What do you give as a birthday present to "The Most
Successful Composer and Recording Artist of All Time” and greatest living
songwriter of the 20th Century? You give respect in the
form of a brilliant reworking of one of their own compositions.
June 18th sees the 70th birthday
of the one and only Sir Paul McCartney and as a huge mark of respect Paul
Weller and his band have recorded a cover of the Beatles classic song
“Birthday”(of course). This passionate cover will be made available for
ONE DAY ONLY – On June 18th (Macca’s birthday) and it will be
available exclusively at Amazon.com for .70 cents.
Paul says: “I wanted to do something for Paul's 70th, the
man’s been, and still is, an immense and enduring inspiration for me. It was
him and his three friends that made me want to pick up a guitar in the first
place. I saw him play live recently and he inspired me just as much as ever, he
was brilliant. I just hope he likes our little version, a token of my and the
bands love for him and his music. Rock on Macca.”
Paul Weller and his band recorded “Birthday” (originally
from the Beatles’ White Album) in one day down at Paul’s Black Barn
studios. Yep Roc Records will release the track North America. All
Paul’s proceeds from the sale of the single will go to the War Child charity.
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