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Paul McCartney just recalled how he might’ve been the lead guitarist instead of playing bass for the legendary band, The Beatles.
In the latest episode of his podcast titled, Paul McCartney: A Life in Lyrics (from iHeartPodcasts and Pushkin), the 81-year-old rock legend got candid about one night onstage that changed the course of his career.
McCartney revealed that back in the early days, he was good at guitar while “at home,” and that bandmate John Lennon’s aunt, Mimi Smith, used to praise him, saying McCartney was “much better than John” at playing.
“Mind you, when I first met John, he played banjo chords,” McCartney explained.
The Hey Jude crooner continued, “He didn’t play guitar, ‘cause I had to show him guitar chords because he’d been taught by his mum [Julia], and she only knew banjo chords.”
Recalling the fateful night which led him to be a bassist, McCartney stated, “I had a solo and I totally froze. Could not move my fingers. … It was like, just so embarrassing.”
“My lead guitar playing career melted at that moment and I said, ‘Well, I’m not doing this again. I’m not cut out for this. I’m no good,’” he said of his performance at a venue called the Conservative Club.
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