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Wings' guitarist: McCullough or McCulloch?
February 18th, 2008
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Wings had two lead guitarists with similar names: Henry McCullough and Jimmy McCulloch.
Henry McCullough is a native of County Derry in Northern Ireland, and had been the only Irishman to play at Woodstock, having backed Joe Cocker there. The first Wings single, "Give Ireland back to the Irish" was banned by the BBC but hit # 1 on the charts in the Republic of Ireland. As a result, McCullough's brother was jumped by a gang of thugs one night when leaving a bar in Derry. Some people think that McCullough's solo on the international hit "My Love" is among the best guitar solos in rock history. Joining Wings at the beginning, McCullough left within two years because of artistic differences.
Jimmy McCullouch (1953-1979) was with Wings from 1974-1977. A Glasgow native, he was the "boy wonder" guitarist of the band Thunderclap Newman which had the hit "Something in the Air", which was produced by McCulloch's friend Pete Townsend.
In 1976, prior to a rehearsal for the Wings Over America tour, McCulloch broke his wrist backstage in the dressing room while wrestling with David Cassidy. His broken wrist held up the start of the tour for a couple of weeks. Two years after leaving Wings in 1977, McCulloch was found dead in his London flat from a heroin overdose.
