Jimmy McCulloch

Jimmy McCulloch (born June 4, 1953 in Glasgow , Scotland , † September 27, 1979 in London , England ) was a British musician ( guitarist ).

Jimmy McCulloch, 1976

Life

Pete Townshend discovered Jimmy McCulloch when he was just 15 years old . This brought him together with his friend John Keen , who then founded the band Thunderclap Newman with McCulloch and Andy Newman . With the song Something in the Air , the group landed the summer hit of 1969 in Great Britain. However, when the debut album Hollywood Dream could not build on this success, the band broke up.

After a short interlude with John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, Jimmy McCulloch replaced the guitarist Leslie Harvey, who had just died in an accident, in the Scottish blues band Stone the Crows in 1972 . But just a year later this band broke up too.

In 1974 McCulloch accepted an offer from Paul McCartney to join his group Wings as the second guitarist . As a composer and singer he contributed the song Medicine Jar for the album Venus and Mars (1975) and the piece Wino Junko for the album Wings at the Speed ​​of Sound (1976) released a year later . Before the completion of the album London Town (1978), Jimmy McCulloch left the Wings again in September 1977, as he did not feel artistically fulfilled in the group.

In 1979 Jimmy McCulloch finally formed his own band with The Dukes . But on September 27, 1979, the day before the Dukes were due to give their first concert at the Dingles Club in London, he was found dead in his apartment. It is believed that alcohol and drug problems played a role.

Discography

Albums with Thunderclap Newman

• Hollywood Dream (1969)

Albums with Stone The Crows

• Ontinuos Performance (1972)

Albums with the wings

• Venus and Mars (1975)
• Wings at the Speed ​​of Sound (1976)
• Wings over America (1976)
• London Town (1978)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jimmy McCulloch in the Internet Movie Database (English)