Paul McCartney & Wings - Studio Discussions (The Nashville Sessions)

On 6th June 1974, Paul McCartney and his band Wing arrived in Nashville. He announced to the press that we was there to to brush up on his three R's: rehearsing, relaxing and riding. The band now consisted on Paul McCartney, his wife Linda McCartney, Denny Laine and two new members: Jimmy McCulloch and drummer Geoff Britton. The rehearsing and recording went very well, and Paul was so pleased with the results, that the new Wings line-up were soon to be recording at the nearby Sound Shop Studios where between 6pm and midnight, they produced "Junior's Farm", insipired by Curly and farm were Wings currently staying, "Sally G", which he wrote after an ispiring visit to a country music club in Printer's Alley and the instrumental "Walking In The Park With Eloise", written many years earlier by Paul's father, Jim McCartney. The rehearsals was filmed and assembled at Abbey Road Studios on 15th August 1974 by MPL Communication in a documentary called "One Hand Clapping". The first single released was "Junior's Farm / Sally G" on 4th November 1974 (the last single to appear on the Apple Records label).

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