| James McCartney |
| Background information |
| Birth name |
James Louis McCartney |
| Born |
12 September 1977 (1977-09-12)
(age 29)
 London, England |
| Genre(s) |
Rock |
| Occupation(s) |
Musician, Writer |
| Instrument(s) |
Guitar, Drums |
| Years active |
1997-present |
| Label(s) |
Hear Music
Parlophone Records
Capitol Records
Apple
Records
CBS
Records
EMI Music Group |
James Louis McCartney was born on 12
September 1977
in London to Paul McCartney of The
Beatles and his first wife, rock photographer
and animal
rights activist Linda McCartney. He was named after
both his paternal grandfather Jim McCartney and father Paul,
(whose birth name is James Paul McCartney), as well as Linda's
late mother, heiress
Louise
Linder Eastman. He is a musician, songwriter and sculptor,
living in London,
England.
He, like older sister Heather McCartney, strives to keep
his life private, unlike their top fashion designer sister, Stella
McCartney, and photographer sister, Mary
McCartney Donald.
McCartney, in addition to older sisters Mary
and Stella, has an older half sister
from his mother's first marriage, pottery designer Heather
McCartney, who was adopted by Paul McCartney. He also has
a much younger half sister, Beatrice Milly McCartney, born 28 October
2003 to his
father, Paul McCartney and his
second wife Heather Mills McCartney. He
is devoted to his family and famously appeared in support of Stella
at her 1999
show (her first show following the death of their mother) seated in
their mother's place next to his father.
He has three nephews and one niece: Mary's
two sons Arthur Alistair Donald (born 3 April 1999) and Elliot Donald (born 1 August 2002); Stella's
son Miller Alasdhair James Willis (born 25
February 2005)
and her daughter Bailey Linda Olwyn Willis (born 8 December
2006).
He is most notable in the music business for playing guitar
and drums as well as co-writing a few songs on some of Paul
McCartney's albums, including Flaming
Pie (1997) and Driving
Rain (2001). On Flaming
Pie, he has an impressive electric guitar solo
on the track "Heaven on a Sunday." On Driving
Rain, he co-wrote the songs "Spinning On An
Axis" and "Back In The Sunshine Again" with his father, and played
percussion on the former track and guitar on the latter. He also plays
lead guitar on his mother's posthumously released solo album, Wide
Prairie.
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Contents
- 1 Early
life
- 2 Adulthood
- 3 Notes
- 4 External
links
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Early life
He spent the first two and a half years of his life on the
road with his older sisters and his parents, who were in a successful
rock group, Wings. After the band broke
up in 1980,
the McCartneys settled down with their children, who attended local
public schools.
In 1989,
McCartney, along with his older sisters Mary
and Stella, joined Paul
and Linda McCartney on their world tour.
He continued his education with a tutor while on the road with his
famous parents.
In 1993,
celebrating his sixteenth birthday, McCartney and his friends went out
to swim in the sea. When the weather started to get bad, the water
currents carried him off. Paul, Linda,
and Stella rushed to the site,
distraught and helpless. Luckily, McCartney was recovered back to shore
safely.
In 1995,
McCartney introduced his older sister Mary
McCartney to television producer Alistair
Donald, the man she would later marry in September
1998.
McCartney attended Bexhill College, near his home in East
Sussex, where he pursued studies in A Level Art.
Adulthood
On 17
April 1998,
in Tucson,
Arizona,
James McCartney was at his mother's side when she died from breast
cancer, which had been diagnosed in 1995. The first night after his mother died, he
slept at the ranch with his father and sisters, then the family
travelled back to England with Linda's ashes which they scattered on
the McCartneys' home property. Later that year, McCartney graduated
from college with Paul McCartney in
attendance.
In 1999,
McCartney, who is a vegan,
wrote a letter to the Governor of Wisconsin to try
to prevent the Dairy Expo company from selling cows' milk, which he
believes was intended for calves and not for humans to drink. This
activism is reminiscent of his late mother, and is shared by his father
and sisters.
On 10
June 2002,
he joined his father at his bachelor party the day before his marriage
to model/activist Heather Mills.
In 2005,
he was spotted accompanying his father during his American tour.
Notes
External links
