PAUL MCCARTNEY & WINGS Drummer GEOFF BRITTON: 50 Years on From ABBEY ROAD Sessions

[@daveidmarx8296]

Geoff is a true gentleman and a class act all the way. ❤

[@M4BoarBiker]

The more I learn about McCartney the Beatles and Wings the more I can appreciate the music. Great interview with Geoff Britton, great watch/listen.

[@seltaeb3302]

Jimmy McCulloch was my school classmate from '66-'68 in Cumbernauld. He was a tichy quiet kid, wouldn't say boo. In 69 he & his brother's band One in a Million went down to Decca to cut a single. He came back with photos of the Stones he met. We were gobsmacked. Too my amazement he had a no.1 single Something in the Air, a great one. Played in Stone the Crows & Wings. Sad loss at the end of his musical journey.

[@johnnorris1546]

Nice to hear that Geoff and Paul have some contact.

[@fairygirlmusicpubl.9431]

I absolutely love Geoff’s drumming from the One Hand Clapping sessions. Best version of Jet I’ve ever heard .. heavy.

[@w1o2l3f4i5e]

It is nice to see Geoff again. I initially met him when he came to train at Ray Fuller Shotokan club In Dartford Kent in the UK. I knew him briefly around 1975 and trained with him at his Wado Ryu club when we were training for a contact karate competition. I remember visiting him in his flat when he was ill and he was laying in bed practicing the saxophone. He was a lovely guy then and from this conversation still appears to be. Good memories.

[@buzzbabyjesus]

Love Geoff's drumming on "One Hand Clapping". He and Paul explode.

[@fairygirlmusicpubl.9431]

I agree. He gave a heavier sound to songs like Jet and Band On The Run that I really like

[@finch45lear]

Love ‘ Soily’.

[@paulineson6731]

Seems like a humble guy, who has gone on to live a full life, and is happily only reflective and appreciative of his past. The healthy living means that he can have the last word! Nice that Paul kept in contact.

[@peterwarwick7789]

Saw Wings in Melbourne 1975. The concert lives strongly in my memory - sat on with my brother (now sadly deceased) on the brick wall at The Myer Music bowl behind the seated section. Love listening to this interview. Thanks Geoff for your contribution to Wings.

[@terrythekittieful]

Was there also,..still have the ticket. Paul at his solo peak that night. Geoff wasn't in the band that night though.

[@finch45lear]

That concert was filmed . What a wonderful show .

[@merseyside2011]

Great to see & hear the stories first hand from my friend Geoff

[@johnblackett6279]

What an interesting nice man. It’s great to hear Geoffs recollections.

[@marcbolan1818]

Class above the rest is priceless in the end

[@davidthompson4649]

Love this interview..love One Hand Clapping...drum work is excellent.!!..

[@commanderstraker6732]

This is great ! I hope Geoff receives at least a bit of money from MPL for recognition for his playing on the album. However, my favourite Wings track featuring Geoff is Medicine Jar from from Venus And Mars album. Great to see Geoff looking in good health here

[@ewndr7940]

Very interesting Interview about the period between Wings 1 and 2. To be honest i don't think he would have played better drums than Joe English on Wings over America. Joe just playes perfect on it.

[@thumbsaloft]

I agree, but I do like Geoff's drumming.

[@LeeShcolnik]

Thank you for this wonderful interview. It’s nice to have a face and voice associate with a man whose name I’ve known since…1974!

[@topgazza]

What a really nice person. Knows his stuff as well

[@martinjackson3586]

This was a great interview I could listen to Geoff all day :)

[@roberteastland5539]

A great interview Geoff, very informative, interesting, and enjoyable.

[@wilsonquick23]

Great interview...Geoff is a class act and a fantastic drummer. One thing though...Joe English was also a great drummer.

[@sparky5860]

What a Great interview!….. Geoff is such a down to earth gentleman…… His honest recollection is so enjoyable to hear….. Thank you sir…. From an American…..

[@bayradiospain1883]

Thank you!

