McCartney Times

Paul McCartney knew what he didn’t want. As his initial solo career took a critical beating with two poorly reviewed LPs in McCartney and Ram, McCartney decided that he would temporarily give up making music under his own name. What he didn’t want were the pressures and expectations that his name carried. He wanted a clean slate, so the solution became obvious: it was time to start another band.

McCartney was on his own among his former bandmates. John Lennon had the Plastic Ono Band, but that was little more than a backing group. George Harrison would later form the supergroup The Traveling Wilburys, but that would be further down the line. McCartney wanted a fully functioning band, one that allowed other members to contribute along with his own writing.

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