Henry McCullough, the guitarist for Paul McCartney & Wings in the 70s, is in a critical condition after suffering a heart attack on Monday.
69-year old McCullough was a member of Joe Cocker’s band and played at Woodstock with Cocker in 1969. He played on ‘With A Little Help From My Friends’ and the 1969 ‘Joe Cocker’ album. He also played with Cocker again on ‘I Can Stand A Little Rain’ (1974) and ‘Jamaica Say You Will’ (1975).
In 1971Paul McCartney invited Henry to join his new band Wings along with Denny Laine and Denny Seiwell. He spent two years with Wings and played that guitar solo on ‘My Love’ and lead guitar on ‘Live and Let Die’. His only album with Wings was ‘Red Rose Speedway’. Although he played on ‘Helen Wheels’ he left just before the band started work on ‘Band On The Run’.
Henry’s spoken words are also heard on Pink Floyd’s ‘Dark Side Of The Moon’. At the end of ‘Money’ the words ‘I don’t know, I was really drunk at the time’ is Henry.
Henry McCulloch’s first solo album was released in 1975, George Harrison signed him to his Dark Horse label and Henry released ‘Mind Your Own Business’. His last record was 2008’s ‘Poor Man’s Moon’.