Joe English
Joe English is an American musician who played drums in Paul McCartney's band Wings and in the Southern Rock/Jazz group Sea Level, among others.
While playing for a New York band called Tall Dogs, Joe answered an ad for a drummer. The address lead him to the basement of an old building where, much to his surprise, he found himself face to face with Paul McCartney. The audition was for Wings, and Joe got the job. His first album with the Wings was Venus and Mars, and one album later, he would even take the lead vocals for the song, "Must Do Something About It," from Wings at the Speed of Sound.
Eventually, by September of 1977, part of the way through the sessions for London Town, English became disenchanted with Wings and moved to Macon, Georgia, where he began his stint with Chuck Leavell's band Sea Level.
Following his Christian salvation experience, he formed the Joe English Band. He was the lead singer and drummer. Joe English Band toured the world, playing with other major Christian bands of the era, Petra, DeGarmo & Key, Servant, etc. Joe's band recorded a release without Joe's vocals called "AKA". The band included John Lawry, who left to play for Petra in 1984. In 1986, Joe played in former Petra vocalist Greg X. Volz's band, "Pieces of Eight". In the late 1980s, English would join Randy Stonehill, Phil Keaggy, Rick Cua and others as part of the Compassion All Star Band. The band recorded one album together in 1988, a live album called One by One.
At last report, Joe is no longer able to play drums professionally, due to long time ankle health issues.
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