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Paul McCartney's band is the backing band that accompanies Paul McCartney in the studio and on tour. [1] . The core line-up has been steady since 2002, and includes Wix Wickens on keyboards and serving as musical director, Rusty Anderson on guitar, Brian Ray on guitar and bass, and Abe Laboriel Jr. on drums. [2] History.
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Paul McCartney Band members. Members of the rock group the Paul McCartney Band, singer Paul McCartney 's studio and touring band.
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Paul McCartney's band is the backing band that accompanies Paul McCartney in the studio and on tour. The core line-up has been steady since 2002, and includes Wix Wickens on keyboards and serving as musical director, Rusty Anderson on guitar, Brian Ray on guitar and bass, and Abe Laboriel Jr. on drums.
McCartney has had only two significant incarnations of a backing band since the breakup of Paul McCartney and Wings in 1981. The former band, active from 1989 to 1993 with occasional appearances thereafter, included his wife Linda McCartney on vocals and keyboards, Hamish Stuart on guitar and bass, Wickens on keyboards, and former Pretenders Robbie McIntosh and Blair Cunningham on guitar and drums respectively. Wickens' former collaborator in Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, drummer Chris Whitten, also featured early in this lineup. This lineup played on McCartney's studio albums Flowers in the Dirt and Off the Ground and the live albums Tripping the Live Fantastic, Unplugged (The Official Bootleg), and Paul Is Live.
After Linda died in 1998, McCartney began to coalesce a new band on his next few albums. Driving Rain featured Anderson and Laboriel. After being recruited one day before McCartney performed "Freedom" at Super Bowl XXXVI, Ray joined the band on Chaos and Creation in the Backyard. Memory Almost Full returned Wickens to the lineup. New and Egypt Station featured all four. Anderson and Laboriel also appeared on one track of McCartney III, an album on which all instruments other than theirs were played by McCartney himself.
McCartney credits the band's familiarity for their continued cohesiveness. He said in 2014, "I trust the guys. They know what I'm going to do, I know what they are going to do. We surprise each other — and even if it's like, 'I didn’t know you were going to do that,' we can all follow it. That's the great thing with a band. And all of us just come to play music. There’s no other thing on the agenda. We just love playing together."
The quintet has also been the backbone of two decades of world tours. They appear on the live albums and DVDs Back in the U.S., Back in the World Live, Paul McCartney in Red Square, The Space Within US, Good Evening New York City, and Live in Los Angeles, the latter with David Arch filling in for Wickens. The lineup returned to the Super Bowl for McCartney's halftime show in 2005. In 2010, they played together at the White House when McCartney received the Gershwin Prize from President Barack Obama.
Current lineup
•Paul McCartney – lead vocals, bass guitar, rhythm and lead guitars, piano, keyboards, ukulele, mandolin, drums (1989–present) •Wix Wickens – keyboards, accordion, rhythm guitar, bass guitar, harmonica, percussion, backing vocals (1989–present) •Rusty Anderson – lead guitar, backing vocals (2001–present) •Abe Laboriel Jr. – drums, percussion, backing vocals (2001–present) •Brian Ray – rhythm and lead guitars, bass guitar, percussion, backing vocals (2002–present)
Past lineup
•Linda McCartney – vocals, keyboards, autoharp, train whistle, percussion (1989–1998; her death) •Chris Whitten – drums (1989–1990) •Robbie McIntosh – lead guitar, piano, percussion, backing vocals (1989–1993) •Hamish Stuart – guitar, bass guitar, vocals (1989–1993) •Blair Cunningham – drums, percussion, backing vocals (1989–1993)
Mar 13, 2017 · Do you prefer the band environment over being just Brian Ray on a stage? First of all, I’m so fortunate to be a part of Paul McCartney’s band now for fifteen years and it’s the most lovely group of guys and the most talented musicians playing inarguably the best music of the later twentieth century. So that goes a long way to satisfying me.
Paul McCartney (1989–1990) Paul McCartney – vocals, bass, piano, guitar; Linda McCartney – keyboards, vocals; Paul Wickens – keyboards; Hamish Stuart – guitar; Robbie McIntosh – guitar; Chris Whitten – drums; Paul McCartney (1991–1993) Paul McCartney – vocals, bass, piano, guitar; Linda McCartney – keyboards, vocals; Paul ...
Aug 3, 2023 · For all of the great music The Beatles made together, McCartney’s track record and need to innovate puts him in a different musical class than his old mates. While he may not have been looking to be the “most talented Beatle”, McCartney’s incessant need to follow his muse has turned him into the resident virtuoso of the Fab Four.
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