Sir James Paul McCartney turns 70 years old today. Here are some notable covers from the past years along with a coda from the man himself…
Wilson Pickett “Hey Jude” with Duane AllmanThe Faces “Maybe I’m Amazed”Ike and Tina Turner “Get Back” Guns N’ Roses “Live And Let Die”Bob Weir "Blackbird’ on 8/9/95, the day of Jerry Garcia’s passingRay Charles “Yesterday”Aretha Franklin “Let It Be”Jerry Garcia Band “Eleanor Rigby” sandwiched within “After Midnight” on March 8,1980.We couldn’t sign off without hearing from The Man himself, here joined by Eric Clapton, Bono, Bruce Springsteen, Robbie Robertson, Bonnie Raitt, Billy Joel and others for “Let It Be.”