Paul McCartney Ticket Giveaway!

Today's the day on The Jammin' Jukebox for the Paul McCartney ticket giveaway. You can win a pair of tickets to the July 24th Comerica Park show! All you have to do is listen from 4-6 pm and be the ninth caller when you hear the Beatles song "Let it Be."
Good luck and I'm looking forward to giving you a ticket to ride!

Paul McCartney Ticket Giveaway!

Hello again to everyone on blogger and my blog.
I host a college radio show called The Jukebox Power Hour. Well, I'm very excited because I was one of two DJ's chosen to give away a pair of tickets for Sir Paul!

If there are any fans here from Michigan, specifically around the Metro Detroit area you definately have a chance to win!
Our radio station is out of Oakland University, near the Auburn Hills, MI. area. You can listen to my show this Wednesday to find out how to win and next Wednesday (July 20th), I'm giving away the tickets early on in the show.
My show's from 4-5 pm. If you live near the area, you can listen on the FM dial at 88.3 fm or you can listen online at WXOU.ORG!
I'm so excited and I would love to give somebody a ticket to ride to see Sir. Paul at Comerica Park July 24th!
Here's the number for the station: 248-370-4274
Oh, and my show plays classic rock/hard rock/oldies/Indie.
My facebook group page is located at: http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/5047569247?ap=1

Happy Birthday Paul!

I'm excited tody because it is Sir Paul McCartney's birthday! Paul was born on this day and is 66 years YOUNG. I swear the man doesn't look a day over 40. He could pass for his 40's and even young 50's.
Paul is like the coolest person on the planet. He is well becomming my favorite Beatle as of late. First it was John and then it was George and now....it's Paul! I love them all though, even though I never went through a Ringo period but never say never.
Paul and I have something in common and that is we are both Gemini's. Even last year, his new album came out on my b-day. I had the pleasure of seeing this man a few years ago and I can't wait to go again. Recently, he did a show in Kiev which is in the Ukraine. I'm Ukrainian and I want to learn more about where my ancestors came from and my heritage. In a way, I think it's cool that he played for my people in a spot where they declared their independence. I thought it was sweet that he still played his show even under bad weather conditions battling storms.
He also is a wonderful guy because he's so funny and warm with his humor. He also gives to charities (no landmines) and he's all about not eating meat and being vegan. That's not my thing but I think it's cool that he does that stuff.
I hope that he had a fun day w/ his family and probably his new girlfriend (supposedly), Nancy Cheville.
I think Paul really got me to be a bigger fan because I loved him in the Beatles but he was so awesome with his solo career. Wings is a favorite band of mine! There used to be a joke in the 70's about what was the band Paul was in before wings.
I'm not going to make any playlist but I highly recommend starting out with either "Ram" which was Paul's solo album after he left the Beatles or get "Wingspan hits and history."
Cheers! HAPPY BRITHDAY PAUL!

Cheesy song but I love it! "Silly love songs."

This is one of my favorite Wings songs, if not number one! This music video is actually from the "McCartney years" dvd set and I highly recommend getting it. It has tons of great footage and all of Paul's music videos. This man is a genious. I know he still has years of rocking ahead of him!
This is my gift to Paul since he loved Elvis so much and they once said that the Beatles wouldn't exist if not for Elvis. Here Elvis sings "Yesterday" at a rehearsal and I think that is Paul's most well-known song and it's the most covered.

Paul McCartney at Liverpool Sound Concert

This post is late due to the fact that here in the Midwest, we lost power. Luckily our power was out for only a few hours BUT our cable and internet was out for about two days (Thanks Comcast). I'm delayed in posting this and I am giving you this gift.
Paul McCartney performed in his native Liverpool a few weeks ago June 1st. He played a homecomming concert at Amfield Stadium in front of 36,000 fans. Liverpool just happens to be the 2008 European Capitol of Culture. Ringo was also said to play and many speculated a possible Beatles reunion but that did not happen. The whole McCartney clan seemed to be in additance as well as Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison. Paul's set list was pretty good for the concert and he threw in some 'newer' tunes that he hasn't done as well as John's "Give peace a chance" which was kinda cool and unexpected and also included McCartney doing "A day in the life."
Playing on a few songs with McCartney was also Foo-fighter Dave Grohl who played guitar on "Band on the run" and then switched to drums for "Back in the USSR" and "I saw her standing there."
Stella also held her fashion show at LIPA.
The show was streamed on BBC radio and I've included the link here if you want to try to listen to it BUT you have to go ahead like 20 hrs.
Link:http://www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool/content/articles/2008/05/22/macca_live_on_bbc_feature.shtml
On to the video's that I found on Youtube:

"Hippy Hippy Shake"

"Something." Paul of course plays the ukelele that George gave him. Olivia's in the crowd and I really love this song. I teared up a bit.

