Jimmy McCulloch

Jimmy McCulloch was a prodigy who lived fast and burned out far too soon. Best known as Paul McCartney's lead guitarist in Wings from 1974 to 1977, he had already cut his teeth as a teenager in bands like Thunderclap Newman and Stone the Crows. What stays with me is the tragedy of his death at just 26 in 1979, a casualty of the rock era's excesses. There's a particular ache in talents that flare brightly and vanish young. His playing still crackles with life, and precisely because he was taken early, I feel he deserves to be remembered and championed all the more.

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Name (English)

Jimmy McCulloch

Name (Japanese)

ジミー・マカロック

Reading

じみー・まかろっく

Born

June 4, 1953 – September 27, 1979

Origin

Dumbarton, United Kingdom

Occupation

musician / songwriter / guitarist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Snake

High school

Cumbernauld High School

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy%20McCulloch
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%9F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1347221

Tags

• musician
• songwriter
• guitarist

Last updated

September 25, 2026

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