Editing Jimmy McCulloch (section)

==Biography==
McCulloch was born in [[Dumbarton]] and raised in [[Clydebank]] and [[Cumbernauld]], Scotland. The McCulloch family relocated to London when Jimmy was 13. He was inspired by [[Django Reinhardt]] and began to play the guitar aged 11.

He made his performance debut as the guitarist for the Jaygars, which was later known as [[One in a Million (band)|One in a Million]]. One in a Million performed live in support of The Who during their tour of Scotland in 1967. That year, One in a Million released their "Fredereek Hernando"/"Double Sight" single on MGM. The single is now highly collectable, and an expensive purchase, now classed as a classic and obscure UK psychedelic release. ''Double Sight'', a CD compilation of these and other songs written and recorded by the band, was released in 2009.

In April 1967, McCulloch played lead guitar for the Utterly Incredible, Too Long Ago to Remember, Sometimes Shouting at People during [[The 14 Hour Technicolour Dream]] event, which was held on the grounds of the [[Alexandra Palace]] in London.<ref>Article:  Bell: Performance puzzling...and a plastic past, by Ian McDonald, ''[[NME|New Musical Express]]'', issue dated 25 November 1972.</ref> That year, he played guitar for One in a Million, which performed live at The Upper Cut and other London venues.<ref name="RockObit-p408">''Rock Obituaries: Knocking On Heaven's Door''; {{ISBN|978-1-846-09091-2}}. p. 408.</ref>

McCulloch first rose to fame in 1969 when he joined Pete Townshend's friends, Andy 'Thunderclap' Newman (piano) and songwriter John 'Speedy' Keen (vocals, drums), to form the band [[Thunderclap Newman]]. The band enjoyed a UK No. 1 hit with "[[Something in the Air]]" that year. Thunderclap Newman's album, ''[[Hollywood Dream]]'', on which the title instrumental, written by McCulloch and his brother, sold well but was not as successful as their hit single. (Reissues of the album include another McCulloch brothers song, "I See It All".) From January to mid-April 1971, the band toured England, Scotland, The Netherlands, and Scandinavia and disbanded shortly thereafter.

In October 1971, McCulloch played guitar in concert with [[John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers]] in England, Scotland and Germany. On 31 October 1971 McCulloch's band Bent Frame made its performance debut in London. The band subsequently renamed itself the Jimmy McCulloch Band and toured England and Scotland in support of Leslie West's Mountain in February 1972.  By then, McCulloch had done session work for [[Klaus Voormann]], [[Harry Nilsson]], Steve Ellis, John Entwistle, and others.<ref name="RockObit-p408"/>

In June 1972, McCulloch joined the blues rock band (and fellow Mayall-school alumni) [[Stone the Crows]] to replace guitarist [[Leslie Harvey|Les Harvey]], who had been [[electric shock|electrocuted]] on stage.<ref>''Band on the Run: A History of Paul McCartney and Wings''. {{ISBN|978-0-878-33304-2}}. p. 120.</ref> McCulloch helped Stone the Crows to complete their ''Ontinuous Performance'' album by playing on the tracks "Sunset Cowboy" and "Good Time Girl". Stone the Crows disbanded in June 1973.

In 1973, McCulloch played guitar on John Keen's album, ''Previous Convictions'', had a brief stint in [[Blue (Scottish band)|Blue]] and played guitar on Brian Joseph Friel's debut album under the pseudonym 'The Phantom'.<ref>''The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll''. {{ISBN|978-0-718-12400-7}}. p. 1005.</ref>

===Paul McCartney & Wings and after===
[[File:Paul McCartney with Jimmy McCulloch - Wings - 1976.jpg|thumb|McCulloch and McCartney in 1976]]
McCulloch first met Paul McCartney in August 1973, after the departure of [[Henry McCullough]] from Wings.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kozinn |first1=Allan |last2=Sinclair |first2=Adrian |title=The McCartney Legacy: Volume 1: 1969–73 |date=13 December 2022 |publisher=HarperCollins |isbn=978-0-06-300072-8 |page=605 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e9pcEAAAQBAJ |access-date=27 February 2023 |language=en}}</ref> McCulloch joined Wings in May 1974. His debut track with them was "[[Junior's Farm]]." McCulloch composed the music for the anti-drug song "Medicine Jar" on the album ''[[Venus and Mars (Wings album)|Venus and Mars]]'' and the similar "Wino Junko" on ''[[Wings at the Speed of Sound]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/absoluteelsewhere/8803/wings-at-the-speed-of-sound-considered-2019-and-now-some-not-so-silly-love-songs/|title=Wings at the Speed of Sound Considered |first=Graham|last=Reid|date=20 February 2019|via=elsewhere.co.nz}}</ref> He also sang both. [[Colin Allen]], who had been drummer for Stone the Crows, wrote lyrics for both songs.

