{"product_id":"9781324099918","title":"Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eINSTANT \u003cem\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e: Best Books of 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"We made what seemed like an impossible dream come true.\" -Paul McCartney\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn engrossing oral history of a band that came to define a generation, \u003cem\u003eWings: The Story of a Band on the Run\u003c\/em\u003e tells the madcap story of Paul McCartney and his newly formed band, from their humble beginnings in the early 1970s to their dissolution barely a decade later. Drawn from over 500,000 words of interviews with McCartney, family and band members, and other key participants, \u003cem\u003eWings\u003c\/em\u003e recounts-now with a half-century's wisdom-the musical odyssey taken by a man searching for his identity in the aftermath of The Beatles' breakup. Soon joined by his wife - American photographer Linda McCartney - on keyboard and vocals; drummer Denny Seiwell; and guitarist Denny Laine, McCartney sowed the seeds for a new band that would later provide the soundtrack of the decade.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOrganized chronologically around \u003cem\u003eMcCartney\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRAM\u003c\/em\u003e, and nine Wings albums, the narrative begins when a twenty-seven-year-old superstar, rumored to be dead, fled with his new wife to a remote sheep farm in Scotland amid a sea of legal and personal rows. Despite the harsh conditions, the Scottish setting gave McCartney time to create, and it was here where this new band emerged. \u003cem\u003eWings\u003c\/em\u003e then follows the group as they play unannounced shows at university halls, tour in a sheared-off double-decker bus with their children, survive a robbery on the streets of Nigeria, and eventually perform blockbuster stadium shows on their world tour, all while producing some of the most enduring music of the time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith extraordinary recollections collected by Oscar-winning director Morgan Neville and edited into a genre-defining oral history by Ted Widmer, \u003cem\u003eWings\u003c\/em\u003e transports the reader, as if on a magic carpet, to the grit and glamour of the 1970s. Pushing creative forms to produce a new history, even a Wings bible, the book refracts a bygone era in a totally new light. And now featuring a brand-new interview with McCartney and Neville, the book refracts a bygone era in a totally new light. Introduced with a personal, heartfelt foreword by McCartney, \u003cem\u003eWings: The Story of a Band on the Run\u003c\/em\u003e has emerged as a work of soaring originality that presents a new art form all its own.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liveright Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43745736720445,"sku":"9781324099918","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9781324099918_p0.jpg?v=1790857661","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9781324099918","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}