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"On September 8, 1977, guitarist Jimmy McCulloch left Wings to help re-form the Small Faces. McCulloch had played with Paul McCartney band on the Venus and Mars and Wings At the Speed of Sound albums, as well as on the Wings Over America tour. He died two years later at the age of 26. Drummer Joe English also left Wings at this time, joining Sea Level."
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Thank you my friend SGT (Join to see) for sharing the music video of Medicine Jar performed live by Paul McCartney and Wings. It is noteworthy that this song was sung by lead guitarist Jimmy McCulloch since Paul McCartney sang virtually every Wings Song.
On September 8, 1977, guitarist Jimmy McCulloch left Wings to help re-form the Small Faces.
Jimmy died of a drug-related heart attack in north London in September 1979, and we can only wonder about what else he would have gone on to achieve.
Images: Paul McCartney with Jimmy McCulloch
Medicine Jar
Lyrics
"What's Wrong With You?
I Wish I Knew
You Say Time And Tell
I Hope That's True
There's More To Life Than Blues And Reds
I Say, I Know How You Feel,
Now Your Friends Are Dead.
Dead On Your Feet, You Won't Get Far
If You Keep On Sticking Your Hand
In The Medicine Jar.
Now Don't Give Up
Whatever You Do
You Say Time Will Tell
I Hope That's True
If You Go Down And Lose Your Head
I Say, I Know How You Feel
Now Your Friends Are Dead.
Dead On Your Feet, You Won't Get Far
If You Keep On Sticking Your Hand
In The Medicine Jar.
Dead On Your Feet . . . . .
What Can I Do?
I Can't Let Go
You Say Time Will Heal
But Very Slow
So Don't Forget The Things You Said
I Say I Know How You Feel
Now Your Friends Are Dead.
Dead On Your Feet, You Won't Get Far
If You Keep On Sticking Your Hand
In The Medicine Jar."
Background on the song from songfacts.com/detail.php?id=4677
"This was the first song recorded by Paul McCartney's group Wings to feature a another member on all lead vocals. It is an anti-drug opus sung by lead guitarist Jimmy McCulloch (ex-Thunderclap Newman). Colin Allen, who is a drummer that was in the band Stone The Crows with McCulloch, wrote the lyrics, and McCulloch wrote the music. "
Background on Jimmy McCulloch"
In Fond Memory Of Wings, Thunderclap Newman Guitarist Jimmy McCulloch
He lived fast and died young, but Jimmy was a prodigious guitarist who was making a name when he was barely in his teens.
Published on June 4, 2018 By Paul Sexton
He may have been the epitome of the “live fast, die young” philosophy, but Jimmy McCulloch was also a prodigious guitarist who packed more into his 26 years than many people do In a lifetime. Jimmy was born in Dumbarton, in the Scottish Lowlands, on 4 June 1953.
As the teenage prodigy with Thunderclap Newman, the guitarist in the mid-1970s line-up of Wings, member of the latter-day Small Faces or anything else in his all-too-short career, McCulloch was a singular British talent. It’s often forgotten these days what a unique career Jimmy had from an incredibly early age, making his mark as a guitarist on a national scale before he even reached 14 years old.
He was in his first band, the Jaygars, with his older brother Jack, when he was a mere 11. They progressed together to the group later One In A Million, who released two singles, supported The Who and played at the famous 14-Hour Technicolour Dream event at Alexandra Palace in London — still two months before Jim’s 14th birthday.
In 1969, McCulloch joined Thunderclap Newman, whose Andy Newman (nicknamed ‘Thunderclap’) and John ‘Speedy’ Keen were friends of Pete Townshend’s. The Who writer-guitarist produced their superbly evocative single ‘Something In The Air,’ and pop history was made, as the single raced to No. 1 in the UK. Pete played bass under the playful pseudonym Bijou Drains, and the song remains Townshend’s only UK chart-topper as producer or artist.
Thunderclap Newman only lasted until 1971, when they split after the album Hollywood Dream. But they gave McCulloch a valuable springboard as a guitarist and writer, and in the early 1970s he was an in-demand session player for the likes of John Mayall. He fronted his own group, then joined established Scottish rockers Stone The Crows, among many other prestigious gigs.
But it was Jimmy’s tenure in Wings that gave him the biggest global recognition. Recruited by Paul McCartney to play on the Susie and the Red Stripes project for his wife Linda (which produced the single ‘Seaside Woman’), he became an official member of Wings in 1974 and appeared on the ‘Junior’s Farm’ single, a top three hit in the US that made the UK top 20.
McCulloch was on the album that followed, 1975’s Venus and Mars, contributing the song ‘Medicine Jar.’ With more than a hint of autobiography, he then wrote and sang on ‘Wino Junko’ for the follow-up set released the next year, At The Speed Of Sound. By 1977, the restless McCulloch was getting wanderlust again, leaving Wings for the reformed Small Faces. He was then a member of Wild Horses with former Small Faces drummer Kenney Jones, Ally Bain and Brian Robertson, just after the latter had left Thin Lizzy.
Jimmy died of a drug-related heart attack in north London in September 1979, and we can only wonder about what else he would have gone on to achieve. “He was always a little dangerous,” Paul McCartney said of the fresh-faced, hard-living guitarist. “In the end, he was just too dangerous for his own good.”
https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/in-fond-memory-of-jimmy-mcculloch/
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Orlando Illi Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Maj William W. "Bill" Price CPT Jack Durish Capt Tom Brown CMSgt (Join to see) MSG Andrew White SFC William Farrell SGT (Join to see) Sgt Albert Castro SSG David Andrews Sgt Randy Wilber SGT Charles H. Hawes SGT Mark Halmrast PO1 William "Chip" Nagel CPT Gabe SnellLTC Greg Henning
On September 8, 1977, guitarist Jimmy McCulloch left Wings to help re-form the Small Faces.
