He always looks like he is on the verge of writing or singing or playing something new. Well, Paul is a guy who is living, breathing, eating, and drinking music. Being in the inner circle the way you are, what have you observed about his creative process? When you witness it, what are you watching?īR: Very interesting. I think it's really something to listen to, a great modern rock record, if I do say so myself. And we had the best mixing engineer mastering it. There are just some great players on there, and it was recorded in a fantastic studio using the world's best gear. Oliver Leiber-who is the son of Jerry Leiber of Leiber and Stoller-has been writing with me. ![]() Abe Jr., Paul's drummer, is on four or five songs, and he co-wrote one. This album has two guys from Elvis Costello's band. But it's a really fun new record, and I had a great time making it in one of L.A.'s coolest studios with some fantastic players. MR: Signed, sealed, delivered, I love it.īR: That's it. So, if you're coming to one of our upcoming shows, you will see my new CD there, and each one of them is signed for ten bucks. It's available right now for pre-order on my site, I'm actually carrying along with me some limited edition signed CDs to the upcoming Paul McCartney shows because Paul has generously invited me to sell them at our merchandise stands. ![]() MR: Another thing that the audience should know is that you not only have the aforementioned single, but also a new album called This Way Up.īR: Yes, I sure do. There have been just so many of them, I sometimes can't recall them all. Now, you also played a concert in Moscow's Red Square, right?īR: Oh yeah, that was a big one. He's brilliant, and he's a guy that goes on almost any subject. So, as she sits down, she plops it on his desk, and without missing a beat, Jon grabs the doll, throws it under his desk, and begins the interview.īR: (laughs) Jon Stewart is so funny, I must say. She brought a little statue of Darth Vader, I guess she thought that would be humorous in some way, acknowledging that Jon used to call him The Dark Lord. MR: I'll never forget when Lynne Cheney ended up on Jon Stewart's The Daily Show. MR: Or maybe it was to hide him from those nasty Google satellites that couldn't verify his address.īR: That could be it. MR: Like Cheney, when he had to go to a bunker just in case?īR: I think that Cheney had to stay in the bunker because maybe there was some heart equipment that he had to stay near, I don't know. That was one of the most stunning shows that I think we've ever played.īR: I think they have to split the team up whenever he's appearing, just to keep continuity in the government. Then, the next night, we played outside with the Coliseum as our backdrop, lit up by us, and that was a free concert for five hundred thousand people. You played the Roman Coliseum?īR: Yeah, we played inside the Coliseum in Rome, and no rock band has ever done that before. ![]() MR: (laughs) Of course, let's talk about some of your flashier gigs. MR: So, the callous factor must be immense.īR: Yup, I've got blisters on me fingers! MR: I can't imagine being a guitar player that plays an energized three-hour show almost every other night.īR: Yeah, I'd say it averages out to about three days a week, sometimes four. It's just an insane thing to witness, and we're having a lot of fun out there. He goes from "Helter Skelter" to "Yesterday" back to back. The balance of the thirty-seven songs in the show would be from Wings and from solo work. He's doing a nearly three-hour show containing nearly twenty-three Beatles songs. BR: We're out on a national and beyond tour at the moment, and the reviews have been off the hook.
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