Paul McCartney's Only Country Chart Hit Came After One Night in Nashville Isabella TorregianiDecember 31, 2025 at 1:51 AM 0 David Redfern/Redferns Following the success of Band on the Run, Paul McCartney had to reinvent Wings. New members and a trip to Nashville led the former Beatles down an unexpected path — and even resulted in a country hit. After the departures of guitarist Henry McCullough and drummer Denny Seiwell, Wings welcomed Jimmy McCulloch and Geoff Britton.
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Isabella TorregianiDecember 31, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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Following the success of Band on the Run, Paul McCartney had to reinvent Wings. New members and a trip to Nashville led the former Beatles down an unexpected path — and even resulted in a country hit.
After the departures of guitarist Henry McCullough and drummer Denny Seiwell, Wings welcomed Jimmy McCulloch and Geoff Britton. With this lineup, the band headed to rural Wilson County, Tennessee, for their first recording session together as a full group.
During the trip, Wings recorded "Junior's Farm," a 1974 non-album single inspired by their quiet time away from the road. "Sally G," featured on the flip side, remains McCartney's sole entry on the country charts.
Paul and Linda McCartney's visit to Nashville included a stop at Printer's Alley, the city's famed music district, escorted by studio owner Buddy Killen.
Paul reportedly said, "Buddy Killen took us out to Printer's Alley, a little club district," a night that sparked the idea for "Sally G."
Referring to the lyrics, he added, "I didn't see anyone named 'Sally G' in Printer's Alley, nor did I see anyone who ran her eyes over me when she was singing 'A Troubled Mind.' That was my imagination, adding to the reality of it."
The song tells the story of a woman performing behind a bar, described by Paul as, "a pretty who made a pretty big fool out of me."
"I never thought to ask her what the letter G stood for," McCartney sings, "But I know for sure it wasn't good."
Supporting the new Wings lineup, McCartney enlisted some of Music Row's finest session musicians: Johnny Gimble on fiddle, Vassar Clements, the "Father of Hillbilly Jazz" and pedal steel expert Lloyd Green.
With their help, the song entered the Billboard Hot Country Singles at number 91 and later reached number 51. It climbed to number seven on the Easy Listening chart and marked the band's last release on Apple Records.
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