Showing off the new album

 November 30, 1973 

Band on the Run day

 October 28, 1973

Band on the Run Cover shot

 

On October 28, 1973 -   The famed Photo for the album cover for Band on the Run was taken

Ginger Baker during the Recording of Band on the Run - RIP

The news of Ginger Baker's death came this weekend.   I remembered that it was Ginger's recording studio in Lagos, Nigeria where most of the Paul McCartney and Wings Band on the Run album was recorded.   Ginger himself can be heard playing percussion on "Picasso's Last Words"

He said some unkind things about the Beatles and Ringo's drumming over the years that most of us will disagree with, but I think all of us can agree that he was one of the best drummers of the 20th century.   RIP Ginger Baker

The Band on the Run

Gold record day

Oh mullet McCartney----how we love you so!