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Using interview and performance video clips, historian Gary Wenstrup traces the arc of Paul?s first postBeatles decade from Maybe I?m Amazed and Live and Let Die to Band on the Run.
The Guinness Book of World Records has proclaimed Paul McCartney the Most Successful Composer and Recording Artist of All Time! The road he traveled to get there wasn't easy. Paul was devastated when The Beatles broke up and struggled to move forward. There were missteps, but Paul hit his stride and was riding high by the end of the decade. Using interview and performance video clips, historian Gary Wenstrup traces the arc of Paul’s first post-Beatles decade from Maybe I’m Amazed and Live and Let Die to Band on the Runand Listen To What The Man Said. They may be Silly Love Songs to some, but pop/rock masterpieces to most. We'll also celebrate the 50th anniversary of Paul's first #1 solo single, Uncle Alpert/Admiral Halsey.
Sponsored by both Brookdale Hawthorn Lakes and Vernon Hills.
Gary Wenstrup is a life-long music fan and teaches Pop Music courses in the Continuing Education Department at College of DuPage and Harper College.
