Paul McCartney felt dead Beatles breakup era as the 83-year-old icon reveals in his new memoir Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run releasing November 4. In so many ways, I was dead, a 27-year-old about-to-become-ex-Beatle, drowning in a sea of legal and personal rows that were sapping my energy, in need of a complete life makeover . The strangest rumor started floating around just as The Beatles were breaking up, that I was dead .
Paul McCartney felt dead Beatles breakup period intensified when death conspiracy theories exploded in autumn 1969 claiming he died in a 1966 car crash . Millions of fans around the world believed McCartney was actually gone and had been replaced by a lookalike . Moving with Linda and their daughter Mary to a sheep farm in Scotland helped him recover from the emotional devastation .
Paul McCartney felt dead Beatles breakup recovery involved shedding his Beatle identity as the old Paul was no longer the new Paul . For the first time in years, I felt free suddenly leading and directing my own life . However, his 1971 album Ram received harsh criticism with Rolling Stone dismissing it as incredibly inconsequential and monumentally irrelevant .
Paul McCartney felt dead Beatles breakup depression nearly led him to quit music entirely. I did get depressed. I was getting slagged off by everyone, and that does make you question if you’ve still got it . Despite struggles, he formed Wings with Linda and eventually released 42 hours of interviews for the accompanying memoir and documentary .
