Linda McCartney of the Beatles in 1970, Paul taught Linda to play keyboards and recorded an album with her, "Ram", as a duo. The couple formed the band Wings. They garnered several Grammy Awards, becoming one of the most successful British bands of the 1970s, but had to endure jibes regarding Linda's singing. She later said that criticisms that she sang out of tune in the early days with Wings were true. In 1977, a reggae-inspired single titled "Seaside Woman" was released by an obscure band called Suzy and the Red Stripes on Epic Records in the United States. Suzy and the
The White Stripes are demonstrated on the album cover, which sets the band members against an abstract background of rectangles and lines in red, black and white. The White Stripes have cited the minimalist and deconstructionist aspects of De Stijl design as a source of inspiration for their own musical image and presentation. The album was dedicated to furniture designer and architect Gerrit Rietveld of the De Stijl movement, as well as to the influential Georgia bluesman Blind Willie McTell. "Party of Special Things to Do" was released as a 7" on Sub Pop in December 2000. It comprised three songs originally performed