THE CLOSENESS OF PAUL AND HIS DAD 

Paul bought his dad a house in Heswall across the River Mersey from Liverpool on the Wirrall. My auntie lived round the corner. Paul and the family still own the house.

Sounds like a very honorable man. Great dad, great son.

LOVELY to hear how Paul’s DAD lived to see his son develop into one of the best songwriters that has ever lived….And how Paul when he was famous went on to help Dad after he suffered the tragedy of losing Paul’s Mum.

Thank you so much for this video! A lingering, burning question for me is how Paul's dad reacted to The Beatles' success and fame. I would think it might have been overwhelming for him and for the other's families too. How nice that Paul made a point to take care of his dad too. I'm sorry that Paul's son never got to meet his paternal grandfather. If memory serves, all three generations were named 'James.'

The fundamental difference between Paul and John is, Paul had a dad he loved and respected and John did not.

One of the insights of the Get Back documentary was the basic simple goodness of everyone, how the kids were indulged and cherished, how the Beatles just larked about - there is a rather touching scene where Linda and Yoko are simply enjoying each others company. This video confirms this perception and fills in some of the background. Being stratospherically famous brought its own pressures no doubt but the humanity and love evident in their early lives perhaps found its way into the music and that may be one of the reasons it touched so many?

When I find myself in times of trouble mother Mary comes to me speaking words of wisdom let it be. . .

So adorable!!! Paul got his dads eyebrows !Bless his ❤️!

Fun fact, Paul's Dad shared the same birthday as Ringo!

Very well presented. Shows Paul was very considerate, generous and organised in how he did things and treated people. Which couldn't have been easy with such a demanding career.

What a lovely family. I wish that I could have had such a loving family. ❤

I truly enjoyed this film. Paul's work ethic is a true testimony to his Father, Mary in Boone

A very nice reflection on those tender early years in the life of Paul. And the type of family he was a part of. It explains to me why Paul always seemed to be the most level headed member of the fad four. I look forward to more of your research coming out in future videos.

Thanks! Excellent! I happen to know Paul's reason why he deliberately flubbed his Liverpool Cathedral Choir audition as a kid: From "McCartney" by Mr. Norman: Paul thought Liverpool Cathedral... too posh. Therefore, uncomfortable. Rather, Paul auditioned and joined a choir in Allerton, the village he lived in, part of wider Liverpool.

A much more stable family environment and father figure than John had. Explains alot.

Amazing story Paul had a wonderful father

Gail here ! Fan since Feb. 1964 ! Paul is and always has been my favorite !

Even now you can see Paul's very good social upbringing, he is lucky to have had such lovely parents, but so sad he lost his mum early. Delia Morris

Can't wait for part 2. By the way, you have a lovely voice.

Paul McCartney inherited his father Jim McCartney's ( who as you correctly said Paul was named after,Paul is his middle name,and he named his only son,James after his father) natural music talent but to an extreme rare degree,his father was a self taught jazz pianist, at 10 he broke one of his eardrums,and by 14 taught himself to play the piano and he was the leader of his own jazz band Jim Mac's Band who were popular in Liverpool clubs. But his father wasn't a poet, and Paul can and did write great lyrics but even when he did,it was his music composing and bass and just about anything else playing that was the most outstanding. Jim even wrote a really good 1920's jazz instrumental,Walking In The Park With Eloise that Paul and other musicians recorded in 1974 and it's on the 1976 Wings At The Speed of Sound album and it's on youtube. Paul's father's father,also was naturally musically talented and he played brass in a band,and is to have had a very good singing voice which is where Paul also got his once great singing voice for rock,love songs and everything in between. Paul has been in The Guinness Book Of World Records since 1979 as the most successful song writer of all time,Paul was also given an honorary doctorate in music from Sussex University in 1988,and another one from Yale University in 2008. Paul even helped his younger brother Michael with his once only somewhat successful music career,but his brother gave it up and was a better photographer instead. Paul is such a rare natural music genius that he woke up with this beautiful masterpiece in his head at only the age of 22 with a piano by his bed. Paul wasn't sure that he wrote it at first so he went around singing it to a lot of different people and asked them if they had of it before and they all said no and then Paul realized he wrote it. Here in this great TV Guide interview from May 2001 he talks about how he likely wrote Yesterday subconsciously about the sad death of his mother Mary who was a nurse and a midwife and she died of breast cancer at only the age of 47 when Paul was only 14 and his brother was only 12. Paul also said he has music in his genes from his Dad. Paul said that he realized as a kid that he couldn't sing and play trumpet at the same time. John inherited his mother Julia's natural music talent because she was a self taught banjo player and as Paul said which was unusual in the 1950's for a woman and she sang too. John's paternal grandfather sang in a band so that must be where John inherited his unique strong beautiful singing voice.

