Man on the Run

by Tom Doyle

  Pascall, Jeremy, Paul McCartney and Wings (London, Littlehampton Book Services Ltd, 1977)

  Sandford, Christopher, McCartney (London, Century, 2006)

  Seaman, Frederic, John Lennon: Living on Borrowed Time (London, Xanadu, 1993)

  Sounes, Howard, Fab: An Intimate Life of Paul McCartney (London, HarperCollins, 2010)

  Tremlett, George, The Paul McCartney Story (London, White Lion Publishers, 1976)

  Welch, Chris, Paul McCartney: The Definitive Biography (New York, Proteus Books, 1984)

  Index

  ‘3 Legs’ ref 1, ref 2

  9/11 attacks ref 1

  10cc ref 1, ref 2

  A Toot And A Snore In ’74 (bootleg) ref 1

  Abbey Road ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Abiola, Chief Moshood ref 1

  ABKCO management ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Ackroyd, David ref 1

  Adams, Brian ref 1

  ‘All Those Years Ago’ ref 1

  Allen, Colin ref 1

  ‘Another Day’ ref 1

  Anyone Can Fly (book) ref 1

  Apple Records ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7

  ARC studios (Lagos) ref 1

  Ariga, Yasuji ref 1

  ‘Arrow Through Me’ ref 1

  Arrowsmith, Clive ref 1

  Ashby-de-la-Zouch (Leicestershire) ref 1

  Asher, Jane ref 1

  Asimov, Isaac ref 1

  Aspinall, Neil ref 1

  Atkins, Chet ref 1, ref 2

  ATV (broadcaster) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  ‘Baby’s Request’ ref 1

  Bach, Barbara ref 1

  Back In The US ref 1

  Back To The Egg ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Bacon, Dorothy ref 1

  Bag O’ Nails (nightclub) ref 1

  Baker, Ginger ref 1, ref 2

  Baker, Peter ref 1

  Balls ref 1

  The Band ref 1

  Band On The Run

  awards for ref 1, ref 2

  cover ref 1

  Lennon’s opinion of ref 1

  recording sessions ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  sales ref 1, ref 2

  and Wings World Tour ref 1

  ‘Band On The Run’ ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Bartlett, Orrin ref 1

  The Beatles

  break-up of ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  camaraderie of ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  comparisons with Wings ref 1, ref 2

  earnings of ref 1

  and ‘hidden messages’ ref 1

  and Lennon’s Rolling Stone interview ref 1

  and marijuana use ref 1

  officially dissolved ref 1

  partnership agreement (1967) ref 1, ref 2

  and PM’s legal action ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  and release date of McCartney ref 1

  ‘reunion’ of ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  singles reissued ref 1

  sued by Allen Klein ref 1

  Bell, Maggie ref 1

  Bell, Stuart ref 1

  Belushi, John ref 1

  Bernstein, Sid ref 1

  Berry, Chuck ref 1

  ‘Big Barn Bed’ ref 1

  ‘Billy Don’t Be A Hero’ ref 1

  ‘Bip Bop’ ref 1

  Black Power movement ref 1

  Black, Bill ref 1

  Black, Robin ref 1

  ‘Blackbird’ ref 1, ref 2

  Bloody Sunday ref 1, ref 2

  Blossom Wood Farm (Sussex) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Blue ref 1

  ‘Bluebird’ ref 1, ref 2

  Bluesbreakers ref 1

  ‘Boil Crisis’ ref 1

  Bolan, Marc ref 1

  Bollock Brothers ref 1

  Bonham, John ref 1

  ‘Borrowed Time’ ref 1

  Bowie, David ref 1, ref 2

  Boyd, Patti ref 1

  Brainsby, Tony ref 1

  Bramwell, Tony ref 1

  Bridge on the River Kwai ref 1

  Britton, Geoff

  clashes with Wings bandmates ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  and financing of Wings ref 1

  insecurity of ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  joins Wings ref 1

  and Nashville trip ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  and One Hand Clapping ref 1

  sacked from Wings ref 1

  Broccoli, Albert ‘Cubby’ ref 1

  Brolly, Brian ref 1, ref 2

  Brown, Mick ref 1

  Brown, Peter ref 1

  Brung To Ewe (promo disc) ref 1

  Brynner, Yul ref 1

  Busey, Gary ref 1

  Bush, Kate ref 1

  Butler, Peter ‘Dougal’ ref 1

  ‘C Moon’ ref 1

  ‘Call My Name’ ref 1

  ‘Campbell, William’ ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Campbeltown Pipe Band ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Capitol Records ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Capricorn Studios (Georgia) ref 1

