Stroll Down Penny Lane

Celebrating the music of Paul McCartney

7. Band on the Run pt. 1

7: Band on the Run–the origin of a hit song!

Discover how a throw-away line by George Harrison inspired the Beatles’ song, You Never Give Me Your Money — AND how, three years later, that formed the basis for Paul’s massive hit, Band on the Run. As we connect these dots, ALSO discover how Band on the Run is somehow connected to… Desperado, recorded by the Eagles!

Settle in for a series of revelations that you will find entertaining and informative, for in Episode 7 we connect all these dots …and more!

Songs

Band on the Run, Paul and Linda McCartney; performed by Joe Anastasi, and Mike Sugar

Get Back, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott and Matt Twain)

You Never Give Me Your Money, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott and Matt Twain)

I’ve Got a Secret, performed by Mike Sugar

Brain Wave Bowl and Bass, Mike Sugar; performed by Mike Sugar

My Love, Paul and Linda McCartney; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar

Also Sprach Zarathustra, Richard Strauss; performed by Mike Sugar

I’ve Got A [Certain] Feeling – Paul McCartney and John Lennon; performed by Mike Sugar

Dra-mocku-mystery Tour I, II, and III, Mike Sugar; performed by Mike Sugar

Beltin’ Suspense I and II, Mike Sugar; performed by Mike Sugar

The End, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott, Matt Twain)

Sources

Paul McCartney, the Life, Philip Norman; Little Brown and Company; 2016

Here, There and Everywhere, Geoff Emerick and Howard Massey; Gotham Books; New York; 2006

McCartney, Christopher Sandford; Carroll and Graf Publishers; 2006

Band on the Run, a History of Paul McCartney and Wings, Garry McGee; Taylor Trade Publishing; 2003

Fab, an intimate life of Paul McCartney; Howard Sounes; Da Capo Press; 2010

Recording the Beatles; Kevin Ryan and Brian Kehew; Curvebender; 2006.

Songwriting Secrets of the Beatles, Dominic Pedler; Omnibus Press; 2003

The Beatles Anthology; Chronicle Books; San Francisco; 2000 

Funeral takes place of former Wings guitarist Henry McCullough, David Roy; The Irish News; June 19, 2016

Paul McCartney pays tribute to ‘super-talented’ Wings guitarist Henry McCullough, Nick Levine; nme.com; June 15, 2016

Paul McCartney and Wings, Band on the Run; Paul McCartney Archive Collection; Deluxe Edition

The Beatles play with the Moog Synthesizer, 1969; Elena the Beatles photos

Band on the Run: Moog or ARP? / Fab Forum; www.beatlesbible.com

Moog synthesizer; Wikipedia

Minimoog; Wikipedia

Fab Four FAQ: Everything Left to Know about the Beatles – and More!, Stuart Shea and Robert Rodriguez; Hal Leonard; 2007

McCartney, songwriter, Howard Elson; W.H. Allen; 1986