Faul McCartney

Friday November 30, 2007 - 33 months ago

Posted by James Ellis / Filed under Random

We’re big fans of Faul’s work.

After Paul’s death in 1966, Faul (aka Geoffrey “Billy” Shepherd, aka Neil Aspinall) really stepped into the character and helped produce what many consider to be the group’s finest work (Sgt. Pepper’s, Magical Mystery Tour, The White Album, Abbey Road).

Faul also went on to enjoy a very successful solo career. From AllMusic:

Out of all the former Beatles, Paul McCartney by far had the most successful solo career, maintaining a constant presence in the British and American charts during the ’70s and ’80s. In America alone, he had nine number one singles and seven number one albums during the first 12 years of his solo career.

It’s surprising that someone as talented as Paul McCartney could be replaced with another equally talented individual with strikingly similar features.

While Paul deserves a lot of credit for his ’63-66 years, there’s really no contest: Faul is the real talent. His sweeping body of work over the past forty years firmly establishes Faul as one of the great career musicians.