James McCartney and Paul's first wife, Linda McCartney. He was named after both his paternal grandfather Jim McCartney and his father, whose full name is James Paul McCartney, as well as Linda's late mother, Linda Louise Eastman. He spent the first two and a half years of his life on the road while his parents toured with their band Wings. After the band broke up in 1980, the McCartney family settled in Rye, East Sussex. He attended the local state secondary school, the Thomas Peacocke Community College. He has stated his earliest inspiration to learn guitar was Michael J. Fox in "Back
McCartney (album) Linda) and "Band on the Run" (with their band Wings). On 13 June 2011, the album and McCartney's second official solo work, "McCartney II", were reissued together by Hear Music/Concord Music Group as part of "The Paul McCartney Archive Collection". The album re-entered the charts in the UK, the Netherlands, France and Japan. On 17 November 2017, "McCartney" was re-released by Capitol/UMe without bonus tracks as part of McCartney's 2016 return to Capitol Records and a catalogue service agreement taking over from Concord Records and Hear Music. All songs written by Paul McCartney. Side one Side two For its June