When Paul was about 15, he and John Lennon used to take the bus over to the other side of Liverpool to visit a guitarist who knew how to play the B7 chord – essential for rock ’n’ roll.
Pooling their few pennies, they’d excitedly ride over to sit at the feet of this guitar guru and watch fascinated as he formed the chord shape they could add to their repertoire of E, A and D.
More than 30 years later, when Paul was recounting this tale, he added: “We thought that guy was really old for a musician – he was probably only about 26 but we thought he was really old to be still playing.”
Today Paul is 70 and still playing at an age when most people have swapped vim and verve for slippers in front of the telly. And Paul will never stop.
For the 15 years I had the privilege of working for him as his publicity chief, I witnessed his relentless drive and extraordinary energy at first-hand.
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