ram' album Linda being the only family income. They can both be true. Got no problem. Wing changes also came from one member 'dipping his hand I the medicine jar' sad but true.

Cool!

@@wingsofpegasus In 1974 I was at Billboard Magazine's Performing Artist of the Year Awards my Uncle Peter. This was before the awards were televised. I met Elton John, Helen Reddy, and best of all Alan and Marilyn Bergman. Alan and Marilyn were there to receive for Barbra Streisand. Barbara didn't come out. But she paid for Alan and Marilyn to fly from Canada. Alan told me did Barbara also paid their room and board so that they could receive for her. Alan and Marilyn wrote the lyrics to The Way We Were. They were the first people to talk to me about writing lyrics for other artists. I asked them if they played out. They said that they were too old and what they did was write lyrics and get other artists to perform their songs. They made their money off of residuals. Alan and Marilyn taught me about "mailbox money." At 15 years old I was drinking Beefeater Gin and tonics with Elton John. I went to the Performing Artist of the Year Awards in 1974 as a guitar player. I left the Performing Artist of the Year Awards in 1974 as a lyricist. I started writing five songs a day. I did it for two years straight. Like a teenager, who had nothing else to do, and nowhere to go. I came home to find Bruce Springsteen hiding out in my home studio from his manager Mike Appel. I got ripped off. I then got an education in entertainment lawyers. The last song I wrote is entitled "Iron American Dream" It's on RU-vid. a friend of mine recorded a rough draft with his iPhone and posted it. the song had 900 hits in the first nine hours. And was then locked down for copyright verification. Please check it out. I'm shopping for somebody to do a country or heavy metal version of the tune. Some guys from Nashville were interested in it. If you go down to the comment area you can read about my displeasure with Bruce Springsteen and Steven Van Zandt. Song sharks!

Trisha Urvan greatest love I’ve ever seen in my 55 years. Amazing couple.

Pam Nichols --- I will second that. We do not see much of that anymore: at least visibly.

@@pamnichols7877 He adored her and you could see she felt the same

During their 33 years of marriage, I heard the only night they didn't spend together was that of his marijuana bust in Japan, inspiring the lyrics to the song, Band on the Run

@Lloyd Braun And how would you possibly know this Jeffery Epstein?

TN MOPPY I hope you have a great New Year 🎉🎉

TN Moppy Laura... Enjoy your trip down memory lane (20 Facts: The Year 1976 rwrant.co.za/20-facts-the-year-1976/

How can you say that Paul McCartney is the most underrated songwriter in history? McCartney is listed in the Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history.”

@@pinky69207 Yeah, saying Paul is "overlooked for his genius" is like saying Dylan is overlooked for his lyrics.

I was there too! Such a fantastic show!

@@brucedillinger9448 Ahhh...Were you a Bay area guy or....just passing thru?

Call me back again was probably the greatest live rock vocal I've ever seen...it amazes me hardly anyone brings this up....good on you for noting it!!!🤟

He WAS at his absolute prime! Would LOVED to have seen that Wings concert in ‘76!

@@cynthiaforsythe8989 Have you seen the film Rock Show? The entire concert was filmed in various venues throughout the tour with most of the footage from the Seattle show. For those who couldn't see it live, I highly recommend it.

M S maybe I’m amazed 🤣

He was able to sing expressively while playing the bass expressively. The live version of Silly Love Songs from 1976 is an amazing performance.

M S he is a melodic bass player.

He was absolutely underrated. Some of the bass work he did on Abbey Road...like on I Want You (She's So Heavy)...and let's not forget he did a few of the guitar solos on Rubber Soul, Revolver and Sgt. Pepper too (Drive My Car, Taxman, Good Morning Good Morning).

@@fnjesusfreak Have you seen Golden Slumbers with an orchestra and Gospel chorus and two guitar guys helping out, Clapton and Knopfler? Paul starts on the piano and picks up a guitar and they rock out.

Eric Oh Yeah Great song!!!

@@strangebrew5545 : Hi Grace I was going to suggest "Too Many People" but didn't want to stir up the Paul/John thing.

@@ericblair54 IKR

Eric Blair yassss!!

@@ericblair54 I never took part in that argument either. It wasn`t Lennon or McCartney who made them the greatest band in history, it was Lennon/McCartney. It was the collaboration and the competition between them that did it

I'm 67 so it's been a couple of minutes for me then. Lol.😕😬

we are very close in that year

I'm 55. Not quite as many summers you but quite a few. I love Paul. He's magical.

@@pattyfarghaly1821 63, so you're at least 10 seconds older than me.

@@CharlieMcowan lol.Right. Older than dirt I am.Happy New Year.🎊🎉

The Paul rasp of the mid to late 70's is very much different from the "Little Richard" voice of the 60's. You can notice the difference quite strikingly by listening to the two versions of "Maybe I'm Amazed" from 1970 and 1976 respectively. Right after "Monberry Moon Delight" (RAM 1971) which he took his voice to the limit, he never sang like that again. I suspect that his smoking had altered his voice and where he developed the later rasp. He had said that he stopped smoking cigarettes in the late 70's and this I think accounts for the later smoothness of his voice on later recordings (Tug Of War and onwards).

Either will I! I was at the last show of that tour: June 23, 1976. One of the greatest nights of my life!

I was lucky enough to be in attendance at the cow Palace 1976.. I was stage right of Jimmy McCullough.. about 50 ft from the stage. San Francisco was a hot bed for live music back then.. the band was so much better live , than on record. Paul McCartney was great. His voice that night was , honey wrapped in a hammer , dipped in sand. He hit every note on every song. The horn section was incredible. One of the top three concerts I've ever been to. 🧐

Fil

OMG Jeffrey that is so cool!!! That is an irreplaceable memory, and so wonderful!!!!

JEFFERY, I WAS AT THE OLYMPIA STADIUM ALSO, WHAT A SMALL WORLD SOMETIMES, COUSIN FIGEL

Cousin Figel WOW! The world is small. Happy New Year!