Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run [Hardcover]

An engrossing oral history of a band that came to define a generation,INSTANT Widmer does an expert job of stitching this into a compelling narrative that includes cultural context  like what else was in the charts at the time  and plenty of photographs, many previously unseen. The result is a portal into a more eccentric age of pop, a fable about the tension between celebrity and creativity, and a story with elements of What is there left to know about Paul McCartney in 2025? Actually, quite a bit. . . .There is still much to be excavated from what is the most examined life in pop music history, especially when it comes from the horses mouth. . . . The first decade of Paul McCartneys second act is fully illuminated in Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run, an oral history drawn from interviews with band and family members, as well as other interested parties, and edited by Ted Widmer. . . ?The story is augmented by timelines that add a contextual charm all their own. . . .?The book brims with often captivating details. Its?an impressive undertaking that follows the band from their founding in the 1970s to their dissolution in 1981, featuring extensive commentary from McCartney as well as co-founding members, the late Linda McCartney and Denny Laine, and many more. For the Beatles fan in your life and then some. A comprehensive oral history of the outfit, Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run (out now, Liveright/ W.W. Norton & Company) unfurls?42 hours?of new interviews, historical records, and previously unheard interviews from McCartneys archives.?. . .?Some stories, such as Wings losing the master tapes to Band on the Run after being robbed and mugged while recording the album in Lagos, Nigeria, might be familiar to Wings aficionados.?But most other tales are newly shared and offer fascinating insight even for casual fans. A must-read for fans of The Beatles in general and their solo careers in specific. And the story of Wings is a doozy, to pu