HELLO GOODBYE
Geoff Britton and Wings
It began with playing Lucille in Camden – and ended in the French Quarter in New Orleans.
Flying high: Wings (from left) Paul and Linda McCartney, Jimmy McCulloch, Denny Laine, Geoff Britton, 1974.
Michael Putland/Getty (2), Courtesy Geoff Britton
HELLO APRIL 1974
I was running the karate club in West Wickham, and one of the members was Cliff Davis, the manager of Fleetwood Mac. In a break, he said, “Do you know about the McCartney audition for Wings? Do you fancy going for it?”
He gave me [McCartney’s company] MPL’s phone number, and when I called this charming bloke, Alan Crowder, said he’d put me on the list. They’d hired the Albery Theatre on St Martin’s Lane and shortlisted 52 drummers! Mitch Mitchell was there. We played with session musicians, Paul and the management were sat to one side.