Mike McGear

Musician + Performer + Singer

Male

Born Jan 7, 1944

Age 69

Hometown Liverpool

Other Names McCartney, Mike

Mike McCartney, known professionally as Mike McGear, is a British performing artist and rock photographer and the younger brother of Paul McCartney. He attended the Liverpool Institute two years behind his brother.

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Mike McGear

Age 69

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Paul McCartney
Brother, Age 70

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Mike Mc Geary: Myth Busting Startups
Huffington Post - Apr 02, 2013

The economic recovery remains a talking point in this country, and with good reason. The progress has been steady but slow, and plenty of sectors of the economy are still struggling to catch up to pre-recession levels. In some ways, this is unavoidable as business models change and new industries grow up to replace struggling ones. The symbol of this groundswell has become the oft-misunderstood startup. The buzz around startups is unavoidable, even if you don't live in Silico...
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Should Startups Worry About The Government?
Reuters.com - May 20, 2012

Mike McGeary of Engine Advocacy discusses what startups need to know about working with the federal government.
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Roger Mc Gough Cambridge News
Google News - Sep 12, 2011

To those with memories stretching back to the Swinging Sixties, Roger will always be associated with The Scaffold, the band in which he was joined by John Gorman and Mike McGear, the younger brother of Paul McCartney. They stormed the charts with such
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Une Relique Beatles Volée à Liverpool Yellow Sub.Net
Google News - Sep 09, 2011

Ce sous-marin avait été appliqué contre la balustrade de l'Eglise St Barnabas en hommage à Paul McCartney qui y avait été enfant de choeur dans sa jeunesse, mais aussi en hommage à où son frère Mike McGear qui s'était marié là
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1944 Birth Born on January 7, 1944.

TEENAGE

1962 18 Years Old At the time the Beatles became successful, Mike McCartney was working as an apprentice hairdresser. However, he was also a member of the Liverpool comedy-poetry-music group The Scaffold, which included Roger McGough and John Gorman and had formed in 1962 (the year of The Beatles' first hit). … Read More

TWENTIES

1967 23 Years Old McCartney composed the band's next biggest hit, 1967's "Thank U Very Much".

1968 24 Years Old In 1968, he and McGough released a "duo" album (McGough & McGear) that included the usual Scaffold mix of lyrics, poems, and comedy. … Read More

1972 28 Years Old McCartney then signed to Island Records and released a solo musical album entitled Woman in 1972, which again included many tracks co-written with McGough, and The Scaffold subsequently released their own album on the label, Fresh Liver. … Read More

THIRTIES

1974 30 Years Old McCartney then signed to Warner Bros. Records and in 1974 released his second "serious" musical album, McGear, in which he collaborated with his brother Paul and Paul's band Wings. … Read More

1981 37 Years Old Individually, McCartney released a few more singles. His final release, while still using the name Mike McGear, was the 1981 release, "No Lar Di Dar (Is Lady Di)." … Read More

LATE ADULTHOOD

2005 61 Years Old 1 More Event

In 2005, McCartney premiered and exhibited a collection of photographs that he had taken in the 1960s, called "Mike McCartney's Liverpool Life", both in Liverpool and other venues, such as The Provincial Museum of Alberta. … Read More

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