There is still much to be excavated from what is the most examined life in pop music history, especially when it comes from the horse’s mouth ... The book’s best stuff is to be found at the start, when the superstar was making his first baby steps toward renewed relevance, and then found it.
Widmer does an expert job of stitching this into a compelling narrative that includes cultural context ... Wings was always bound to be a spin-off from the Beatles universe – but what a spin-off it was.
Astonishing, unruly ... There is something touching about McCartney’s drive, his desire to work his way up again, Quarry Men-style, as if he hadn’t paid his dues a million times over ... Intensely moving final pages.