  Casbah Club (Liverpool) ref 1

  Casey, Howie ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Cash, Johnny ref 1

  Cassidy, David ref 1, ref 2

  ‘Chain Gang’ ref 1

  Chapman, Mark ref 1

  Chase, Chevy ref 1

  ‘Check My Machine’ ref 1

  Churchill, Winston ref 1

  Cicala, Roy ref 1, ref 2

  Clapton, Eric ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Clark, Tony ref 1

  Clarke, Dave ref 1, ref 2

  Clay, Cassius ref 1

  Club Sandwich (newsletter) ref 1

  Coburn, James ref 1

  Cocker, Joe ref 1, ref 2

  Cold Cuts ref 1

  Columbia Records ref 1, ref 2

  ‘Come Together’ ref 1, ref 2

  ‘Coming Up’ ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Concert for Bangladesh ref 1

  Connolly, Ray ref 1, ref 2

  Conteh, John ref 1

  ‘Cook Of The House’ ref 1

  Cooke, Sam ref 1

  Cooper, Alice ref 1

  Costello, Elvis ref 1

  Cramer, Floyd ref 1

  Crazy Joe ref 1

  Crossroads (soap opera) ref 1

  Crowder, Alan ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  ‘Cupid’ ref 1

  Daily Express ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Daily Mail ref 1, ref 2

  Daily Mirror ref 1, ref 2

  The Damned ref 1

  Darin, Bobby ref 1

  Davis, Jesse Ed ref 1, ref 2

  Day by Day (news programme) ref 1

  ‘Daytime Nighttime Suffering’ ref 1

  ‘Dear Boy’ ref 1

  ‘Dear Friend’ ref 1

  Dee, Kiki ref 1

  Derry and the Seniors ref 1

  Diltz, Henry ref 1, ref 2

  Dorsey, Tony ref 1, ref 2

  Double Fantasy ref 1

  Drake University (Iowa) ref 1, ref 2

  Drake’s Drum (racehorse) ref 1

  The Dukes ref 1

  Dylan, Bob ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  ‘Early 1970’ ref 1

  ‘Easter Parade’ ref 1

  Eastman, John ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Eastman, Lee

  and Allen Klein ref 1, ref 2

  and Buddy Holly’s song catalogue ref 1

  and legal action against The Beatles ref 1, ref 2

  and PM’s Japan drugs bust ref 1

  as PM’s management ref 1

  and ‘reunion’ of The Beatles ref 1

  ‘Ebony And Ivory’ ref 1

  El Toro (trimaran) ref 1, ref 2

  Electric String Band ref 1

  Ellis, Robert

  and James Paul McCartney ref 1

  and Jimmy McCulloch ref 1

  and ‘Mull Of Kintyre’ ref 1

  and Wings Greatest ref 1

  and Wings US tour ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  ELO ref 1

  Emerick, Geoff ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, r
ef 4

  Emerson, Lake and Palmer ref 1

  EMI Records

  and Beatles’ singles reissue ref 1

  and ‘Call My Name’ ref 1

  and ‘Give Ireland Back To The Irish’ ref 1

  Lagos studio facilities ref 1, ref 2

  and ‘Mull Of Kintyre’ ref 1

  and post-tour party ref 1

  and Wild Life ref 1, ref 2

  Empire Ballroom (London) ref 1

  English, Joe

  alcohol and drug abuse ref 1, ref 2

  and Caribbean sessions ref 1, ref 2

  joins Wings ref 1

  leaves Wings ref 1

  and Venus And Mars ref 1

  and Wings At The Speed Of Sound ref 1

  Epstein, Brian ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Evans, Mal ref 1

  Evening Standard ref 1, ref 2

  ‘Every Night’ ref 1

  ‘Everybody’s Talkin” ref 1

  FA Cup Final (1977) ref 1

  Fair Carol (yacht) ref 1, ref 2

  Fields, Danny ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Fields, Libby ref 1