Jimmy died of a drug-related heart attack in north London in September 1979, and we can only wonder about what else he would have gone on to achieve.
Images: Paul McCartney with Jimmy McCulloch
Medicine Jar
Lyrics
"What's Wrong With You?
I Wish I Knew
You Say Time And Tell
I Hope That's True
There's More To Life Than Blues And Reds
I Say, I Know How You Feel,
Now Your Friends Are Dead.
Dead On Your Feet, You Won't Get Far
If You Keep On Sticking Your Hand
In The Medicine Jar.
Now Don't Give Up
Whatever You Do
You Say Time Will Tell
I Hope That's True
If You Go Down And Lose Your Head
I Say, I Know How You Feel
Now Your Friends Are Dead.
Dead On Your Feet, You Won't Get Far
If You Keep On Sticking Your Hand
In The Medicine Jar.
Dead On Your Feet . . . . .
What Can I Do?
I Can't Let Go
You Say Time Will Heal
But Very Slow
So Don't Forget The Things You Said
I Say I Know How You Feel
Now Your Friends Are Dead.
Dead On Your Feet, You Won't Get Far
If You Keep On Sticking Your Hand
In The Medicine Jar."
Background on the song from songfacts.com/detail.php?id=4677
"This was the first song recorded by Paul McCartney's group Wings to feature a another member on all lead vocals. It is an anti-drug opus sung by lead guitarist Jimmy McCulloch (ex-Thunderclap Newman). Colin Allen, who is a drummer that was in the band Stone The Crows with McCulloch, wrote the lyrics, and McCulloch wrote the music. "
Background on Jimmy McCulloch"
In Fond Memory Of Wings, Thunderclap Newman Guitarist Jimmy McCulloch
He lived fast and died young, but Jimmy was a prodigious guitarist who was making a name when he was barely in his teens.
Published on June 4, 2018 By Paul Sexton
He may have been the epitome of the “live fast, die young” philosophy, but Jimmy McCulloch was also a prodigious guitarist who packed more into his 26 years than many people do In a lifetime. Jimmy was born in Dumbarton, in the Scottish Lowlands, on 4 June 1953.
As the teenage prodigy with Thunderclap Newman, the guitarist in the mid-1970s line-up of Wings, member of the latter-day Small Faces or anything else in his all-too-short career, McCulloch was a singular British talent. It’s often forgotten these days what a unique career Jimmy had from an incredibly early age, making his mark as a guitarist on a national scale before he even reached 14 years old.
He was in his first band, the Jaygars, with his older brother Jack, when he was a mere 11. They progressed together to the group later One In A Million, who released two singles, supported The Who and played at the famous 14-Hour Technicolour Dream event at Alexandra Palace in London — still two months before Jim’s 14th birthday.
In 1969, McCulloch joined Thunderclap Newman, whose Andy Newman (nicknamed ‘Thunderclap’) and John ‘Speedy’ Keen were friends of Pete Townshend’s. The Who writer-guitarist produced their superbly evocative single ‘Something In The Air,’ and pop history was made, as the single raced to No. 1 in the UK. Pete played bass under the playful pseudonym Bijou Drains, and the song remains Townshend’s only UK chart-topper as producer or artist.
Thunderclap Newman only lasted until 1971, when they split after the album Hollywood Dream. But they gave McCulloch a valuable springboard as a guitarist and writer, and in the early 1970s he was an in-demand session player for the likes of John Mayall. He fronted his own group, then joined established Scottish rockers Stone The Crows, among many other prestigious gigs.
But it was Jimmy’s tenure in Wings that gave him the biggest global recognition. Recruited by Paul McCartney to play on the Susie and the Red Stripes project for his wife Linda (which produced the single ‘Seaside Woman’), he became an official member of Wings in 1974 and appeared on the ‘Junior’s Farm’ single, a top three hit in the US that made the UK top 20.
McCulloch was on the album that followed, 1975’s Venus and Mars, contributing the song ‘Medicine Jar.’ With more than a hint of autobiography, he then wrote and sang on ‘Wino Junko’ for the follow-up set released the next year, At The Speed Of Sound. By 1977, the restless McCulloch was getting wanderlust again, leaving Wings for the reformed Small Faces. He was then a member of Wild Horses with former Small Faces drummer Kenney Jones, Ally Bain and Brian Robertson, just after the latter had left Thin Lizzy.
Jimmy died of a drug-related heart attack in north London in September 1979, and we can only wonder about what else he would have gone on to achieve. “He was always a little dangerous,” Paul McCartney said of the fresh-faced, hard-living guitarist. “In the end, he was just too dangerous for his own good.”
https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/in-fond-memory-of-jimmy-mcculloch/
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Orlando Illi Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Maj William W. "Bill" Price CPT Jack Durish Capt Tom Brown CMSgt (Join to see) MSG Andrew White SFC William Farrell SGT (Join to see) Sgt Albert Castro SSG David Andrews Sgt Randy Wilber SGT Charles H. Hawes SGT Mark Halmrast PO1 William "Chip" Nagel CPT Gabe SnellLTC Greg Henning
In Fond Memory Of Wings, Thunderclap Newman Guitarist Jimmy McCulloch
He lived fast and died young, but Jimmy was a prodigious guitarist who was making a name when he was barely in his teens.
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