The first set of photographs are from western avenue . I lived in a house adjacent and our garden backed onto The McCartney’s . ( although they had moved when we lived there ) my grandmother knew Mary McCartney quite well . Mrs Carney moved into the house when they left and my sister was a friend of her daughters and would often be a visitor to their house at 72 western avenue. Stockton wood primary school was just around the corner .

Your narration is the most pleasant to hear of all videos that I listen to. Thank you!

Thank you for sharing this video and insight. I just watched it last night and really enjoyed it. You really have shared quite a bit of info on the Beatles both as a band and them individually. Things some of us would have never known. Thank you. You should received some sort of accolade from You Tube for your video content. It’s very interesting and informative. You also seem to have a very loving and gentle spirit and your voice is enjoyable to listen to while we watch. Awesome to have the opportunity to listen. Thanks again and a Blessed Christmas to you and yours. Cheers!

What a special channel! Nothing like this exists on the web! There no doubt in my mind that some of your subscribers could be people who actually knew the beatles or imagine paul or ringo have watched! Im 100% sure of this! Its just these vids are so heavy

New to me all your insights, thanks. We see why Paul is so special.

Jim raised Paul&Mike♥️♥️♥️

I enjoyed this very much. I learned alot about his dad.I never knew he had a step sister. Thank you for this. 😊

These videos are always really informative, thank you for making them.

Thank you so very much for sharing Paul's life with we His fans JulieKilburn

Beautifully told. I love that this video is here. Thank you very much.

thank you! I've been a long time fan of the Beatles. Great father and family!

Love your videos. You do a great thorough job. So all those people that think Paul died in 1966, I’m sure Paul’s dad wouldn’t go along with something like that because of the strong bond they had. You can’t grieve and carry on like nothings happened. No amount of money can replace a child you are that close too. Thanks for showing this but I’m afraid they still will believe what they want to believe

I hope to hear more about James and Paul McCartney!! Very informative and interesting.....thanks 😊😊😊

Thanks for the background work.

I liked The Beatles but never bothered about biographical expositions. You hooked me with "Paul and his Dad." And opened a door to shad new light. So thank you.

Always enjoy tuning into your informative Fab videos.👍PS Your voice is easy on the ears.👂👂

Paul got his dad's eyebrows, it looks like

The benefit of the being raised with an older persons wisdom.

So much interesting info here. wow thank you

Thanks for posting this video it's very interesting. I might be wrong but I think John and Paul lost their Dad's in the same year. They had a lot in common did John and Paul

Great detailed information. Thank you.

What a nice video! It's the best video I've seen of Paulie's childhood.

Paul is fortunate (his brother also) they kept their hair; perhaps he followed his mother's side. I imagine James was extremely proud of his son's' huge success and diplomatic behaviour

Watch the dogs in the streets to learn about sex. That explains why he wrote Why dont we do it in the road 😅

What a lovely video! Very enjoyable, thank you!

The Beatles Forever, Forever!!!!!

I like how Paul made sure his father's wife was not going to be a gold digger and rip him off so Paul kept a good accounting of the money.

I love the passion you put into your videos. I can tell that you enjoy the process. Keep up the good work. I’m a John fan, but I’ll watch a Paul video every now and then. Learned some new things in this one!

Nice balastor blinds behind them at10:32 - they were made in Holland, the best blinds ever

Thak you again , being a big beatle fan i always look forward to uou next installment, as i always learn grom you .

Paul's relationship with his dad as usual is totally the opposite relationship John had with his dad which John despised and disliked so much for having abandoned him .

Interesting that Paul did not attend his father’s funeral when he died in 1976 only a few days after John Lennon’s father died

Excellent video, good Old Jim, and what a great son. Paul is a wonderful human being. I'm so glad that I got to see him at the Cow Palace in 1976.

Lovely video, info, pictures, etc. Thank you!

very good research all the best

That was good stuff

This is great! Thank you for creating this!

