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1 August 1943 (age 80) Lewisham, South East London, England. Genres. Rock. Power pop. Instrument (s) Drums. Geoffrey Britton (born 1 August 1943) is an English rock drummer known for his work with Wings [1] from August 1974 to January 1975, where he was featured on the Venus and Mars album.
Geoff Britton was a rock drummer who played with Paul McCartney & Wings from 1974 to 1975, featured on the Venus and Mars album. Learn about his audition, his departure, and his other musical projects from this web page.
- August 1, 1943
23. Apr. 2024 · Geoff Britton: drums. Featuring Tuxedo Brass Band and Howie Casey Orchestra conducted by Del Newman. Produced by Paul McCartney. Themen aus dem Artikel: The Beatles Paul McCartney Wings One Hand ...
Geoff Britton, who joined Wings in 1974, talks about his musical influences, his drumming career and his audition for the band. He also reveals his interest in Karate and his experience in Hamburg.
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Origins
After the Beatles’ break-up in 1970, McCartney recorded two albums: McCartney (1970), credited to himself, and Ram (1971), with wife Linda. He had insisted from the beginning of their marriage that Linda should be involved in his musical projects, notwithstanding her lack of previous experience as a musician, so that they did not have to be apart when he was on tour. Ramwas recorded in New York City, where McCartney auditioned a number of drummers and guitarists, selecting Seiwell and guitari...
1971–73: First line-up
After the release of Ram, McCartney decided to form a new group and asked Seiwell and McCracken to join. Seiwell accepted, but McCracken declined, so McCartney invited Denny Laine, whom he had known since the early 1960s, to join. Laine, who was working on a solo album at the time, got a phone call from McCartney enquiring if he would like to work with him, as McCartney said: “I’d known him in the past and I just rang him and asked him, ‘What are you doing?’ He said, ‘Nothing’, so I said, ‘Ri...
1974–78: Second line-up
After Band on the Run, Jimmy McCulloch, former lead guitarist in Thunderclap Newman and Stone the Crows, joined the band. The first Wings project with McCulloch was McGear, a 1974 collaboration between Paul and his younger brother Mike McGear, with session musician Gerry Conway playing drums. Warner Bros. Records chose not to play up the “Wings” angle in its marketing for McGear, and the album sold poorly. However, the sessions also generated a single credited to McGear’s group the Scaffold,...
Wings had 12 top 10 singles (including one number-one) in the UK and 14 top 10 singles (including six number-one’s) in the US. All 23 singles released by Wings reached the US top 40, and one two-sided hit, “Junior’s Farm”/”Sally G”, reached the top 40 with each side. Of the nine albums released by Wings, all went top 10 in either the UK or the US, ...
During its ten-year lifespan, Wings underwent numerous personnel changes, including twice being reduced to its core McCartney–McCartney–Laine trio. Line-ups
Wings were a British-American rock band formed by Paul McCartney in 1971, featuring his wife Linda and former Moody Blues guitarist Denny Laine. Geoff Britton joined the band in 1974 as the drummer, but left after a year and was replaced by Joe English.
9. Apr. 2020 · Geoff Britton, the drummer with Wings from 1974 to early 1975, reveals that Letting Go was intended to be in the style of Al Green. He compares the original version with the final release and expresses his disappointment with the changes.
23. Apr. 2024 · Following the sudden departure of Denny Seiwell and Henry McCullough the previous year on the eve of recording the Wings masterpiece Band on the Run, Paul, Linda, and Denny Laine were now joined by guitarist Jimmy McCulloch and drummer Geoff Britton.
