WCSX Classic Cuts : Too Many People
WCSX Classic Cuts
Paul and Linda McCartney: “Too Many People”
The Hook: The drummer on Ram, who became an original member of Wings, says it was his favorite session ever.
Album: Ram
Year: 1971
Writer: Paul McCartney
Stats: The B-side of Paul’s first post-Beatles number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 and the lead-off track on Ram was a popular rock radio cut.
The Background: McCartney recorded Ram in New York with Linda on backing vocals, session drummer Denny Seiwell and two session guitarists: David Spinozza and Hugh McCracken. Seiwell recalls the sessions for the album that produced such classic cuts as “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey” and “Too Many People.”
Future Wings drummer Denny Seiwell on the sessions for Paul and Linda McCartney’s Ram album, which opened with “Too Many People.” OC:…studio musician. :29
“Mary was a tiny little baby and she was jumping all over the place and Linda was making tea and we had two CBS-trained engineers with ties on in there. It was really so cool and we’d come in there in the morning and just make some music that was so special. I mean, Paul would write these songs and as they evolved you just had a feeling like something major was going on there. To this day, it’s my favorite record that I’ve made with anybody and I’ve probably made a couple of hundred records over my years as a studio musician.”
