{"id":607635,"date":"2026-05-28T01:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T01:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/607635\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T01:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T01:36:10","slug":"paul-mccartney-on-playing-guitar-with-paul-mescal-he-knew-it-better-than-i-did","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/607635\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul McCartney on playing guitar with Paul Mescal: ‘He knew it better than I did!’"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Hey, I know you!” exclaims Paul McCartney, gripping my hand as we walk into his office in central London.<\/p>\n

I’m instantly disarmed. All my nerves evaporate. And while I’m realistic enough to know he doesn’t really hold treasured memories of our previous encounters<\/a>, I’m impressed by his ability to defuse the tension of Meeting A Beatle.<\/p>\n

We gather in Soho at lunchtime. Instead of Wild Honey Pie or Savoy Truffle, McCartney has opted for a simple bagel (topping: a terrifying blend of Marmite and hummus), which he prepared in a kitchenette next to his assistant’s desk.<\/p>\n

As he eats, he scans a printed list of film titles \u2013 mainly vintage comedies \u2013 looking for something to play at his family movie night.<\/p>\n

“It’s hard to find something I haven’t seen,” he laments.<\/p>\n

Lunch finished, we settle next to a Wurlitzer jukebox in the corner of the room. McCartney places his phone face down on the table \u2013 revealing a case printed with a colourful holiday photo.<\/p>\n

“Is that the family?” I ask.<\/p>\n

“Yeah, that’s my grandkids. Four of Stella’s and four of Mary’s.”<\/p>\n

“They’re all very bright,” he beams, pointing to each one in turn and listing their Ivy League achievements. “Yale, Brown, Brown, NYU, Yale again.”<\/p>\n

“Are you an indulgent granddad?”<\/p>\n

“Yeppp!” he confirms. “They’re very lovely. I love them.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“Hey, I know you!” exclaims Paul McCartney, gripping my hand as we walk into his office in central…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":607636,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-607635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=607635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/607636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=607635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=607635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=607635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}