Summer of Sixty-Seven

Paul McCartney was born on June 18, 1942.  For the last 50 years or so he has been making music.  He spent approximately 1 decade making music with The Beatles and the remaining 40 or so without The Beatles.  Without going into the merits of his music with and without that band, it’s a pretty impressive portfolio he’s put together.

So, to celebrate Paul McCartney’s 67th birthday I have assembled many of the parts of that very diverse portfolio into a tidy two hour edition of Pop! The Beat Bubble Burst next week.  I’m not going to do a whole lot of talking, just tell you what I’m playing and let the music say whatever it has to say.

What can you expect?  A couple Beatles songs where Paul was the primary composer, some of his solo work and a couple with Wings. 

That leaves us with a handful of covers by some soul legends and some power pop bands.  The bulk of the show is made up of songs that were McCartney compositions which he or The Beatles never recorded; Badfinger, Peter & Gordon, The Everly Brothers…stuff like that, and we round out the show with songs by other bands or performers which Paul sings and or plays on; Denny Laine, Adam Faith and

Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney

Steve Miller…

There are a few other things that will be fighting for air-time as well, maybe a mash-up or a fancy dj remix. 

I’m steering away from the classical and orchestral music Sir Paul has tried his hand at, but other than that listeners should get a fairly good slice of his multi-faceted career up to this point.

Posted by | June 11, 2009 | Culture, Music | Comment 

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