Post by yerblues1968 on Feb 3, 2009 0:03:53 GMT -5
SIR PAUL'S BOY GOES SOLO AT LAST
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on 27th January 2009
As a budding musician, life in the shadow of one of the 20th century's greatest singer-songwriters has not always been easy for Sir Paul McCartney's reclusive son James.
Unlike his older sisters who have soared to great heights in their respective careers - Stella as a fashion designer and Mary as a photographer, like their late mother Linda - the burden of the McCartney name has often been a struggle for James, 31.
At one stage, he refused to take an allowance from his father's fortune, preferring instead to earn a living as a waiter.
He was also hit especially hard by the death of his mother when he was a young 21 and found Heather Mills even harder to accept than his sisters when she came into their father's life.
But now, just days after friends predicted that newly divorced American heiress Nancy Shevell will become the third Lady McCartney, I hear James is at last taking steps to get his life on track.
Like his sister Stella, he is said to get along well with Nancy. But his focus for many months has been on finding suitable musicians to back him on an album he plans to release later this year.
Interestingly, he has opted to go back to his father's roots in Liverpool to find them, I am told, and is working with former members of Merseyside band The Dead 60s. He has written around 20 songs which he wants to record.
'James is a very talented singer and an exceptional guitarist,' says one musician who has heard his work. 'He is actually as good a guitarist as his father and has written some excellent tunes with very good, strong lyrics.
'Some of it is loud, in the mould of Nirvana, and at other times he is quite mellow, rather like his dad.'
James, who first learned to play the guitar at the age of six, appeared on his father's solo albums Flaming Pie, released in 1997, and Driving Rain, in 2001.
Now Paul is planning to return the compliment by accompanying his son on his attempt to bring a new McCartney to the music world.
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