Episode 8: Band on the Run – The Origin of a Hit Song - Part 2

Stroll Down Penny Lane

Episode 8 Band on the Run – the origin of a hit song Part 2

Join us in Part 2 of our story where we investigate the challenges that Paul faced in recording his hit song Band on the Run; his life-threatening encounter, abandonment, culture shock, and using the new instruments of the 60s and 70s. We also investigate how Band on the Run is somehow connected to the song Desperado by the Eagles!

So settle in for Part 2 of our narrative. You will be intrigued by a series of revelations that you will find entertaining and informative!

Band on the Run, Paul and Linda McCartney; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar

Drama-pizza, Mike Sugar; performed by Mike Sugar

Dramockumystery Tour, Mike Sugar; performed by Mike Sugar

Suspenseful Stridi, Mike Sugar; performed by Mike Sugar

Hotel (Theme), Henry Mancini; performed by Mike Sugar

Am Be Into Background, Mike Sugar; performed by Mike Sugar

Abandon The Run (interstitial rabbit hole), based on Paul and Linda McCartney's Band On the Run, rearranged and performed by Mike Sugar

Goodbye, Paul McCartney; performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott, Matt Twain)

Two Part Invention in D Minor, J.S. Bach; performed by Mike Sugar

I Want You (She’s So Heavy), Lennon and McCartney; performed by Mike Sugar

Thus Mooged MaccaThustra, Richard Strauss, Paul McCartney, Phil Medley and Bert Berns; [Twist and Shout, Band on the Run, and Also Sprach Zarathustra] mashed up and performed by Mike Sugar

Maxwell’s Silver Hammer, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar

Kalider Story, Mike Sugar; performed by Mike Sugar

Baroque Inn, Mike Sugar; performed by Mike Sugar

Superstition, Stevie Wonder; performed by Mike Sugar

She Drives Me Crazy, Roland Gift, David Steele; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar

Popcorn, Gershon Kingsley; performed by Mike Sugar

Frankenstein; Edgar Winter: performed by Mike Sugar

My Love, Paul and Linda McCartney; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar

Whats' My Line, Charles Fox; performed by Mike Sugar

The Good the Bad and the Ugly Theme; Ennio Morricone, performed by Mike Sugar

Desperado, Glenn Frey and Don Henley; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar

Penny Lane, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, and Mark Abbott of Stroll Down Penny Lane

The End, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott, Matt Twain of Stroll Down Penny Lane

Sources:

Paul McCartney, the Life, Philip Norman; Little Brown and Company; 2016

Here, There and Everywhere, Geoff Emerick and Howard Massey; Gotham Books; New York; 2006

McCartney, Christopher Sandford; Carroll and Graf Publishers; 2006

Band on the Run, a History of Paul McCartney and Wings, Garry McGee; Taylor Trade Publishing; 2003

Fab, an intimate life of Paul McCartney; Howard Sounes; Da Capo Press; 2010

Recording the Beatles; Kevin Ryan and Brian Kehew; Curvebender; 2006.

Songwriting Secrets of the Beatles, Dominic Pedler; Omnibus Press; 2003

The Beatles Anthology; Chronicle Books; San Francisco; 2000

Funeral takes place of former Wings guitarist Henry McCullough, David Roy; The Irish News; June 19, 2016

Paul McCartney pays tribute to 'super-talented' Wings guitarist Henry McCullough, Nick Levine; nme.com; June 15, 2016

Paul McCartney and Wings, Band on the Run; Paul McCartney Archive Collection; Deluxe Edition

The Beatles play with the Moog Synthesizer, 1969; Elena the Beatles photos

Band on the Run: Moog or ARP? / Fab Forum; www.beatlesbible.com

Moog synthesizer; Wikipedia

Minimoog; Wikipedia

Fab Four FAQ: Everything Left to Know about the Beatles – and More!, Stuart Shea and Robert Rodriguez; Hal Leonard; 2007

McCartney, songwriter, Howard Elson; W.H. Allen; 1986

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