Why Paul McCartney Rejected a Legendary Drummer for Being Too Good for Wings

When Wings began to take flight from the ashes of The Beatles' demise in the early 1970s, Paul McCartney was tasked with crafting a band that could harbour his creative ambitions.

The release of RAM in 1971, a collaborative album between Paul and his wife, Linda McCartney — along with a group of hired session musicians — reignited the musician's desire to return to a membered musical group, one that would eventually tour the world performing, as his former band once did at the height of Beatlemania.