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While the breakup of The Beatles<\/a> may have come as a shock to many and a long time coming for those who had been observing the fragile inner dynamics of the group, knowing what the four respective members would do next was anyone\u2019s guess.<\/p>\n It was evident that none of them was going to take this opportunity to retire from music altogether, but being able to determine whether any of them would pursue a new project rather than a typical solo career was impossible, given how each of them had clearly developed their own recognisable styles by the end of their tenure with the group. <\/p>\n However, while John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr wasted no time in putting out material under their own names, Paul McCartney had a few more reservations about the idea of being a singular figure.<\/p>\n While he did release his self-titled debut album in 1970, following it up with Ram, a collaborative album with his wife Linda in May of 1971<\/a>, McCartney still found himself trying to scratch the same itch that being in a band had provided him with. Unsure of how he could realistically put together another band after having dominated the globe with his previous group, he found himself desperately scrambling to find some source of inspiration that could potentially revitalise his career.<\/p>\n It wasn\u2019t until he and Linda found themselves watching television one night that he realised what the answer to all of his questions was, and his eureka moment came from what most would consider to be an unlikely source, given McCartney\u2019s pedigree as a pop and rock songwriter.<\/p>\n \u201cJohnny Cash came on the telly with a new band he\u2019d formed with Carl Perkins,\u201d he recalled in a 2024 interview with Mojo. \u201cThere they were, playing with some country musicians I had never heard of, looking like they were having fun.\u201d<\/p>\n Cash and Perkins were performing as part of the Tennessee Three, who had been the backing band for Cash since 1954, but the lineup of the band had always been flexible and prone to frequent personnel changes throughout their existence. <\/p>\n Further reading: From The Vault<\/p>\n This particular incarnation of the group also consisted of drummer WS Holland, bassist Marshall Grant and guitarist Bob Wootton, all of whom had been playing together as a group since 1968, but it was the fact that these sidemen weren\u2019t household names that gave McCartney the inspiration to follow suit and create a band of his own while disregarding the need to have an all-star cast of musicians backing him.<\/p>\n
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