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Paul McCartney
From the acclaimed biographer who brought you the rock biography of Bruce Springsteen comesthe life of musician Paul McCartney—from his groundbreaking years with the Beatles to Wings to his work as a solo artist and activist.
More than a rock star, more than a celebrity,Paul McCartney is a cultural touchstone who helped transform popular music as one half of the legendary Lennon-McCartney songwriting duo. In this definitive biography, Peter Ames Carlin examines McCartney’s entire life, casting new light not just on the Beatles era but also on his years with Wings and his thirty-year relationship with his first wife, Linda McCartney. He takes us on a journey through a tumultuous couple of decades in which Paul struck out on his own as a solo artist, reached the top of the charts with a new band, and once again drew hundreds of thousands of screaming fans to his concerts. Carlin presents McCartney as a musical visionary but also as a layered and conflicted figure as haunted by his own legacy—and particularly his relationship with John Lennon—as he was inspired by it. Built on years of research and fresh, revealing interviews with friends, bandmates, and collaborators spanning McCartney’s entire life, Carlin’s lively biography captures the many faces of the liv
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Blackbird: the Unauthorized Biography of Paul McCartney
It all started when I was just a toddler, hearing the sounds of “Rubber Soul” emanating throughout the house. It was the album that to my childhood mind, resembled what people might look like in a dream.
In my mind’s eye, I can see the image of another album cover, featuring a bowl of red juice, surrounded by loose cherries, and even more memorable was the back cover photo, taken by Linda McCartney, of her husband with baby Mary tucked safely inside her father’s jacket.
That album’s title was simple…” McCartney.”
As a youngster, I could relate to the security that Mary must have felt being so close to her dad, and that is because I almost always listened to it while sitting on my dad’s lap. He and I sat on the floor, in front of our record player. “Maybe I’m Amazed” was the big hit of this album, but even as a child, I was always enchanted by the song, “Junk.”
I was six years old when McCartney released, “Red Rose Speedway.” At that time, I’d heard the song, “Little Lamb Dragonfly,” was affected by its quietly haunting tone and imagination kindling lyrics. “Little Lamb Dragonfly” stayed with me, even decades later when I employed it as a