Jimmy McCulloch
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| Jimmy McCulloch | |
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| Born | June 4, 1953 |
| Died | September 27, 1979 |
| Genre(s) | Rock |
| Affiliation(s) | Wings Thunderclap Newman Stone the Crows |
| Years active | 1967 - 1979 |
Jimmy McCulloch (June 4, 1953 – September 27, 1979) was a Scottish musician, born in Glasgow, who was best known for playing lead guitar in Paul McCartney's Wings from 1974 to 1977. Prior to that, McCulloch had been a member of Thunderclap Newman (at the age of fifteen) and Stone the Crows. He also made appearances on artists' albums, most notably John Entwistle's Whistle Rymes in 1972 and as lead guitarist playing alongside a young Peter Frampton on two tracks - "Apron Strings" and "I Feel Better". Jimmy was a friend of The Who, and his band Thunderclap Newman was discovered and produced by Pete Townshend.
In 1976, while rehearsing for the first concert of the Wings Over America Tour at the Fort Worth Convention Center, McCulloch was wrestling in a backstage dressing room with David Cassidy, and broke his wrist. This delayed the tour by weeks, and McCartney was not pleased.
McCulloch's rig normally consisted of a Gibson SG, Gibson Les Paul, and occasionally played bass when McCartney was at the piano or acoustic guitar.
McCulloch was just 26 when he died of a heroin overdose in 1979 in London. Ironically, he was the composer of the anti-drug song "Medicine Jar" on the Wings album Venus and Mars, and the similar "Wino Junko" on the Wings album Wings at the Speed of Sound.
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