" The former Wings guitarist and Northern Ireland music legend Henry McCullough has died. "
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/beatle-paul-mccartney-pa..." The 72-year-old was from Portstewart and was one of Paul McCartney’s favourites in the early days of Wings.
Born in 1943, he took up the guitar as a boy. He supported Jimi Hendrix and went on to play with some of the biggest names in music, including Joe Cocker and then Paul McCartney & Wings.
He played lead guitar on Wings' James Bond theme Live and Let Die, but he is perhaps best known for his solo on the band's number one hit My Love.
After leaving Wings after just one album he later turned to session work with major stars.
He also played with Marianne Faithfull, Dr Feelgood and Pink Floyd and played the original Peace and Love Festival at Woodstock.
McCullough also sang and wrote music but one of the renowned guitarist's more memorable contributions to music was a few choice words for Pink Floyd
When playing with Wings at Abbey Road studios in London, members of the English band stopped off from their own recording session next door and asked for a few soundbites for their album Dark Side of the Moon.
McCullough's line: "I don't know, I was really drunk at the time," found its way into the closing bars of the famous track Money.
Beatle Paul McCartney has paid tribute to Mr McCullough.
"I was very sad to hear that Henry McCullough, our great Wings guitarist, passed away today," he posted on his website.
"He was a pleasure to work with, a super-talented musician with a lovely sense of humour.
"The solo he played on 'My Love' was a classic that he made up on the spot in front of a live orchestra. Our deepest sympathies from my family to his."
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