Paul McCartney said his very first performance with John Lennon went so badly that he swore off guitar solos
McCartney's botched showpiece was the reason he pushed Lennon to bring George Harrison into the Quarrymen. The rest is ...
The song that convinced John Lennon to let Paul McCartney join band that became The Beatles
A year later Paul's friend George Harrison joined the band and John's school friends left in 1959. 1960 saw Stuart Sutcliffe ...
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“I Got Sticky Fingers”: The Botched Solo That Relegated Paul McCartney to Bass in the Beatles
His very first solo with the Quarrymen, a band that later evolved into the Beatles, ended up relegating Paul McCartney to bass guitar.
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Paul McCartney gives once-in-a-lifetime show at surprise NY gig: Review and setlist
NEW YORK – Sometimes, even the larger-than-life Paul McCartney likes to scale things down ... identify as “A Hard Day’s Night,” as a grinning McCartney gripped his left-handed bass and bobbed his head ...