Paul McCartney’s 74th is cause for celebration, especially this year

Paul McCartney turns 74 today. If you don’t think that is a cause for celebration, your head hasn’t been in the headlines this year. The first half of 2016 has taken an alarming number of cultural legends from us along with scores slightly less iconic artists that have collectively defined the popular music that has befriended us over the last half century. The fact that Sir Paul is still with as an active performer in the face of such continuous loss is, well, beyond wonderful.

Read the entire post at Walter Tunis’ blog, The Musical Box.

This story was originally published June 18, 2016 at 3:05 PM with the headline "Paul McCartney’s 74th is cause for celebration, especially this year."