[@timlove1]

It is quite a shame that this version of the band was never able to tour. They sound absolutely great.

[@warrenbutson349]

Wow Geoff is so sharp in his memory and just totally getting perspective now as how things were then. very respectful of Paul and the whole band despite the sudden sacking. Lovely decent man

[@loucontino4804]

Far too many people do not listen to the past. This was a gem of a listen for me.

[@bayradiospain1883]

Thank you

[@RHP9898]

I saw Wings live in Liverpool back in 1979. First time Paul had played in Liverpool since 1962/3.

[@scottandrewbrass1931]

Sunday 5th December 1965. Empire Theatre.

[@jamesschwartz3837]

Lennon did send his MBE back a few years later as a protest.

[@jasonardler8373]

Great interview. I knew little or nothing about Geoff beyond the passing mentions he gets in Macca bios. Seems like a good guy, really sharp and generous in everything he has to say about everyone.

[@tbeau6663]

outstanding interview

[@DavidMcdonald-df8tb]

Hey Paul, pay this man! You can afford it ❤

[@JoeSmith-eo7rc]

You’re delusional

[@Cliff589]

faul pay this man

[@Mozart1220]

@@Cliff589 Oh stop it already.

[@Cliff589]

@@Mozart1220 nah

[@BILLRANDO]

​@@Cliff589IN 1967 RINGO WAS BILLY SHEARS AND IN 1981 RINGO WAS AHHTOOK.

[@rewind2play]

Great interview..

[@erickvermeulen9734]

Many great drummers at the time had roots in the jazz, like Charlie Watts and Phil Collins and Bill Bruford. Would have loved to hear more from Geoff about how that was in sixties and seventies.

[@simonhodgetts6530]

I like Geoff’s drumming on the One Hand Clapping album - and although I think that Joe English contributed enormously to Wings Over America, and is also a superb drummer, I think that Geoff’s harder hitting style would have made Wings a rockier band, which for Venus and Mars, Speed Of Sound and London Town, would have made for an edgier sound.

[@billr9125]

Pete Best received performance royalties on the Anthology 1 album from playing on some tracks (over $1 million), I would have thought Geoff should get something based on album sales??

[@uncleambient]

Geoff seems like a very nice sensible man.

[@iamnoone6363]

re: the discussion about drummers. some drummers are left handed but right footed. (or right handed and left footed). Hence the crazy looking set-ups and styles. Just throwing that out there as Geoff doesn't take this into account.

[@ronfowlermusic]

I hope some money from One Hand Clapping goes to Geoff, as well as the families of Jimmy and Denny.

[@seltaeb3302]

Jimmy was my school classmate from 66-69. Jimmy had 2 songs on 2 of Wings albums. For Paul to let that happen was rare, knowing how stingy Paul was. These band members, apart from Denny, were paid a weekly wage of the national average. One reason so many left. Jimmy's 2 songs will have brought in a tidy sum easily a million or two. That would be shared with his co-writer & Jimmy's estate.

[@ronfowlermusic]

@@seltaeb3302 yeah, it says a lot about Jimmy's talent that he managed to get a couple songs on those Wings albums. It was hard enough for Denny to get one or two songs per album!

[@roymatthews8500]

@@seltaeb3302 This is just typical regurgitated nonsense. By the time Jimmy joined the financial situation for band members had improved. The Wings over America tour was very lucrative for all the band and Paul let them have songs on the albums which would produce royalties for them. Jimmy didn't drive a Rolls Royce on minimum wage that's for sure!

[@clairewarren9229]

@@roymatthews8500I don’t think he owned it. MPL did, if I remember rightly.

[@bassmannausaugsburg]

Why? Its the music business and McCartney wrote everything and owns the publishing etc. He was THE guy. Everyone else was a sideman.. The guys in Wings, at any point, were just hired guns. Same as you might get a tiler or plumber to do some work for a while on your house.. Unless you have spent time in the music business, and ny that I mean worked for at least 5 years as touring/recording, the public generally doesn't get it, the brutality. The music business is as mercenary as any other industry.

