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Radio 4,29 Aug 2005,30 mins

Sir Paul McCartney

Front Row

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Paul McCartney brings a guitar to the studio to show how he writes songs. In conversation with John Wilson, he talks about his inspirations and reveals that one of his best-loved tracks has its roots in a fragment of Bach.

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