Post Tagged with: "Wings"

by / on March 7, 2012 at 3:28 pm / in Concerts, Rock Music

Former Wings guitarist Laurence Juber is keeping busy with nationwide tour, new studio projects

Solo guitar virtuoso Laurence Juber, a two-time Grammy-winning former member of Paul McCartney and Wings, is not one to rest on those laurels.

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by / on March 1, 2012 at 9:27 am / in Monthly Best-of Lists

Best of February 2012: Reader picks include Paul McCartney, Van Halen and (big surprise) Adele

Little surprise here, but nothing topped Adele last month. When you diss the consensus album of the year, people tend to take notice. Heh.

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by / on February 23, 2012 at 11:47 am / in On Second Thought, Rock Music, Uncategorized

On Second Thought: Paul McCartney and Wings – Back to the Egg (1979)

It’s time to go back and reevaluate Paul McCartney and Wings’ unjustly ignored Back to the Egg.

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by / on February 11, 2012 at 4:51 pm / in Pop Music, Rock Music

As Paul McCartney enters 10th year with current band, he reflects on touring with the Beatles and Wings

Paul McCartney has been playing with his current touring group for 10 years, longer than any other amalgam — including the Beatles and Wings. “That’s long enough,” McCartney says, “to make us a proper band.”

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by / on February 9, 2012 at 7:39 am / in Classical Music, One Track Mind, Pop Music

One Track Mind: Laurence Juber on Paul McCartney and Wings, and Al Stewart

On this special edition of Something Else! Reviews’ One Track Mind, we hand the reins over to fingerstyle guitar virtuoso Laurence Juber, who first came to fame alongside Paul McCartney in Wings.

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by / on February 8, 2012 at 8:24 am / in Classical Music, Pop Music, Something Else! Interviews, Uncategorized

Something Else! Interview: Laurence Juber, formerly of Wings

Laurence Juber, a member of Wings from 1978-81, has since gone on to a celebrated second career as a world-class solo guitar virtuoso – releasing nearly 20 solo albums since the demise of Paul McCartney’s 1970s-era band.

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by / on November 1, 2011 at 8:24 am / in Rock Music

Dan Markell – Eleven Shades of Dan Markell (2011)

by Beverly Paterson Singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. That’s Dan Markell

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by / on August 25, 2011 at 12:21 pm / in One Track Mind, Uncategorized

One Track Mind: Henry McCullough on tracks from Wings, Joe Cocker, Pink Floyd

On this special edition of Something Else! Reviews’ One Track Mind, we had the reins over to Henry McCullough, singer-songwriter and former sideman with Paul McCartney and Wings, Joe Cocker and Spooky Tooth, among others.

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by / on August 24, 2011 at 8:49 am / in Rock Music, Something Else! Interviews

Something Else! Interview: Henry McCullough, formerly of Wings

Henry McCullough couldn’t have picked a better title for his standout new solo release, Unfinished Business. A talented musician with a roving muse, over the years he’s taken part – if only briefly – in a number of signature rock ’n’ roll moments.

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by / on July 29, 2011 at 8:19 am / in One Track Mind, Uncategorized

One Track Mind: Paul McCartney and Wings, "Live and Let Die" (1973)

Let’s look beyond the goofy flutes and whatnot — and the oddly aggressive nature of the song, because it’s just so out of character for the nice man. Paul McCartney screwed up “Live And Let Die” in a huge way

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