''Wide Prairie'' is a posthumous

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Linda McCartney Linda Louise, Lady McCartney ( Eastman; September 24, 1941 – April 17, 1998) was an American photographer, musician, cookbook author, and activist. She was the keyboardist and harmony vocalist in the band Paul McCartney and Wings, Wings tha ...

, compiled by her husband

Paul McCartney Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained global fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and the piano, and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John ...

and released in October 1998, roughly six months after her death due to

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. The idea for the album was inspired by a fan who wrote to Paul McCartney inquiring about "

Seaside Woman "Seaside Woman" is a 1977 single by Wings released under the pseudonym Suzy and the Red Stripes. It charted at number 59 in the US and in the UK at number 90 in 1986. History "Seaside Woman" was the first song Linda McCartney wrote by herself, in ...

", a song Wings released under the name Suzy and the Red Stripes featuring Linda on lead vocals.

Promotion and reception

To promote the album, Paul McCartney held an 80 minute webcast on 17 December 1998. During the show, McCartney answered questions submitted by the fans about Linda and the recording of the album, played promo videos and cooked mashed potatoes. The album reached #127 in the UK charts with two singles released in support. The title track made the top 75, at #74, while "The Light Comes from Within" charted at #56.

Track listing

Personnel

– lead, backing and harmony vocals, piano, electric piano, keyboards, mellotron, synthesizer *

– backing and harmony vocals, speaking voice, bass, double bass, electric and acoustic guitars, banjo, piano, electric piano, clavinet, electronic organ, organ, mellotron, synthesizer, string synthesizer, drums, drum machine, congas, engineer, cover design *

James McCartney James Louis McCartney (born 12 September 1977) is an English musician and songwriter. He has released several recordings in his own name and contributed to albums by his parents Paul and Linda McCartney. Early life James Louis McCartney was ...

– electric and acoustic guitar (on "The Light Comes from Within") *

Denny Laine Brian Frederick Hines (29 October 1944 – 5 December 2023), known professionally as Denny Laine, was an English musician who co-founded two major rock bands: the Moody Blues and Wings. Laine played guitar in the Moody Blues from 1964 to 1966 ...

– electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals (on "I Got Up"), piano (on "Seaside Woman"), flute (on "Oriental Nightfish") *

Jimmy McCulloch James McCulloch (4 June 1953 – 25 September 1979) was a Scottish musician best known for playing lead guitar and bass as a member of Paul McCartney's band Wings from 1974 to 1977. McCulloch was a member of the Glasgow psychedelic band One i ...

– electric guitar (on "Wide Prairie", "I Got Up" and "Cook of the House") *

Henry McCullough Henry Campbell Liken McCullough (21 July 1943 – 14 June 2016) was a musician and singer-songwriter from Northern Ireland. He was best known for his work as a member of Spooky Tooth, the Grease Band and Paul McCartney and Wings. He al ...

– electric guitar (on "Seaside Woman") *

Laurence Juber Laurence Ivor Juber (born 12 November 1952) is an English musician, fingerstyle guitarist and studio musician. He played guitar in the rock band Wings (band), Wings from 1978 to 1981. Biography Early life Born in Stepney, East London, Juber w ...

– acoustic guitar (on "Love's Full Glory") *

Robbie McIntosh Robbie McIntosh (born 25 October 1957) is an English guitarist. McIntosh is best known as a session guitarist and member of the Pretenders from 1982 until 1987. In 1988 he began doing session guitar work for Paul McCartney, joining his band ...

– electric guitar (on "The White Coated Man") * Billy Boy – electric guitar (on "Mister Sandman") *

Lloyd Green Lloyd Lamar Green (born October 4, 1937) is an American steel guitarist noted for his extensive country music recording session career in Nashville performing on 116 Chart Hit, No.1 Country music, country hits including Tammy Wynette's “D-I-V-O- ...

– pedal steel guitar (on "Love's Full Glory") *

Boris Gardiner Boris Gardiner (born 13 January 1943) is a Jamaican singer, songwriter and bass guitarist. He was a member of several groups during the 1960s before recording as a solo artist and having hit singles with " Elizabethan Reggae" (in 1970), " I Wan ...

– bass guitar (on "Mister Sandman" and "Sugartime") * Joe English – drums (on "New Orleans" and "Cook of the House") *

Denny Seiwell Denny Seiwell (born July 10, 1943) is an American drummer and a founding member of the rock band Wings. He also drummed for Billy Joel and Liza Minnelli and played in the scores for the films ''Waterworld'', ''Grease 2'', and '' Vertical Lim ...

– drums (on "Seaside Woman") * Mike "Boo" Richards – drums (on "Mister Sandman" and "Sugartime") * Davey Lutton – drums (on "Wide Prairie" and "I Got Up") *

Ian Maidman Jennifer Maidman (formerly Ian Maidman, born 24 January 1958) is a British musician, singer, producer, songwriter, actress and author who has collaborated extensively with many internationally well known groups and artists. Her work appears on h ...

– bass, drums, engineer and producer (on "Endless Days" and "Poison Ivy"), electric guitar and backing vocals (on "Poison Ivy") * Geoffrey Richardson – mandolin, slide guitar (on "Endless Days") * Mick Bolton – piano, keyboards, backing vocals (on "Endless Days" and "Poison Ivy") * Steve Johnson – string synthesizer, synth bass, trumpet (on "The White Coated Man") * Winston Wright – keyboards (on "Mister Sandman") *

Vassar Clements Vassar Carlton Clements (April 25, 1928 – August 16, 2005) was an American jazz, Swing music, swing, and Bluegrass music, bluegrass fiddler. Clements has been dubbed the Father of Hillbilly Jazz, an improvisational style that blends and borro ...

and

Johnny Gimble John Paul Gimble (May 30, 1926 – May 9, 2015) was an American country musician associated with Western swing. Gimble was considered one of the most important fiddlers in the genre. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999 i ...

- fiddles (on "Wide Prairie") * Thaddeus Richard – alto saxophone (on "Wide Prairie") * William Puett – tenor saxophone (on "Wide Prairie") * Norman Ray – baritone saxophone (on "Wide Prairie") * Hewlett Quillen – trombone (on "Wide Prairie") * George Tidwell and Barry McDonald – trumpets (on "Wide Prairie") * Steve Fletcher – backing vocals (on "Poison Ivy") * Carla Lane – spoken verse (on "The White Coated Man" and "Cow") * Lee Perry – producer (on "Mister Sandman" and "Sugartime")

References

External links

Wide Prairie at Macca-central.com
{{Authority control Linda McCartney albums Compilation albums published posthumously Parlophone albums Albums produced by Linda McCartney Albums produced by Paul McCartney 1998 compilation albums Capitol Records compilation albums