A definitive, authorized portrait of Paul McCartney draws on hundreds of hours of exclusive interviews and access to personal archives to chronicle the private life and successful career of one of the world's most famous musicians, the world of the Beatles, his partnership with John Lennon, and more.
This publication is the ultimate tribute to the Rock & Roll legend! From his early days, through his early days when he found fame with two young guitar playing friends, to his amazing solo career, we cover it all. Remember when Paul dreams up an imaginary group that inspires Sgt. Pepper’s, The Beatles’ psychedelic masterpiece. Or when the Fabs launch their Apple Records label empire and release their groundbreaking White Album. We look at his personal life as well as the life you may already know.
Howard Sounes, the bestselling author of Down the Highway: The Life of Bob Dylan and Charles Bukowski: Locked in the Arms of a Crazy Life, turns his considerable reporting and storytelling skills to one of the most famous, talented—and wealthiest—men alive: Paul McCartney.
Fab is the first exhaustive biography of the legendary musician; it tells Sir Paul's whole life story, from childhood to present day, from working-class Liverpool beginnings to the cultural phenomenon that was The Beatles to his many solo incarnations.
Fab is the definitive portrait of McCartney, a man of contradictions and a consummate musician far more ruthless, ambitious, and moody than his relaxed public image implies. Based on original research and more than two hundred new interviews, Fab also reveals for the first time the full story of his two marriages, romances, family feuds, phenomenal wealth, and complex relationships with his fellow ex-Beatles.
Since the age of twenty-one, Paul McCartney has lived one of the
ultimate rock-n-roll lives played out on the most public of stages. Now,
Paul's story is told by rock music's foremost biographer, with
McCartney's consent and access to family members and close friends who
have never spoken on the record before. PAUL McCARTNEY reveals the
complex character behind the façade and sheds new light on his
childhood--blighted by his mother's death but redeemed by the father who
introduced him to music.
This is the first definitive account
of Paul's often troubled partnership with John Lennon, his personal
trauma after the Beatles' breakup, and his subsequent struggle to get
back to the top with Wings--which nearly got him murdered in Africa and
brought him nine days in a Tokyo jail. Readers will learn about his
marriage to Linda, including their much-criticized musical
collaboration, and a moving account of her death. Packed with new
information and critical insights, PAUL MCCARTNEY will be the definitive
biography of a musical legend.