  Finer, Morris ref 1, ref 2

  Flack, Roberta ref 1

  Flowers, Herbie ref 1

  ‘Flying Horses’ ref 1

  Freud, Clement ref 1

  ‘Front Parlour’ ref 1

  Fukuda, Ichiro ref 1

  Gaffney, Diane ref 1

  Gambaccini, Paul ref 1, ref 2

  Garfunkel, Art ref 1

  Get Back (proposed LP) ref 1

  ‘Get Back’ ref 1

  ‘Get It’ ref 1

  ‘Get On The Right Thing’ ref 1

  ‘Getting Closer’ ref 1, ref 2

  Gibb, Russ ref 1

  ‘Girlfriend’ ref 1

  ‘Girls School’ ref 1, ref 2

  ‘Give Ireland Back To The Irish’ ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  ‘Give Peace A Chance’ ref 1

  glam rock ref 1, ref 2

  ‘Glass Onion’ ref 1

  ‘Go Now’ ref 1, ref 2

  ‘God’ ref 1

  Goldsmith, Harvey ref 1

  Good Morning America (television show) ref 1

  Good Night America (television show) ref 1

  ‘Goodnight Tonight’ ref 1, ref 2

  Gowon, General Yakubu ref 1

  Grade, Lew ref 1, ref 2

  Graham, Bill ref 1

  Grease Band ref 1

  Grillo, Oscar ref 1

  Grimes, Carol ref 1

  Gruen, Bob ref 1, ref 2

  The Guardian ref 1, ref 2

  Guinness Book of Records ref 1

  ‘Gunston, Norman’ ref 1

  Hammel, John ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Harris, Bob ref 1

  Harrison, George

  and ‘All Those Years Ago’ ref 1

  and Allen Klein ref 1, ref 2

  argument with PM ref 1, ref 2

  and Concert for Bangladesh ref 1

  and Eric Clapton’s wedding ref 1

  and ‘How Do You Sleep?’ ref 1

  and PM’s Japan drugs bust ref 1

  and PM’s legal action ref 1

  and release date of McCartney ref 1

  and ‘reunion’ of The Beatles ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  rift with PM ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  and Saturday Night Live ref 1

  solo US tour ref 1

  and Venus And Mars wrap party ref 1

  walks out on The Beatles ref 1, ref 2

  and Wings US tour ref 1

  Hartman, David ref 1

  Harvey, Les ref 1

  ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ ref 1

  ‘Helen Wheels’ ref 1

  Hendrix, Jimi ref 1, ref 2

  ‘Here Today’ ref 1

  Hewson, Richard ref 1

  ‘Hey Jude’ ref 1

  ‘Hi Hi Hi’ ref 1

  High Park Farm (Scotland) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Hines, Rebecca ref 1

  Hirst, David ref 1, ref 2

  Hitchcock, Alfred ref 1

  Hoffman, Dustin ref 1

  Hog Hill Mill Studios ref 1, ref 2

  Holley, Steve

  and Back To The Egg ref 1

  and ‘Goodnight Tonight’ video ref 1

  and Japan tour ref 1, ref 2

  and Jimmy McCulloch ref 1

  joins Wings ref 1

  travels to Australia ref 1

  and Wings split ref 1

  and Wings UK theatre tour ref 1

  and ‘Winter Rose’ video ref 1

  Holly, Buddy ref 1, ref 2

  Horne, Ian ref 1, ref 2

  Hot Hits, Cold Cuts ref 1

  ‘How Do You Sleep?’ ref 1, ref 2

  Howard, Steve ref 1

  Hull University ref 1

  ‘I Don’t Wanna Face It’ ref 1

  ‘I’m The Greatest’ ref 1

  ‘I’ve Had Enough’ ref 1

  ‘I’ve Just Seen A Face’ ref 1

  Idle, Eric ref 1

  Imagine ref 1

  Innervisions ref 1

  Innes, Neil ref 1

  ‘Instant Karma!’ ref 1

  Iovine, Jimmy ref 1

  IRA ref 1

  ‘It Don’t Come Easy’ ref 1

  Jackson, Michael ref 1

  Jagger, Mick ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  James Paul McCartney (television special) ref 1

  James, Dick ref 1

  Japanese Jailbird (private memoir) ref 1

  Japanese Tears ref 1

  Jennings, Waylon ref 1

  ‘Jet’ ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band ref 1

  John, Elton ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Johns, Glyn ref 1, ref 2

