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just starting to get into some of the wings albums, even though some are really dodgy, but i like the london town record, does anyone know who played the guitar on cafe on the left bank?, and did denny play most of the guitars on the wings albums or did paul take over that too?

I really like the melodies on that album. I think if they had taken some songs a bit more seriously it could have been better. I think Jimmy McCullough was still around for the recording of that album, but when it was released he had left the band. The videos from that album showed Lawrence Juber playing guitar, but I am pretty sure Jimmy was playing those leads.

I agree Brian - I believe it was Jimmy too.

Jimmy really was a great little guitar player. Too bad everything else in his life was not as great

why what happened to him?

He died of a heroin overdose in 1977.

Joe English, Jimmy McCulloch, Linda, Paul, Denny Laine - 1975 around the time of album Venus and Mars

I have a dvd of Wings in Newcastle from '73 and Jimmy was amazing. He was so young though wasn't he?? At least he looked like he was 19 or 20 but, what an electric presence and performer. What a shame to die so young.

Yup... that was one talented group... except for Linda of course.

does anyone know how paul got onto these musos and why they kept coming and going? im guessing paul would be hard to work with

FYI, Jimmy didn't join Wings until 1974. The 73 lineup had Henry McCulough as the lead guitarist. Any live work w/ Jimmy wasn't until the 75 - 76 tour.

He died of a drug overdose in 1979.

I like linda and did think she had some talent. I dont think people should judge other peoples talent until they see it first hand

Well, Linda may have had some talent, but it certainly wasn't for singing...

There's a tape that's made it's way around the inner circle of Sound Men...I haven't heard it, but friends of mine in the profession have described it to me. The recording was made by a member of the Wings road crew...don't know what the motivation was; to have something hilarious to whip out at parties or just to document reality...but whoever took the line out of the board was able to boost Linda's vocals to front and center (something that was very definitely never sent out over the 'mains'). The resultant travesty is proof of one thing, if nothing else...if you aspire to tour and perform with a musical legend, there's no faster track to your goal than being born with a connection to something at the level of Eastman Kodak...

Dane: I am not an expert on Wings or on McCartney, but a documentary I saw a while back talked about Linda coming from an affluent background. I recall it was Eastman but not Eastman-Kodak, her photography aside.

Does anyone know whether Linda had anything to do with Eastman-Kodak?

I thought the Eastmans were no relation to the Kodak Company. I thought her family was a group of prominent tax attorneys in NYC or something?