Paul McCartney Archives - Dean Goodman

A wee drive to Paul McCartney’s Mull of Kintyre

February 20, 2019December 5, 2020 Dean Campbeltown, Campbeltown Pipe Band, Carradale, Denny Laine, Kintyre, Linda McCartney, Mull of Kintyre, Paul McCartney, Saddell Beach, Scotland

“Mull of Kintyre” — It seems people either detest Paul McCartney’s bagpipe ditty, or they’ve never heard of it (looking at you, America, in which case you can sample it here).

Down and out with the Beatles in Liverpool

February 18, 2019December 4, 2020 Dean Allerton, Beatles, Dingle, Forthlin Road, George Harrison, John Lennon, Liverpool, Menlove Avenue, National Trust, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Speke, Woolton

Who was the “Fifth Beatle” — George Martin? Billy Preston? Neil Aspinall? I would posit, a little poetically, that the Fifth Beatle is Liverpool herself. As Mecca is for Muslims, so is Liverpool an obligatory pilgrimage for discerning music fans.

The Beatles in New Zealand, 1964

October 20, 2013December 9, 2020 Dean Beatles, George Harrison, John Lennon, New Zealand, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Wellington

I came across the B&W photos at the National Library of New Zealand.

NOTE: My book Strange Days: The Adventures of a Grumpy Rock ‘n’ Roll Journalist in Los Angeles is available here.