Feature Photo: Jim Summaria., CC BY-SA 3.0
Paul McCartney and Wings were formed in 1971, following the dissolution of The Beatles, as Paul McCartney sought a new creative direction after the most iconic band in music history had come to an end. McCartney, still processing the breakup, assembled the group with his wife Linda McCartney on keyboards and vocals, Denny Laine—formerly of the Moody Blues—on guitar and vocals, and drummer Denny Seiwell, who had worked with McCartney on his second solo album Ram. The band would undergo several lineup changes over its tenure, but McCartney remained the group’s central force, using it as both a creative outlet and a new musical identity.