McCartney Times

(Image Credit: Tony Wilson)
Neil designed the first Wings logo which was made of wood and attached to the back of the “Wings over Europe 1972” tour bus, which was a painted double- decker London bus.
Friends of ours Geoffrey Cleghorn and Charlie Smith got the job through Tom Salter, who owned the “Gear” shops in Carnaby street and was promoting the tour for Paul and Linda McCartney.

Neil was brought in on the project to help design and paint the bus as he was an artist and graphic designer and had worked on other projects with Geoffrey doing murals and interiors for Boutiques, Pubs and Restaurants.

They had the design drawn up and were leaving to start work when they realised the logo hadn’t been done so Neil borrowed a Mickey Mouse ruler and pencil from Charlie’s little girl Lucky, and designed it on the back of an envelope, inspired from memories of the “Matchless Motorcycles” logo.
Charlie built the logo out of wood which was then bolted to the back of the bus.

I was brought in to paint all the outlining on the design as it was a very tight schedule.

We worked on the bus in a London Transport garage in Staines Middlesex and I remember Paul and Linda came to look at the bus while we were working, but not the other band members.

Geoffrey,Charlie and Tom Salter escorted the bus, with a proper London bus driver, to the south of France for the beginning of the tour.

I believe a London design company used Neil’s Wings logo for the Wings merchandising products.”

(Image Credit: Tony Wilson)

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