2Legs: A Paul McCartney Podcast

Episode 93: 'Back On My Feet'

"How many days will the wet weather last"?
 
It's 1987. Paul McCartney's 80s "cloudy" slump reaches its peak. Broad Street/Live Aid/Press To Play/Sessions with Phil Ramone/Return To Pepperland all have yielded well below par for our kid.
A new manager, Richard Ogden jumpstarts Macca with the All The Best! campaign. He then suggests a songwriting collaboration with Mr. Declan McManus (Elvis Costello) to provide a much needed shot in the arm of creativity ultimately resulting in the critically acclaimed June 1989 release of Flowers In The Dirt.
This week on 2Legs we examine the relationship and the results of this collaboration with Mr. Tony Traguardo (Fab4Free4All). The "3 Legs" on this episode have some interesting thoughts on this overlooked collaboration in the Macca canon. Enjoy!
 
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Episode 92: 'Junior's Farm'

"Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go!" 
 
In June 1974, 19 year old Dan Ealey heard a rumor that Paul McCartney and Wings were coming to Nashville. 
This week on 2Legs Dan shares with us his once in a lifetime experience with the band that lasted for three weeks.
From his letter from Chris Charlesworth's Melody Maker, rehearsals, Birthday parties, and a confrontation with Heather. And that's just the first hour!
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Episode 91: 'The Unknown McCartney'

This week on 2Legs we take a dive into the Unknown! Author Ian Peel (The Unknown Paul McCartney: McCartney and the Avant-Garde) joins us to talk about Paul's ventures into the world of the Avant-Garde, specifically discussion centering around the Firemen albums Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest (1993), Rushes (1998), Electric Arguments (2008).  Ian tells about his journey about writing and researching the book, including interviewing Yoko Ono as well!  
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Episode 90: 'Club Sandwich'

2Legs is back!
 
This week we take a bite out of a club Sandwich! Original Wings Fun Club Member expert Dale Pantz joins us to give us the backstory on 'Club Sandwich' which was the official Paul McCartney/Wings fan club newsletter which officially ran from 1977 to 1998.  We learn about the club's very much home- made origins all the way up to the penultimate issue dedicated to Linda in 1998.  Dale informs us who the key players were during the early days at MPL (there was an unofficial fan club pre-1977). We also learn about the involvement of  Geoff Baker and Mark Lewisohn's contributions in the ensuing decades to the publication.   
 
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Episode 89: Zoo Gang

Hi Hi Hi gang, 2Legs is back! We have a packed show for you this week! We have three guests with us to play a new game 'Remove Three Add Three.' We remove three songs from the standard 'Egypt Station and add three of the seven bonus tracks Paul released throughout the following year. Joining us are Dylan Sevey, Sam Whiles (host of 'Paul or Nothing') and my old co host David Gargalino. But first we discuss the recent announcement for the 'Flaming Pie' archive release. So buckle in, it may be a bumpy ride!
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Episode 88: "Paul McCartney After The Beatles" (Part II)

2Legs is back! This week we welcome back author Adrian Allan to discuss volume two of 'Paul McCartney After the Beatles: A Musical Appreciation!' We also briefly discus the 'Angel in Disguise' demo and it's auction outcome!
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Episode 87: 'A Friend Like You'

2Legs is back! This week on 2legs we are joined by Ken Michaels. (Things We Said Today podcast, Every Little Thing Radio Show) Ken, Andy and Tom talk about Paul's collaborations and contributions on other musicians records as well as songs on compilation albums and soundtracks since the year 2000! All three of us pick our top ten favorites! We also talk to Ken about his hopes and thoughts for the upcoming Get Back/Let it Be project.
 
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Episode 86: "McCartney" at 50

"Home, Family, Love." This is how Paul McCartney described his debut solo album back in April of 1970! Hi Hi Hi all, 2Legs is back with our look into Paul McCartney's landmark album 'McCartney!' After John Lennon's "divorce" announcement on Sept 20th 1969, Paul found himself depressed, drunk and nearly having a nervous breakdown! With the help from his wife Linda, Paul was able to recoup and begin work on what would become one of the most successful solo careers in music history!
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Episode 85: "Eight Arms To Hold You"

In October 2000 a text titled "Eight Arms to Hold You: The Solo Beatles Compendium" was published and quickly became what would be considered the "Holy Grail" of solo Beatles books! It is the gold standard of research, thoroughness the likes of few Beatles related texts have rarely achieved.
2Legs is back and we are excited to have authors Chip Madinger and Mark Easter on our show! Chip and Mark take us back to the beginnings of their journey and give us the history of this great book! And of course we talk about the solo career of Paul McCartney and Chip gives us an update on Volume 2 of his Lennonology series. Chip and Mark also give us the info we all need to get the updated digital version of the book. https://www.lennonology.com/Preorder_EATHY_Live.htm 
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Episode 84: 'Somebody Who Cares'

In October of 1980 after a good dinner Paul McCartney asked George Martin to produce him again. Surprised by this request George was hesitant at first but after some persuasion and some heavy thought Martin agreed! And the rest as they say is history!2Legs welcomes back Dr. Kenneth Womack (Monmouth University) (author of the two part George Martin bio Maximum Volume and Sound Pictures) to look into the history and working relationship between Paul McCartney and George Martin from the 1980's!
Was the collaboration a successful one? Listen in to hear our thoughts!
 
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