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tatters
Played a beautiful solo on this one.
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BluzDude
I thought Jimmy (RIP) was in wings, are they related?
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BluzDude
I thought Jimmy (RIP) was in wings, are they related?
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tatters
Played a beautiful solo on this one.
The truly great thing about that solo is that it was totally improvised, done off the cuff while in the studio, in one take during the actual recording. Here's an account of how that solo came to be, from Howard Sounes' Macca bio Fab (p. 302):
"....One of the most uxorious of Paul's 'I-love-you-Linda' songs, 'My Love' was lifted by a stirring guitar solo by Henry McCullough, who, when it came to the recording date, bucked against Paul's regimented way of making music -- 'in blocks', as he characterises McCartney's method. 'I was in there with a fifty-piece orchestra, just meself and guitar and I wanted to change the solo.'
'What are you going to play?' Paul asked his guitarist.
'I have no idea,' replied Henry, who wanted to extemporise.
'Oh Jesus, Henry!'
As the orchestra played, McCullough tore off the solo of his life. 'It wasn't a confrontation, [but] it had got to the point where I achingly wanted to be the guitar player in the band, instead of learning parts,' says the guitarist, 'and Paul, I think, found that way of working a little risky, which it is, but it hit the mark and it was left there.' The song was released as Wings' next single, becoming a number one hit in the USA"....