  Jones, Trevor ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6

  Juber, Laurence

  and Back To The Egg ref 1, ref 2

  joins Wings ref 1

  and Pete Townshend ref 1

  and PM’s Japan drugs bust ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  and PM’s security guards ref 1

  and Wings split ref 1

  ‘Junior’s Farm’ ref 1, ref 2

  ‘Junk’ ref 1

  Kalakuta Republic ref 1

  Kass, Ron ref 1

  Keen, John ‘Speedy’ ref 1

  Keltner, Jim ref 1

  Kennedy, John F. ref 1

  Keys, Bobby ref 1, ref 2

  Killen, Kevin ref 1, ref 2

  ‘Killing Me Softly With His Song’ ref 1

  Klein, Allen

  and Apple records settlement ref 1

  and break-up of The Beatles ref 1, ref 2

  and Concert for Bangladesh ref 1

  and Get Back ref 1

  jailed for tax evasion ref 1

  and PM’s legal action ref 1, ref 2

  resigns as The Beatles manager ref 1

  and ‘reunion’ of The Beatles ref 1

  and royalties deal ref 1

  sues The Beatles ref 1

  Kuti, Fela ref 1

  La Mamounia (Moroccan hotel) ref 1

  LA Times ref 1

  LaBour, Fred ref 1, ref 2

  ‘Lady Madonna’ ref 1

  ‘Lady Marmalade’ ref 1

  Lagos ref 1, ref 2

  Laine, Denny

  alcohol and drug use ref 1

  and autocracy of Wings ref 1, ref 2

  and Back To The Egg ref 1

  and Band On The Run cover ref 1

  and boats ref 1, ref 2

  career of ref 1

  and Caribbean sessions ref 1

  clashes with Wings band mates ref 1

  and death of Jimmy McCulloch ref 1

  and death of John Lennon ref 1

  and death of PM’s father ref 1

  and death threat to PM ref 1

  and Eric Clapton’s wedding ref 1

  feud with PM ref 1

  and financing of Wings ref 1, ref 2

  and formation of Wings ref 1

  and future of Wings ref 1

  and i
nitial Wings tour ref 1, ref 2

  and Japan tour ref 1

  and Jo Jo Patrie ref 1

  in Lagos ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  and launch of Wings ref 1

  and Laurence Juber ref 1

  leaves Wings ref 1

  and London Town launch ref 1

  loyalty to PM ref 1

  marries Jo Jo Patrie ref 1

  and ‘Mary Had A Little Lamb’ ref 1

  and Montserrat sessions ref 1

  and ‘Mull Of Kintyre’ ref 1, ref 2

  and musical differences in Wings ref 1, ref 2

  and Nashville trip ref 1

  and One Hand Clapping ref 1

  and PM’s eccentricity ref 1

  and Red Rose Speedway ref 1

  and royalties deal ref 1

  and second incarnation of Wings ref 1

  solo career ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  status in Wings ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  and Steve Holley ref 1

  and student protesters ref 1

  and Sun exposé ref 1

  and The Mike Walsh Show ref 1

  and tour jet ref 1

  and Wings At The Speed Of Sound ref 1

  and Wings UK theatre tour ref 1

  and Wings World Tour ref 1

  Lambert, Kenneth ref 1

  Led Zeppelin ref 1

  Lee, Christopher ref 1

  Leeds University ref 1

  Lennon, John

  and A Toot And A Snore In ’74 session ref 1

  alcohol/drug abuse of ref 1, ref 2

  and Allen Klein ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  and Band On The Run ref 1

  ‘Beatle training’ of ref 1

  ‘canonisation’ of ref 1

  and Christmas visit by PM and Linda ref 1

  and ‘Coming Up’ ref 1, ref 2

  and Concert for Bangladesh ref 1

  correspondence with PM ref 1

  and ‘Dear Friend’ ref 1

  death of ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  and death of PM’s father ref 1

  faltering career of ref 1

  feud with PM ref 1

  and Get Back ref 1

  and Good Morning America interview ref 1

  and Grammy Awards ref 1

  and Harry Nilsson ref 1

  and ‘hidden messages’ ref 1, ref 2

  and ‘How Do You Sleep?’ ref 1, ref 2

  infidelity of ref 1

  invited by PM to write together ref 1

  and James Paul McCartney ref 1

  and ‘Lost Arseholes’ ref 1

  ‘Lost Weekend’ of ref 1

  and May Pang ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  and McCartney II ref 1

  moves to LA ref 1

  outburst at PM quote ref 1