2Legs: A Paul McCartney Podcast

Episode 232: McCartney III Madness

A Year Anniversary the marketing people felt necessitated yet again another vinyl configuration for McCartney III. First issued in December 2020, here we are again with another variant. 3 different "swirl" colours. Joining Tom and Andy for 232 is original 2Legs Co-Host David Gargalino and we discuss marketing strategies and why we would or would not decide to go for it. Did any of you go for it? Get burned by the policy in trying to get all 3? Or was it a hard pass?
Let us know!
Merry Christmas 2Legs Faithful!
Andy and Tom

Episode 231: Ken Dashow

We were honoured to have legendary DJ Ken Dashow (Q104.3 FM in New York) join us for Episode 231!
If you are in or from the NYC area and a Beatles fan you will know this voice by heart! Ken has been on the air in NYC since 1982. He began his career in earnest starting out at WNEW 102.7 (Where Rock "Lived") and has been at Q104.3 (iHeartMedia) since 1997.
He is the afternoon drive host during weekdays and on Sunday's hosts his own "Breakfast With The Beatles" programme. A Native New Yorker (like Andy), he has a career in radio that is second to none in terms of his staying power, his love for what he does and the message he continues to deliver every day to his listeners. He has interviewed Paul on two occasions and maintained a life long friendship with Denny Laine (which we cover in this episode) up until his passing last week.
Ken has relationships and friendships with colleagues across the rock world, (including members of Wings) and notably Little Steven Van Zandt (Come on Stevie, prog ain't that bad!) as well as Paul's current touring band.
Ken has also served as the MC at the Fest For Beatles Fans for a number of years now and can be found at the NY/NJ Fest every year on the Main Stage.  We discuss the recent Beatles news, stories of meeting Paul and Denny and his career overall.
This will go down as one of our favourite episodes ever and we thank Ken for the time he gave us!
Ken's link

Episode 230: ”Magical Mystery Tour” (with Steve Matteo)

Roll Up, Roll Up For Episode 230! Steve Matteo, author of the new book Act Naturally: The Beatles On Film joins us this week for a dive into the Paul-centric and driven project and the Beatles 3rd film, Magical Mystery Tour. Steve has published other works on the Beatles and is a regular Fest attendee as well. He will be at the NYC Fest in February. Steve chronicles his methods on research and we contexualise the MMT period (post-Epstein death etc). While it may not be as revered as Help! and certainly not A Hard Day's Night, Magical Mystery Tour is worthy of a viewing if only for the performance of 'I Am The Walrus'.
Steve's link: 

Denny Laine (1944-2023)

Andy went live on our channel (Tom was tied up) when we learned that founding Wings member Denny Laine succumbed to cancer this past week.  Denny was a stronghold for Paul through the 1970s when Paul needed companionship the most. His contributions to Paul's music and his own will stand the test of time.
Andy paid his respects and took comments/questions from our YouTube audience on 5th December 2023. RIP Denny. 
 
'We've Already Said.... Goodbye.'
 
'No Words For My Love'

Stuck Inside These 4 Walls (Episode 7)

A live episode from our channel we did the day before Thanksgiving this year with our friends Joe Mayo, and Beatley Tone.  

Episode 229: ”3Legging” The Beatles Legend

We're back! Last week Andy and David (former Co-Host) attended separate launches for Ken Womack's new book on Mal Evans titled "Living The Beatles Legend: The Untold Story of Mal Evans." Andy attended the NYC launch.  David attended the Cleveland event at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. We recap the experiences of both! If you haven't picked up the book yet, please do so! You won't regret it! Have you read it so far? 
https://www.amazon.com/Living-Beatles-Legend-Untold-Story/dp/0063248522
Happy Thanksgiving Weekend to you all! (if you celebrate it)
Tom, Andy and David

Episode 228: Recent Collaborations!

Well, as we did a rare thing and dropped a new show on the opening weekend of the month given the highly anticipated release of 'Now And Then' on 2nd November we dropped 227 that weekend and it has performed very well for us! One of our best! Thank you everyone!
We took the week off as we flipped schedules and are back this week with a brand new show discussing Paul's recent Musical Collaborations. Paul has participated in 4 recent recordings. He appeared with Dolly Parton  (& Ringo) and others on her version of 'Let It Be' on her recent album Rockstar.  He appears on Jimmy Buffet's final LP "Equal Strain On All Parts" on a track called 'My Gummy Kicked In'. He wrote and plays on 'Feeling The Sunshine' a song he wrote for Ringo for his latest EP Rewind Forward and lastly contributes bass on a new Rolling Stones song titled 'Bite My Head Off' off their new LP Hackney Diamonds.
We rank and give our thoughts on these performances and how they stack up against each other and also show a bit of our new Red/Blue/Now And Then Merch and discuss the upcoming appearances for Ken Womack's new book on Mal Evans. What do you think of Paul's contributions on these latest songs? Thanks as always for supporting us 2Legs faithful!
Tom and Andy

Stuck Inside These ”3” Walls: ”Now & Then” Documentary Reaction

From Our YouTube channel. We discussed our thoughts on the 12 Minute Documentary for 'Now and Then' with Beatley Tone.  

Episode 227: ’Now and Then’ (with Mitch Axelrod)

The time has come.
The song is here.
'Now and Then'
Mitch Axelrod (Fab4Free4All) Podcast joins Tom and Andy on this supremely epic occasion to discuss the Last Beatles Song ever.
We hope you enjoy it.
https://www.fab4free4all.com/

Bonus Episode! Andy On WJTB Radio

A special bonus episode!
 
Andy made an appearance on NJIT's Radio Station WJTB this past week on the show "Dylan's Jams' one of his former students. He asked him to be a part of a special episode focused on the Beatles. The announcement of "Now & Then" and the Red/Blue album reissues wasn't announced before we scheduled the show so it was a nice timing coincidennce.