[@andydixon2980]

Geoff should get paid something for being on the album. Also, was hoping you were going to ask Geoff why he was let go from the band and how it came about.

[@thumbsaloft]

I think he will get something.

[@jessicagreene1773]

I love the drumming on the Wings album. I have fits trying to play silly love songs!

[@Weyjx]

Why would you bother .

[@jessicagreene1773]

@@Weyjx Learning new songs is fun. You should try it instead of being so miserable.

[@danielszabo505]

​@@WeyjxOkay, loser.

[@Gothic55]

Brilliant interview - Geoff Britain is a revelation. Shame that he did not continue longer with Wings. Really good that his profile has been raised due to One hand… Thank you.😊😊😊

[@cathyhorn963]

Don’t know that much about Geoff… …mostly his short history with Wngs. But he seems like a helluva nice guy… …one who can easily talk with.

[@JoeyFielding1]

This guy.....a good bloke

[@claymor8241]

Was waiting to hear how he got the gig, but no it’s not worth repeating lol.

[@bayradiospain1883]

Should be covered in this earlier interview with Geoff. You're right, we'll try and add a link within the latest vid. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJTPlZdoor1sY6s

[@claymor8241]

@@bayradiospain1883 Cheers will have a look

[@shuddupeyaface]

People are strange. Times are strange. And laughter sometimes goes a long way! Top Man !

[@lukesmith6367]

Geoff kicks ass!!! 🕺🏻👊⚡️

[@michavandam]

No, he kicks the bass drum.

[@kingpininfo4506]

22:14 I have read in a lot of places that Jagger tried to warn the Beatles about Klein but Lennon ignored the warning.

[@JoeyFielding1]

Great job! Joe English next....track him down.

[@me1onhead]

How wonderful to watch. Great from the horse’s mouth

[@BigSky1]

John returned his MBE back in 1969.

[@carminelombardi9575]

The early Beatles, Ringo gave them and the world that joyus, uplifting, exuberant and happy vibe. God bless Ringo

[@hejla4524]

Did they say why he left Wings?

[@mickwillson3239]

Omg Geoff was my kick boxing trainer, I met him when he was refereeing my first kickboxing fight in chigwell, he invited me to his club in Lewisham behind the church hall,I went on to become cobra in the lwt gladiators,.ge was great.

[@bayradiospain1883]

Geoff does read these but will make sure he sees this. Thanks for watching.

[@redstrat1234]

Original Gladiators was great, new one was pants. You put on a great show sir.

[@jickyczar1436]

Corrections: John Lennon did in fact returned his MBE. Linda was not related to the Eastman/Kodak company. Just saying.

[@wilsonquick23]

BTW - Phil Collins is left-handed and plays a left-handed kit.

[@gregwickstrom5479]

Linda wasn't a keyboard player and had no business trying to ve one in Wings. They spent a lot of time fixing Linda's parts for the release of the Wings Over America. Also, Joe English was THE drummer in Wings as well as a phenomenal vocalist.

[@bassmannausaugsburg]

Joe was indeed a phenomenal singer. Totally agree. For those who don't believe go listen to him on Must Do Something abOUT IT FROM Wings speed of sound.

[@PhilipModest]

"Linda wasn't a keyboard player and had no business trying to be one in Wings." Thankfully, your supercilious appraisal of Linda's contribution to the band counts for absolutely nothing.

[@angelomisterioso]

@@PhilipModest Listen to Billy Preston's solo on Get Back. Next, show me anything almost, or just as good that Linda did with Wings.

[@seltaeb3302]

Linda didn't want to do it, it was Paul who wanted Linda in the band. She had to learn to play parts & do that live with Paul & huge arena's, you've got to respect that & all the flak she got.

[@RitaCardinal]

Paul could have had any top professional keyboard player he wanted in his group. That is not what he wanted. Period. And what is the problem with fixing Linda's parts on Wings Over America ? What does it change in the end ? Paul was never a purist. He was all about feel, not chops. He had no technique as a musician, was never a gear head and loved exploiting musical accidents. He's truly an artist.

