After Paul McCartney realized that all the great Scottish ballads he knew were composed many years ago, he decided to write his own. The resulting ballad, accompanied by authentic Scottish bagpipes and drums, became an instant classic for Paul and his band Wings. The Mull of Kintyre is on the remote southwest coast of Scotland, and is where Paul sought tranquillity after his Beatles’ fame, and where he and his wife Linda had a farm.
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