Why So Blue – A Neglected Masterpiece?
I singled out the 2007 track Why So Blue in the second Volume of Paul McCartney After The Beatles: A Musical Appreciation, placing it “in the very top rank of McCartney’s songs after 1970”. Why did I reach this conclusion? Isn’t Why So Blue an obscure song? For me,...
The Contributors
These books would not have been possible without the contribution of many friends and fellow McCartney fans. Here, I give credit to their help in Volumes One and Two. I like to think of these books as true collaborative works. Geoff Britton – Wings’ drummer from the spring of...
The Rationale
The rationale behind Paul McCartney After The Beatles A Musical Appreciation is to offer a deeper musical insight into the work of the most successful composer in history, but to focus on his often-neglected career after The Beatles. Although it is true that McCartney cannot read or write music,...
Author’s Introduction
Hello, my name is Adrian Allan and I am the author of Paul McCartney After The Beatles: A Musical Appreciation, Volumes One and Two. I was born in November 1971, six months after the release of Ram, and thus can be considered a second-generation fan of Paul McCartney and...