"My love." This one was for the late Linda McCartney who died in 1998 from breast cancer. Paul get's a little chocked up during this but it's just beautiful.

"A day in the life/Give peace a chance." I have never heard "A day in the life" live before EVER so this was pretty darn amazing. They had all the parts too. The funny bit was that Paul got John's lyrics correct but messed up his own! I laughed out loud. Then the band went into "Give peace a Chance" which was a great sing along w/ Yoko and Olivia joining in too! I was singing along at home. LOVED IT!

Dave Grohl on drums during "Back in the USSR."

Dave playing guitar on "Band on the run."

Here's "Hey Jude" thrown in here for good measure.

Dave on drums again for "I saw her standing there." This one ROCKED! Rusty's solo was electrifying and Wix's keyboad playing was awesome. Paul also played his iconic Hofner bass on this one. EXCELLENT SHOW AND CLOSER!
Man that was one HELL of a concert and McCartney doesn't sound any different than when he was in the Beatles. I can't believe he's turning 66 next week! He sounds terrific, better than when I saw him in 05'. He hasn't aged a bit, I swear. YEAY LIVERPOOL!

Paul McCartney wins awards. YEAY!

It seems Sir Paul has been busy these days by doing what else but..winning awards!
Now Paul already has gotten a knighthood, grammy's, lifetime acheivement awards (that make him sound dead), and a membership into the hall of fame twice so what else does this man need?
An honorary doctorate of course! Paul received his honororary doctorate from Yale University in music.
Yale believes that Paul "awakened a generation, giving a fresh sound to rock n' roll and rhythm and blues."
In his speech, Yale president Richard Levin said, "Here, there, and everywhere, you have pushed the boundaries of the familiar to create new classics. We admire your musical genius and your generous support of worthy causes."
Well said! It is true that McCartney said that if he hadn't been in the Beatles he wouldv'e like to have been a teacher. After all, he did start Liverpool Institute of the Performing Arts (LIPA) on the grounds of his and George's old school AND he occasionally teacehs there! I guess we should start calling him Dr. McCartney, eh?

ALSO...Paul won the sexiest smile award!Here he shows off his skills:



Here Paul demonstrates on how to keep those pearly whites of his clean.

HOT!

Congratulations Red Wings!

So the Red Wings are the winner of the 2008 Stanley cup finals and seeing as I live in Michigan and close to Detroit, I was pretty excited that we won. I missed the parade but the game was excellent. I think my favorite player and the one who got the mvp anyways was Zetterberg. I felt like Pittsburgh had a ton of heart and they never gave up. I so wanted them to win on my birthday though. If it would've gone into overtime and past midnight, Detroit woul'dve won the cup on my birthday.
So what do the Red Wings have to do with this post? Well, another "Wing" wants to say congratulations!

So this was a bad pun but Paul has a Detroit connection. The guitar in the picture is Paul's Epiphone Texan Acoustic from 1964. He played this guitar when the Beatles performed in America for the first time on the Ed Sullivan Show. It also has a few tie-in's to me! My mother saw the Beatles when she was 13 years old at the Olympia Stadium in Detroit in 1964. Now Paul says that he got the Red Wings sticker given to him by a fan when he played Detroit in 1976 at Olympia Stadium which used to be where the Red Wings played before they moved to the Joe Lois. Apparently since that concert was in May, the season was almost over so McCartney and his band came out with hockey sticks at one point instead of instruments. Obviously he was in Wings at the time which is why this all makes sense.
Also, I got to see Paul in concert for the US tour in 2005 and he played this guitar during "Yesterday" and he still had the sticker on it.
How cool to have a little of Detroit history!