During his time with Wings, McCulloch formed White Line with his brother Jack on drums and [[Dave Clarke (musician)|Dave Clarke]] on bass, keyboards, and vocals. They played several impromptu gigs and released a single, "Call My Name"/"Too Many Miles". A 13-track album, ''White Line – Complete'', was released in 1994 on Clarke's Mouse Records.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mouserecords.kastoffkinks.co.uk/html/jimmy_mcculloch.html |title=Jimmy McCulloch |website=Mouserecords.kastoffkinks.co.uk |access-date=2015-12-20}}</ref> Jimmy McCulloch and White Line appeared on the British television programme ''Supersonic'' on 27 November 1976. In addition, McCulloch recorded and produced two unreleased songs by The Khyber Trifles and had occasionally performed live (in London and their native Glasgow) with the band. Finally, as noted above, he played guitar on Roy Harper's album ''Bullinamingvase'' and Ricci Martin's album ''Beached'', in 1977.

McCulloch's [[alcoholism]] periodically became a problem while Wings was recording in the studio or performing on tour. McCulloch was arrested for reckless driving during Wings' 1974 stay near [[Nashville]], Tennessee.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lind |first1=J. R. |title=Down on Junior’s Farm: When Paul McCartney and Wings Tracked a Hit in Tennessee |url=https://www.nashvillescene.com/music/coverstory/down-on-junior-s-farm-when-paul-mccartney-and-wings-tracked-a-hit-in-tennessee/article_eeec0f44-11e9-11ed-b5e8-ab00b96b4a6e.html |access-date=April 1, 2025 |work=Nashville Scene |date=August 4, 2022 |language=en}}</ref> While on tour with Wings in [[Paris]] in March 1976, McCulloch broke his pinky finger while destroying a television set in [[David Cassidy]]'s hotel room; the injury required delaying the U.S. leg of the [[Wings Over the World Tour]] by several weeks.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Silva |first1=Joe |title=Legacy Extended |url=https://trackingangle.com/features/legacy-extended |website=trackingangle.com |access-date=April 1, 2025 |language=en |date=December 23, 2024}}</ref> McCulloch was thrown out of Wings by McCartney in August 1977, during the recording sessions for "[[Mull of Kintyre (song)|Mull of Kintyre]]", for a drunken rage at the McCartney's Scottish farm estate that involved smashing chicken eggs produced by Linda McCartney's pet hens.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kozinn |first1=Allan |last2=Sinclair |first2=Adrian |title=The McCartney Legacy: Volume 2: 1974–80 |date=10 December 2024 |publisher=HarperCollins |isbn=978-0-06-300077-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nQf7EAAAQBAJ |access-date=28 April 2025 |language=en}}</ref>

In September 1977, McCulloch joined the reformed [[Small Faces]] during the latter band's nine date tour of England that month.<ref>''Band on the Run: A History of Paul McCartney and Wings''. {{ISBN|978-0-878-33304-2}}. p. 114.</ref> He played guitar on the Small Faces' album, ''[[78 in the Shade]]''. In early 1978, McCulloch started a band called [[Wild Horses (British band)|Wild Horses]] with [[Brian Robertson (guitarist)|Brian Robertson]], [[Jimmy Bain]] and [[Kenney Jones]], but both McCulloch and Jones left the band soon afterward. In 1979, McCulloch joined [[The Dukes (British band)|the Dukes]]. His last recorded song, "Heartbreaker", appeared on their only album, ''The Dukes''.<ref name="RockObit-p408" />

A melodic, heavily blues-infused guitarist, McCulloch normally used a [[Gibson SG]] and a [[Gibson Les Paul]], and he occasionally played bass when McCartney, Wings' usual bassist, or Laine were playing piano or acoustic guitar, which he used [[Fender Precision Bass|Fender Precision]] or [[Fender Jazz bass]]es. For acoustic guitar work, he used [[Ovation Guitar Company|Ovation acoustic guitars]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://equipboard.com/pros/jimmy-mcculloch|title=Jimmy McCulloch's Equipboard|website=Equipboard.com|access-date=19 May 2019}}</ref>

In 2021, an episode of [[BBC Television|BBC]]'s ''[[The Repair Shop]]'' featured two platinum discs for ''[[Wings at the Speed of Sound]]'' and ''[[Wings over America]]'', presented to McCulloch for his work with Wings, which were taken for restoration by his cousin.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/legendary-scots-guitarist-who-played-23751422|title=Legendary Scots guitarist who played with Paul McCartney remembered on top TV show|newspaper=Daily Record|date=18 March 2021|access-date=22 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000t9h8|title=The Repair Shop, Series 7 Episode 4|publisher=BBC One|date=13 April 2021|access-date=22 April 2021}}</ref> In the same year, a biography on Jimmy’s life and career, ''Little Wing: The Jimmy McCulloch Story'', was published as well.