Paul McCartney---Red Wings

[KillerVee]

Now who the hell is Max?! Is Pat pissed?!

I can't keep 'em all straight!

 

[MikeKudzia]

I gave Paul McCartney the Red Wings Sticker in Detroit

In 1976 I was employed by Olympia Entertainment and was in college.
I was driving home from college, going right by Olympia that night, was not scheduled to work, but decided to do the 'old go in early and pretend like I'm working and get in free' as all the guys at the door knew who I was. I put on a work shirt and sat side stage (best seats in the house that night) and watched Paul & Linda (Wings) band. On a whim, I decided to get a decal, go back stage and give it as a gift hoping to get a chance to meet Paul and it worked! I had no idea that it had become so popular with fans and the guitar company was now selling the 'special edition' Paul guitar with decal until just recently and no one knew how it all started....LOL...yep, it was me using my 'imagination' to get a chance to meet one of the Beatles! What can I say? College kid giving it the old college try...and it worked!!!

 

[SLY]

In 1976 I was employed by Olympia Entertainment and was in college.
I was driving home from college, going right by Olympia that night, was not scheduled to work, but decided to do the 'old go in early and pretend like I'm working and get in free' as all the guys at the door knew who I was. I put on a work shirt and sat side stage (best seats in the house that night) and watched Paul & Linda (Wings) band. On a whim, I decided to get a decal, go back stage and give it as a gift hoping to get a chance to meet Paul and it worked! I had no idea that it had become so popular with fans and the guitar company was now selling the 'special edition' Paul guitar with decal until just recently and no one knew how it all started....LOL...yep, it was me using my 'imagination' to get a chance to meet one of the Beatles! What can I say? College kid giving it the old college try...and it worked!!!

Thats pretty awesome... And from out of nowehere. lol. Stick around brotha. I'm assuming your a Wings fan? A Beatles fan as well... Wayne will love you.

 

[quoipourquoi]

I approve of Mike's bump, because:

1. That is awesome, dude.

2. It gives me the following picture.

Michael Keaton!!...(ok...he's from Pittsburgh)

I will cherish it forever.

 

[quoipourquoi]

Oh, and since we're on the subject of McCartney again, he has since tarnished it:

 

[dash]

Let me guess, he's signing Band(wagon) On The Run above...

 

[quoipourquoi]

Let me guess, he's signing Band(wagon) On The Run above...

No, it's actually advertising to pay for his next divorce.

 

[potzer25]

Did you join SportsHoopla just to tell us that?

Join Date: May 2011

He hasn't seen anything else interesting enough to respond to in more than 6 months of lurking...

 

[MikeKudzia]

Thats pretty awesome... And from out of nowehere. lol. Stick around brotha. I'm assuming your a Wings fan? A Beatles fan as well... Wayne will love you.

Jeff, I had not ever watched a live hockey game until I started working at Olympia Stadium while in college, but it was hard not to become a Red Wing fan just because I worked there. At that time, the Red Wings were the worst team in the NHL, but I did get to see a lot of great players go through and play at the "O" back then and used to see and talk to many of them on a regular basis including Gordie Howe and Alex Delvechio. And, Olympia hosted the bulk of the rock concerts in those days in Detroit, so I got to work, or watch many of them. The Beatles were ''The Band' when I was young so hard not to be a fan of theirs as they did so many songs that were played constantly on the radio stations. Yes, 'out of nowhere' and on a whim starts the whole 'mystery' of the Red Wings sticker on Paul's guitar! Well, I did have to do some 'creative' talking to actually get backstage and present the sticker...that's another part of the story...if my boss would have known what I did and said to get back there...OH MY! LOL! Nothing bad, but I was 'creative' for sure! Life has it's moments of being fun!

 

[MikeKudzia]

RED WING STICKER MYSTERY? Here you are!
In 1976, I worked at Olympia Stadium and went to college at EMU in Ypsilanti. On that day in 1976, I was driving home from college, going right by Olympia that night, was not scheduled to work, but decided to do the 'old go in early and pretend like I'm working and get in free' as all the guys at the door knew who I was. I put on a work shirt and sat side stage (best seats in the house that night) and watched Paul & Linda (Wings) band. On a whim, I decided to get a decal, go back stage and give it as a gift hoping to get a chance to meet Paul and it worked! I had no idea that it had become so popular with fans and the guitar company was now selling the 'special edition' Paul guitar with decal until just recently and no one knew how it all started....LOL...yep, it was me using my 'creative thinking' to get a chance to meet one of the Beatles! What can I say? College kid giving it the old college try...and it worked!!!

