When Paul McCartney was faced with what to do musically after The Beatles broke up, he had a few thoughts when it came to putting together Wings.
That's pretty much the story he's told since the early '70s, until now.
In an interview with England's Mojo magazine, he says the "Man in Black" also played a small role.
"[Linda and I] were in bed one night, newly married, when Johnny Cash came on the telly with a new band he’d formed with Carl Perkins, a big hero of mine. There they were, playing with some country musicians I had never heard of, looking like they were having fun.
“I thought: here’s Johnny, he’s back, he’s doing it. So I turned to Linda and said: Do you want to form a band? And she went: ‘Sure.’ That’s how our relationship was. Do you want to go and live on a farm in Scotland? ‘Why not?’”
And with that, Wings took flight in 1971.
Fast forward 53 years and Wings will release the 50th anniversary edition of their third album, 1973's Band on the Run, this Friday.
To go along with the new album, the videos have been upgraded to 4K with the latest being "Helen Wheels."