{"id":51973,"date":"2022-06-18T13:16:22","date_gmt":"2022-06-18T13:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=51973"},"modified":"2022-06-18T13:16:22","modified_gmt":"2022-06-18T13:16:22","slug":"sir-paul-is-gulp-80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=51973","title":{"rendered":"Sir Paul is (gulp!) 80?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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As a general rule I don’t use this blog to comment on public figures’ birthdays.<\/p>\n

Today, though, I will make an exception and offer a brief salute to a musician who helped raise me, who helped guide my musical taste well into adulthood. I refer to the 80th birthday of Sir James Paul McCartney.<\/p>\n

You know who he is. He comprised one-fourth of the world’s greatest band, The Beatles, along with the late John Lennon, the late George Harrison, and Sir Ringo Starr.<\/p>\n

I have seen Sir Paul perform three times. First time was in 1965, in Portland, Ore., at the Memorial Coliseum; he played with his aforementioned bandmates. The second time was in 1993 at the Houston Astrodome, where he performed as a “solo” act with his band. The third time was in 2019 at Globe-Life Field in Arlington, Texas.<\/p>\n

As I have noted many times over many years, the boy can still play. He can still rock ‘n roll with the best of ’em.<\/p>\n

To think he’s 80 years young and still going strong … wow!<\/p>\n

They say it’s your birthday, Sir Paul. Thanks for all you did to make me the man I am today.<\/p>\n

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