Jimmy McCulloch (4 June 1953 – 27 September 1979) was a Scottish musician, born in Glasgow, who was best known for playing lead guitar in Paul McCartney's Wings from 1974 to 1977. Before that, McCulloch had been a member of Thunderclap Newman (at the age of 15) and Stone the Crows. He made appearances on a number of albums, most notably John Entwistle's Whistle Rymes in 1972 and as lead guitarist playing alongside a young Peter Frampton on two tracks — Apron Strings and I Feel Better. Jimmy was a friend of The Who, and his band Thunderclap Newman was discovered and produced by Pete Townshend. Rock is a form of popular music from the mid 20th century which typically features a vocal melody (often with vocal harmony) that is supported by accompaniment of electric guitars, a bass guitar, and drums, often with a strong back beat. ... Wings was a rock music band led by Paul McCartney, formed a couple of years after the dissolution of The Beatles. ... Thunderclap Newman is a late 1960s one-hit wonder from the United Kingdom (UK). ... Stone the Crows was a band formed in Glasgow in the early 1970s. ... The Small Faces were a British rock and roll band of the 1960s, led by Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane with Kenny Jones and original organist Jimmy Winston. ... June 4 is the 155th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (156th in leap years), with 210 days remaining. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... September 27 is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... Motto: (Latin for No one provokes me with impunity)1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots 2 Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by Kenneth I... A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation). ... Lead guitar refers to a role within a popular music band, especially a rock band, that provides melody or melodic material, as opposed to the rhythm of the rhythm guitar, bass, and drums. ... Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942, Liverpool) is an English singer and songwriter. ... Wings was a rock music band led by Paul McCartney, formed a couple of years after the dissolution of The Beatles. ... Thunderclap Newman is a late 1960s one-hit wonder from the United Kingdom (UK). ... Stone the Crows was a band formed in Glasgow in the early 1970s. ... John Alec Entwistle (October 9, 1944 – June 27, 2002) was the bass guitar player for The Who, as well as secondary songwriter, singer, and horn player. ... Whistle Rymes is the second solo album by John Entwistle, bassist for The Who. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Peter Kenneth Frampton (born April 22, 1950 in Beckenham, Kent, is an English musician, best known today for his solo work in the mid-1970s as an arena rocker. // By the age of ten, he played in a band called the Little Ravens. ... The Who are an English rock band who first came to prominence in the 1960s and grew in stature to be considered one of the greatest rock n roll bands of all time [1][2] [3] [4]. Except for periods of retirement from 1983 to 1988 and from 1990 to... Peter Dennis Blanford Townshend (born May 19, 1945 in Chiswick, London) is an English rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, and composer who is best known as the guitarist for the rock band The Who. ...

In 1976, while rehearsing for the first concert of the Wings Over America Tour at the Fort Worth Convention Center, McCulloch was wrestling in a backstage dressing room with David Cassidy, and broke his wrist. This delayed the tour by weeks, and McCartney was not pleased. In 1975 and 1976, Paul McCartneys band Wings embarked on the ambitious Wings Over the World tour. ... The Fort Worth Convention Center is a 11,200-seat multi-purpose arena in Fort Worth, Texas. ... Cassidy in The Partridge Family David Bruce Cassidy (born April 12, 1950) is an American actor and musician, best known for starring in the television series The Partridge Family from 1970 to 1974. ...

McCulloch's rig normally consisted of a Gibson SG, Gibson Les Paul, and occasionally played bass when McCartney was at the piano or acoustic guitar.

After leaving Wings, he briefly joined a reunited Small Faces for a club tour and had minimal participation in the band's two comeback albums. McCartney alledgedly phoned Steve Marriott and said "You Can Have Him". The Small Faces were a British rock and roll band of the 1960s, led by Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane with Kenny Jones and original organist Jimmy Winston. ... Steve Marriott (January 30, 1947 in Bow, London – April 20, 1991 in Essex) was a British rock and roll singer, songwriter and guitarist who also worked as a juvenile actor in his youth; he appeared in an early London stage production of Oliver! with Ian Carmichael, and featured in two...

McCulloch died from a heroin overdose in 1979 in London. Hed was 26. He had composed of the anti-drug song Medicine Jar on the Wings album Venus and Mars, and the similar Wino Junko on Wings at the Speed of Sound. A drug overdose occurs when a chemical substance (i. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of the United Kingdom and the largest city of England (strangely, England has no constitutional existence within the United Kingdom, and therefore cannot be said to have a capital). ... Venus and Mars is the fourth album by Wings, Paul McCartneys group formed after The Beatles dissolution. ... Wings at the Speed of Sound was Wings fifth album. ...