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By Syndicated Content
Spirit of Unicorn Music
Paul McCartneyâs second post-
Beatles record,
Ram, gets released today.
Wings drummer
Denny Seiwell â who played on the original album â and veteran producer and session guitarist Fernando Perdomo.
Seiwell, who plays drums on 13 of the tributeâs 15 tracks, tells ABC Audio that it was Perdomoâs idea to record a full-length
Ram tribute, with help from a bunch of young musicians who loved the record.
Denny says before doing the project, he wanted to get his friend Paul McCartneyâs blessing.
âI contact Paul,â recalls Seiwell, âand I said, âHey, all these young indie rockers and Gen X peopleâ¦want toâ¦do a remake of the whole
By Syndicated Content
Spirit of Unicorn Music
Paul McCartneyâs second post-
Beatles record,
Ram, gets released today.
Wings drummer
Denny Seiwell â who played on the original album â and veteran producer and session guitarist Fernando Perdomo.
Seiwell, who plays drums on 13 of the tributeâs 15 tracks, tells ABC Audio that it was Perdomoâs idea to record a full-length
Ram tribute, with help from a bunch of young musicians who loved the record.
Denny says before doing the project, he wanted to get his friend Paul McCartneyâs blessing.
âI contact Paul,â recalls Seiwell, âand I said, âHey, all these young indie rockers and Gen X peopleâ¦want toâ¦do a remake of the whole
Denny Seiwell who played on the original album and veteran producer and session guitarist Fernando Perdomo.
Seiwell, who plays drums on 13 of the tribute’s 15 tracks, tells ABC Audio that it was Perdomo’s idea to record a full-length
Ram tribute, with help from a bunch of young musicians who loved the record.
Denny says before doing the project, he wanted to get his friend Paul McCartney’s blessing.
“I contact Paul,” recalls Seiwell, “and I said, ‘Hey, all these young indie rockers and Gen X people…want to…do a remake of the whole
Ram album, and I think they’re going to do a good job of it. What do you think?’ He said, ‘Go ahead, man. Have fun.’ So that’s all I needed.”
By Tom King
We continue our look back at the music of 50 years agoâ¦..
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Paul McCartney was used to adoration as a member of The Beatles. The dozens of songs he wrote sold millions of copies and generated critical acclaim as some of the best pop music ever written. So, imagine his surprise when his first solo effort after the breakup of the Fab Four was critically slagged. And imagine his further surprise when his second solo effort, âRamâ, released in 1971, was also put through the critical wringer. Granted the bar for the guy who wrote Yesterday, Eleanor Rigby and The Long & Winding Rd is going to be higher than for most other artists but the dislike for this record was almost universal within the music press.