Paul McCartney recalls when ‘career as a guitarist fell apart’: ‘I’m no good’

Paul McCartney became known as the bassist of Beatles, but he was almost the lead guitarist. In a new episode of his own podcast, Paul McCartney: A Life in Lyricsthe musician told the story of a situation that shaped his career (via People).

The ex-Beatle stated that he was a good guitarist “at home”, and even his aunt John Lennon, Mimi Smithused to say that he was “much better than John” playing.

“You see, when I met Johnhe played banjo chords”, he recalled McCartney. “He didn’t play the guitar, because I had to show him guitar chords, as he had been taught by his mother [Julia]and she only knew banjo chords.”

Although he was the one who taught John how to improve his guitar skills, Paul He said that his dreams of being the group’s lead guitarist went down the drain when they played at a place called the Conservative Club.

“We had this show and it was like the first thing I was playing and I was the guitarist. John it was the rhythm,” he continued. “And I had a solo and I just froze. I couldn’t move my fingers. […] It was so embarrassing. My career as a lead guitarist fell apart at that point and I said, ‘Well, I’m not going to do that again. I wasn’t born for this. I’m not good.'”

The date of the presentation in question was not mentioned, but it is believed to have occurred around 1957, when Lennon It is McCartney still played on The Quarry Men and they weren’t called The Beatles.