Paul Wickens

Paul Wix Wickens born 27 March 1956 is an English singersongwriter multiinstrumentalist composer and record producer In a career spanning more than 40 years Wickens has worked with artists including Paul McCartney Nik Kershaw Bob Dylan Joni Mitchell Bon Jovi Edie Brickell and many others Wickens has also been a member of McCartneys touring band since 1989 In the early 1980s Wickens was a member of Woodhead Monroe a band that issued two singles distributed by Stiff Mumbo Jumbo and Identify Wickens began touring with Paul McCartney in 1989 As of then he has appeared on many of McCartneys albums and DVDs and has become the musical director for many of McCartneys tours He continues to tour with McCartney as his keyboardist occasional guitarist and backing vocalist and of the four musicians in McCartneys touring band he has worked with McCartney the longest by a considerable margin