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Paul McCartney’s “Early Days” music video features McCartney jamming with a number of musicians, including actor Johnny Depp.

Depp previously appeared in the videos for McCartney’s “My Valentine” and “Queenie Eye.”

McCartney said:

I happened to ring Johnny Depp. I said, ‘Come along and we’ll sit around and jam with these blues guys.’ He said, ‘Yeah, OK, count me in, man.’ I knew it was an offer he couldn’t refuse…

It’s getting to be a running gag. He’s like the Alfred Hitchcock of my videos. And he’s good! He used to be a musician before he was an actor, you know. One of his old bandmates actually organised getting me that cigar-box guitar that I played with Dave Grohl on ‘Cut Me Some Slack,’ that we ended up getting a Grammy for. So I knew he could play.

McCartney and Depp are seen jamming with Roy Gaines, Al Williams, Dale Atkins, Henree Harris, Motown Maurice, Lil Poochie and Misha Lindes.

Photo by MJ Kim

The video, directed by Vincent Haycock, also features a storyline set in the American South in the 1950s, which was inspired by Lennon and McCartney’s own early collaborations in Liverpool. Haycock said:

Their (Lennon and McCartney’s) story at its core is a universal one, two young kids who bond over their passion for music and form a band and friendship. This video is about them, and every band, and every kid who has suffered the ups and downs of starting a band, whether or not they became successful. The universality of their story was a big inspiration of setting the film in Mississippi during the ’50s. This is a time period that inspired The Beatles – American Rock and Roll and the Mississippi Delta Blues of the ’50s. ‘Early Days’ is about the spirit and inspiration young musicians find in each other.

“Early Days” – Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney has been out of action recently after contracting a virus while touring Asia, but he made a lively return to the stage on Saturday (July 5) with a three-hour set in Albany, New York.

The song “Early Days” features on the 2013 album “New”.

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