Book description
The life of musician Paul McCartney-from his groundbreaking years with
the Beatles, to Wings, and up until today-by acclaimed biographer Peter
Ames Carlin, now in paperback.
Paul McCartney helped write the soundtrack for a generation. As the
Beatles skyrocketed from small gigs in basement clubs to sold out
shows in Shea Stadium, they also went from singing songs like “Please,
Please Me” to the transcendental “Something” of Abbey Road and
ultimately “Let It Be.”
While much has been written about the Beatle years, Peter Ames
Carlin takes a fresh look at McCartney's entire life and casts new
light on his years with Wings and wife, Linda McCartney. Carlin
presents McCartney as a musical visionary, capable of crafting pop
gems, such as “Band on the Run” and “Maybe I'm Amazed.” But he also
reveals McCartney as a layered and often conflicted figure, as haunted
by his legacy-and particularly his relationship with John Lennon-as he
was inspired by it. Using dozens of original interviews and new
research, Carlin's lively biography captures the many facets of
McCartney and paints a vivid portrait of one of our era's living
legends.
"The best thing about Peter Ames Carlin's book
is the way he entangles the music and the life, so that we begin to
understand them as what they are -- inextricable. This is the kind of
book that Paul McCartney's solo work deserves -- enthusiastic but
critical, a redemptive reevaluation of what's best about Paul's solo
work without denying the worst, and a clear-eyed overview of the
Beatles period as a part of a very active, creative, and personal life
that endures." -- Dave Marsh, author of Bruce Springsteen on
Tour: 1968-2005
Peter Ames Carlin has been a senior writer for
People, a TV critic for The Oregonian newspaper, and is
the author of Catch a Wave: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the
Beach Boys' Brian Wilson and Paul McCartney: A Life.
Carlin lives with his wife and three children in Portland, Oregon.
Visit PeterAmesCarlin. com.