 

[dare2be]

Oh, and since we're on the subject of McCartney again, he has since tarnished it:

BANDWAGONER!!!1!!

 

[MikeKudzia]

Why does Paul McCartney have a Red Wings logo on one of his guitars? The guitar in question is his very favorite, an Epiphone Texan. It's the guitar he used to record "Yesterday". In 1976, Paul's band Wings did a tour called "Wings Over America". In Detroit, they play the old hockey barn, Olympia Statium, where the Red Wings home ice was. When Paul saw the logo all over the place, he first thought they were for him (Wings, get it?). Someone explained about the hockey team and gave him a sticker for a souvenir, and the rest is history. (I was at that concert. It was great!)

In 1976 I was employed by Olympia Entertainment and was in college.
I was driving home from college, going right by Olympia that night, was not scheduled to work, but decided to do the 'old go in early and pretend like I'm working and get in free' as all the guys at the door knew who I was. I put on a work shirt and sat side stage (best seats in the house that night) and watched Paul & Linda (Wings) band. On a whim, I decided to get a decal, go back stage and give it as a gift hoping to get a chance to meet Paul and it worked! I had no idea that it had become so popular with fans and the guitar company was now selling the 'special edition' Paul guitar with decal until just recently and no one knew how it all started....LOL...yep, it was me using my 'imagination' to get a chance to meet one of the Beatles! What can I say? College kid giving it the old college try...and it worked!!!

 

[MikeKudzia]

Is Paul McCartney a Red Wing fan? I watched the show on PBS tonight honoring Paul McCartney receiving the Gershwin Award. It was a great show with many different artists playing his songs. The last song he did was Yesterday. The guitar that he was playing had the Detroit Red Wing logo on it. It can be seen at the 27 minute, 29 second mark of this link.


In Performance at the White House | PBS

In 1976 I was employed by Olympia Entertainment and was in college.
I was driving home from college, going right by Olympia that night, was not scheduled to work, but decided to do the 'old go in early and pretend like I'm working and get in free' as all the guys at the door knew who I was. I put on a work shirt and sat side stage (best seats in the house that night) and watched Paul & Linda (Wings) band. On a whim, I decided to get a decal, go back stage and give it as a gift hoping to get a chance to meet Paul and it worked! I had no idea that it had become so popular with fans and the guitar company was now selling the 'special edition' Paul guitar with decal until just recently and no one knew how it all started....LOL...yep, it was me using my 'imagination' to get a chance to meet one of the Beatles! What can I say? College kid giving it the old college try...and it worked!!!

 

[MikeKudzia]

The incredibly short story behind the history of the Red Wings sticker.

In 1976 I was employed by Olympia Entertainment and was in college.
I was driving home from college, going right by Olympia that night, was not scheduled to work, but decided to do the 'old go in early and pretend like I'm working and get in free' as all the guys at the door knew who I was. I put on a work shirt and sat side stage (best seats in the house that night) and watched Paul & Linda (Wings) band. On a whim, I decided to get a decal, go back stage and give it as a gift hoping to get a chance to meet Paul and it worked! I had no idea that it had become so popular with fans and the guitar company was now selling the 'special edition' Paul guitar with decal until just recently and no one knew how it all started....LOL...yep, it was me using my 'imagination' to get a chance to meet one of the Beatles! What can I say? College kid giving it the old college try...and it worked!!!

 

[SLY]

Wtf is going on here?

 

[Automattic]

Did I ever tell you about the time...

 

[Automattic]

I THINK HE'S A DECEPTICON!!

AUTOBOTS....ROLL OUT!!!!

 

[IPostedWhat]

Does anyone here know anyone from 1976 who was employed by Olympia Entertainment and was in college at the time?

 

[Nasty_Magician]

Wonderful Christmas Time is a shitty song.

 

[dash]

Wonderful Christmas Time is a shitty song.

It's ok (not one of my favourites) - So This is Christmas is a good tune.