Wings

Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run is the astonishing, unruly story of how [Paul McCartney found] a way to exist alongside his inescapable past. Structured as an oral history …. interleaved with rich archive material [and] elegantly annotated with timelines and discographies … this book skilfully patchworks together testimony from all the Beatles, McCartney’s family, friends and bandmates, and external sources … demanding re-evaluation, fostering revelation. [It] is … the story of a man who climbed every mountain, then set out to do it all over again. – Victoria Segal * Sunday Times *Compelling … a portal into a more eccentric age of pop, a fable about the tension between celebrity and creativity, and a story with elements of Spinal Tap and Wacky Races… it tells the story of one of the most successful bands of the 1970s – and one of the strangest. – Ian Leslie * Guardian *An exhaustive, forensic and fascinating inside story of the band who achieved the impossible – John Aizlewood * i Paper *A weighty new oral history … crammed with fascinating details and amusing observations – Neil McCormick * Telegraph *

Paul McCartney (Author)

Born in Liverpool in 1942, Paul McCartney was raised in the city and educated at the Liverpool Institute. Since writing his first song at 14, McCartney has dreamed and dared to be different. He lives in England.

Ted Widmer (External Editor)

Ted Widmer is a historian, writer, librarian, and musician who writes about American history in The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, and other venues. He has taught at Harvard, Brown, and Washington College. In 2022 he was awarded a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship.