Friday, July 20, 2012

FRIDAY LIVE: Paul McCartney & Wings, May 3, 1976, Fort Worth, Texas


Paul McCartney & Wings were fresh off a break during their massive Wings Over the World Tour when they came to Texas.

The album "Wings at the Speed of Sound," which contains the hits "Let 'Em In," "Silly Love Songs" and "Sally G," had just come out about a month before the band played Fort Worth.

Luckily, someone in the audience made a very good, especially for 1976, recording of this superb show in Fort Worth.

The tour would be officially documented with the 1977 mega-hit triple album "Wings Over America."

Artist: Paul McCartney & Wings
Date: May 3, 1976
Location
: Tarrant County Convention Center, Fort Worth, Texas
Lineup: Paul McCartney (bass guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, keyboards, lead vocals), Linda McCartney (keyboards, percussion, piano, vocals), Denny Laine (guitars, bass guitar, piano, keyboards, percussion, harmonica, vocals, lead vocals on "Spirits of Ancient Egypt," "Picasso's Last Words," "Richard Cory" and "Time to Hide"), Jimmy McCulloch (guitars, bass guitar, vocals, lead vocals on "Medicine Jar"), Joe English (drums, percussion, vocals), Tony Dorsey (trombone, percussion), Howie Casey (saxophone, percussion), Steve Howard (trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion),
Thaddeus Richard (saxophone, clarinet, flute, percussion).

Setlist: 1. Venus and Mars/Rockshow/Jet
2. Let Me Roll It
3. Spirits of Ancient Egypt
4. Medicine Jar
5. Maybe I'm Amazed
6. Call Me Back Again
7. Lady Madonna
8. The Long and Winding Road
9. Live and Let Die
10. Picasso's Last Words
11. Richard Cory
12. Bluebird
13. I've Just Seen a Face
14. Blackbird
15. Yesterday
16. You Gave Me the Answer
17. Magneto and Titanium Man
18. My Love
19. Listen to What the Man Said
20. Let Me In
21. Time to Hide
22. Silly Love Songs
23. Beware My Love
24. Band introductions
25. Letting Go
26. Band on the Run
27. Hi, Hi, Hi
28. Soily


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