Category Archives: Macca

1971.

We’re starting a new occasional feature today wherein guest writers contribute appreciations of Paul McCartney’s second, less loved band, Wings. First up, Jess Rotter on the song Wild Life from Wings’ first album.

Wings – “Wild Life” by Jess Rotter

“You’re moving so fast, but baby you know not where..”

I have written about this song many times through the years on my Rotter and Friends blog – it’s a sincere personal totem and has provided many a booze-filled soundtrack to my artwork and heartbreaks. Here’s hoping…it inspires you too.

NYC-based master of poppy psyche scribble Jess Rotter paints and draws
trippy worlds that have been exhibited in galleries and boutiques in
New York City, Los Angeles, Marfa, and Tokyo. Her whimsical,
hand-drawn illustrations have appeared on album + book covers, wood
burns, stickers, and limited edition musical T-shirt label, Rotter and
Friends (www.rotterandfriends.com).

www.jessrotter.com
instagram: @rotterandfriends

Birthday boy Paul McCartney (with Stu Sutcliff) in Hamburg, Germany. November 1960.

In Los Angeles. June 1968.

Old man McCartney. Circa 2006 (?).

The Quarry Men: Paul, some guy named Arthur Kelly (who was in George’s pre-Beatles band The Rebels but was not a Quarry Man), George and John. Circa 1958-9.

Toward the end of The Beatles. Paul is either wearing the same shirt as in the Quarry Men shot or a replica. April 9, 1969.

Performing at The Concert for George with Clapton, Ringo and Harrison offspring and spitting image, Dhani (sorry girls, he’s married). November 29, 2002.

In India. Sometime in February or March 1968.

Paul and future wife Linda Eastman at the Sgt. Pepper album release party. May 19, 1967.

Paul and Linda McCartney. Ram sessions. New York City. February 1971.

In Nashville. Summer 1974.

Beatles and Yoko looking out the window of Paul’s Cavendish Road, London home. April 1969.

Wings strike a similar pose 3 years later. 1972.