![]() ![]() “Yeah, I’m a Paul guy, too.” McCartney’s 1976 concerts with Wings were favorites. We got to talking about the Fabs, and he asked me my favorite Beatle. Still, I don’t think I ever really had said out loud where I stood on the individual Beatles until one night in the early 1980s, when I was sitting in a private hotel bar in New York City, interviewing Lionel Richie. ![]() ![]() But, despite seeing most of the major acts touring between 19, those Wings shows remained atop my list of the best I’d ever seen. It wasn’t until early the next year that I became a rock critic for a living, and started going to concerts at least weekly (sometimes more often). Leslie and I went back the next night for a second show. That interview with George came a few months after Leslie and I had been joined by my brothers, Jon and Tim, to see Paul and his post-Beatles band, Wings, perform at Atlanta’s old Omni coliseum. I bought everything that all four of them released, however.Īctually, George Harrison was my “first Beatle” in a couple of important respects: the first one I saw in concert, and the first one I ever met and interviewed. That continued to be the way I viewed the Fab Four once the solo era dawned, although there was no doubt I tended to favor Paul’s musical efforts. Favorite Beatle was a matter of choosing a first among equals. But, that really was more of a first among equals situation. I was a Beatles fan, though I always was drawn to McCartney’s music. I was sitting in the stands at Wake Forest University’s stadium in Winston-Salem, NC, last month, reliving an experience I’ve had too many times to count through the years - watching Paul McCartney in concert.Īs I watched Macca perform for me and about 33,000 other folks, including Leslie and our son, Bill, and daughter, Olivia, it struck me that, although I’ve only met Sir Paul a handful of times, and I’m sure he wouldn’t know me from any of his other millions of fans, this man has been a major part of my life for nearly 60 years.ĭuring the time The Beatles were together, I never really thought about which one of them I liked best. ![]()
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