Interesting thank you

I love your channel.Every video is just amazing.

For the people who will start an argument about why Paul wasn't able to attend his father's funeral (information from Keith Vernon Adagio): When his dad Jim McCartney died on March 18,1976, Wings was on the European leg of their world tour and in a troubled frame of mind, Paul was advised not to come for his dad's funeral by his stepmom saying that if he'll throw everything away and come up to Liverpool for the funeral it'll all be just a circus and definitely won’t bring his dad back. Paul then realized all the media and people that'll ruin his dad's solemn moment that he decided that what his stepmom had said makes sense after all. So he went on with the tour where they held their first performance for that year in Copenhagen, Denmark. Paul never saw his dad again, even for the very last time. That is the price of fame, and the show must go on. Paul McCartney went on and did what he was born to do. Carrying in his heart and mind the memories of his dad who has always been proud of him and his music.

❤ how sweet 🩷

I still don’t understand that despite this closeness. Paul never attended Jim’s funeral. Wings were on tour, but it just seems sad to me Paul would stay on tour doing interviews.

Awesome deep dives that You do!

Thank you for this. Really informative and sweet. I guess the apple doesn’t fall very far from the tree. What about Mike? And what about Ruth?

Loved this - thank you❤

That was so interesting thank you👍😎

“No, actually, we’re just good friends.”

Paul didn't like Angie very much, but did like Ruth, her daughter. Ruth was very active on facebook up to a few years ago.

Great video 👍

Is that Carol Kaye narrating? Hi Carol! Good job!

Good video! Thank you! ❤

When the elder McCartney died William,er,Paul was doing a tour in Australia & in an interview there expressed no grief or even concern.He did not attend Jim McCartney's funeral citing that it would cause a distraction despite claiming to have a close relationship with his father.The real reason is because the family would not have Billy attend & do not care for him as well.How could this happen? Remember these people are loyal subjects of the Crown & The Beatles were a majot economic driver for the country.

Thank you so much for posting. I would love to get in touch with you. Have a lovely rest of your day. Best wishes

About the talk, watch dogs do it in the street, now we know where, Why Don't We Do It In the Road came from.

The school photos - I presume you think that’s Paul & Mike but it’s not, the second boy is actually Peter Sissons.

In all this 'is it the real Paul malarkey' one odd thing does stand out. For all this closeness to his dad Paul never attended his funeral which I find odd

Great video!!!

Hearing some of the history here it makes me think when Paul wrote the lyrics of YESTERDAY possibly he was writing them about how his Father felt when he lost Paul’s Mother …’why she had to go, I don’t know , she wouldn’t say’ 😢😔

I'm glad I found your channel! Ill be watching from now on. Thank you.

It’s great to see the real James Paul and the fact that you didn’t include pictures of Billy who of course is not he. This is easy to visually see but the younger generation can’t see it. I was fooled for a few years until it became clear. Good work. ❤

Yes , Thank you for this documentary.

Thank you Paul's dad!!

First picture is Billy not Paul!

His dad was a great dad

Lovely video, thanks. Many things I didn't know!

Thank you for the video. Very interesting.

Ah NICE .

Sounds like CAROL KAYE is the narrator

Sounds like Paul's miserly nature surfaced early.

Paul made his step-mom submit receipts for every little thing they bought? Wow. How parsimonious of Paul.

James Paul McCartney died in car crash on September 11 1966 and was replaced by William (Billy). This is the truth no matter what!

I think John and Paul both lost their mothers like about less than a year apart or something.

Sorry for my bad spelling , its early

Great video but unfortunately the picture you use to promote the video is fake mustache billy and a fake Jim.

what happened to Angie and Ruth when Jim passed away ?

But not close enough to attend his Dad's funeral.

Paul and Jim always had a wonderful relationship but Billy didn't even show up for Jim's funeral. There was Zero connection there.

Paul DID NOT attend Jim's funereal

Its been said that Macca was performing when his father died and was buried , this isn't true, He did a show on the 21/3/76 in Copenhagen and nothing on the day of his fathers funeral then on the 23/3/1976 he performed in Rotterdam. So a whole day and not far from England

For me videos like this are only relevant up to 1967. No point in any relationship stories after that time since they were obviously fabricated to aid the illusion that Paul McCartney was still alive after 1967, which isn't the case.