[@Gary-z2c]

Great though it is hearing from Geoff Britton, we don't need another recounting of the Beatles' history, particularly from someone who's not necessarily a go-to on that subject (Geoff), much less an interviewer who doesn't know that Paul DIDN'T bring in Klein and that John DID send back his MBE (Beatles 101, right?). Could've been shorter and more concise. Anyone who's watching this in the first place already knows the Beatles stuff (and obviously BETTER), and is here to learn more about Geoff!

[@johnchrysostomon6284]

He was only a drummer with Wings for a tiny amount of time

[@DavidMcdonald-df8tb]

Great guest, annoying interviewer. He kept cutting him off to get to the next question instead of listening and going with the flow.

[@xp50player]

Phil plays fully left handed. Tell Simon Phillips and Carter Beauford you don’t like open-handed.

[@leslieottaviano5749]

dude the bass on the interviewer's mic is way too much. thanks for the interview though

[@bayradiospain1883]

Yes, apologies for that. Somebody accidentally left it the wrong way around so it had to be pretty heavily compressed afterwards.

[@oliverpearson1577]

Geoff was a great drummer, but Joe English was a class above.

[@chezzachezza7325]

Wings all the members should be very wealthy, Paul you did wrong by the band . Youd think he would know better 🙄. Loved Wings songs i dont know them all as i was only 8 years old 1975 and i never heard of the beatles 😂.... Maybe i heard a best of Album😊

[@yrlic]

Denny was paid $75k annually - a generous sum in the 70s. Cash flow management is a tough skill for performing musicians.

[@freespeech2261]

Poor mic technique was bugging me (plosives)

[@bayradiospain1883]

Not technique so much, rather that "somebody" had left the presenter's mic turned around the wrong way. Apologies.

[@bassmannausaugsburg]

Interesting interview but no way was he better than Joe English and his comments about open handed drumming and Joe replacing him are disingenuous. Paul can have whomever he chooses in his band. He is the artist and he is the boss. Hire and fire at will or as the project needs. The 76 touring line up was Paul's best band after the Beatles in my humble opinion. They were on fire and Paul was at his supremo peak. The live rendition of Soily in 76 was some of the best rock music you will ever see / hear. Paul is the man and Britton was lucky enough to get a small look in for a while. A lot of musicians would have enjoyed a small stint like that playing with Paul.

[@juanfelipemv]

The interviewer should have kept quiet. If you don’t know guy…stfu.

[@lauraweiss7875]

Just saw OHC. That karate gi and the karate moves just looked lame. Sorry Geoffrey. Joe is my favorite drummer Paul has worked with other than Ringo.

[@taxi134-y1q]

Lennon sent his back as a protest against the Vietnam war.. pretty pointless as we were not involved...well not officially anyway.

[@garysimmonds9636]

As you say, we were not involved.

[@gregoryjgarcia3862]

John also mentioned the Nigerian Biafra war when returning his MBE.

[@nathanmiller2982]

My question is does he know it’s Billy and not Paul.

[@frankhornby6873]

....now take your Meds and lie down....knobhead!

[@harryflash5202]

This guy was Wings drummer for about 5 minutes...why bother?

[@bayradiospain1883]

Well, because he plays on the recordings that have just been released (the subject of this video) and in the film that's on the way next month.

[@johnradnedge1601]

Well if you think that why bother to listen. Just jog on and get on with the rest of your life.

[@lauraweiss7875]

Sorry, dude. You couldn’t hold Joe English’ drumsticks.

[@nineteen8486]

Billy shears did nothing..........

[@snookerthedog9935]

Emperor with no clothes... Awful live band...

[@gartgreenside3657]

Is it legal to call yourself a musician if you played with Wings (spit)?

[@michaelhollingworth1766]

Spit ???

[@chezzachezza7325]

What

[@Misteryowl]

I don't think he's a fan...

[@AllenPendleton]

Hal Blane is seriously overrated.