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Author:	Ian D. Derbyshire
Title:	Macca In The Long Noughties
Subtitle:	Paul McCartney Tracks, Life And Tours 1998-2009
Publisher:	IDD Publishing
Country:	UK
Date:	20 Aug 2024
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Non-Fiction, Music, Biography
ISBN13 / Barcode:	9781068623806
Rating:	Rate
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	2 Own
Price Guide:	$17
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217 pages, including a 28-photo spread covering Paul's life events, tours and albums between 1998 and 2009.

From the author's website (www link as at 21 July 2024):

This book examines Paul’s music during the long noughties: a period of unprecedented change in Paul’s life, following the death of Linda in 1998, marriage (in 2002) and divorce (in 2008) from Heather Mills and the rediscovery of love with Nancy Shevell.

Influenced by this rollercoaster of emotions, Paul released ten albums across diverse genres (pop-rock, indie, avant-garde, mash-up and classical) and five live CDs and DVDs. He resumed touring, performing 190 concerts before 3.7 million people between 2002-09, including standout shows at Moscow’s Red Square, Glastonbury and Coachella. Paul campaigned on animal welfare and human rights and exhibited his talents as a painter and poet.

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JPGR&B SUBS 21st Jul 2024		The author talks about the book (Source: IDD Publishing) Why did you write this book? Paul McCartney’s post-Beatles career in the 1970s has been well chronicled: most notably in The McCartney Legacy series by Kozinn and Sinclair. Less covered has been Macca’s musical renaissance in the 2000s, when, at a time of personal challenges, he released some of his strongest and most innovative works: Rushes (1999); Run Devil Run (1999); Driving Rain (2001); Twin Freaks (2005); Chaos and Creation in the Backyard (2005); Memory Almost Full (2007); and Electric Arguments (2008). How did you research and write this book? This work has been sourced from newspaper and music magazine articles, interviews from the period, the 2008 court judgement from Paul’s divorce settlement and secondary sources including biographies, setlists, McCartney focused websites and fanzines, including the Netherlands-based Maccazine. What new things did you learn about Paul from writing this book? The sheer wide range of Paul's musical, artistic, literary, social and leisure interests and how is always exploring new avenues - except many changes in his setlists! As Bob Dylan told Rolling Stone magazine in 2007: “I’m in awe of McCartney … He can do it all. And he’s never let up.” I did not expect to discover Paul and I share a love of dinghy sailing: my dinghy is named Wanderlust while Paul sails a Sunfish dinghy named Linda. What I found striking in that Paul's career path choices are driven by serendipity and inter-connections between friends and acquaintances. For example, Paul came to know Ian Dury during the final months of his life through their shared friendship with the artists Peter Blake and Humphrey Ocean. But at times, when Paul sensed a big change was needed, he had the courage to do so: taking up the commission for Ecce Cor Meum; the Twin Freaks and the Fireman projects; turning to Nigel Godrich in 2003-05 to produce Chaos and Creation in the Backyard; and changing management and leaving EMI in 2007 for the Starbucks-backed Hear Music in 2007.

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