Travis's Fran Healy and Paul McCartney Colab?

Tue, 05 Jan 2010

Travis's lead singer, Fran Healy, has confirmed that sir Paul McCartney will play bass on a song for his debut solo album 'Wreckorder' and to say thankyou the Healy family have gone vegetarian he says on his website.

"One of the biggest coups was getting Paul McCartney to play bass on a song. I’m not sure what non McCartney songs he’s played bass on but I couldn’t think of many. Anyways his bassline is brilliant. Nora and I were sitting and were thinking of a thankyou present and I suggested going vegetarian. Our son is already one so it would mean we would all on the same boat. I met Paul at his show in Berlin and told him what we wanted to do. He was visibly flabbergasted. Three days later the Fed Ex man delivered three Linda McCartney cook books.  We LOVE Paul."

From his blog in December he explained the album title to his fans:

"I am making my first solo record. It’s called Wreckorder. Why is it called Wreckorder? I think i liked that it sounds like recorder but looks like wreckorder, meaning change the order, wreck the order, which, by virtue of making a record alone (almost alone) and it definitely feels a world away from making a Travis record, the order has been well and truly wrecked. Also I wanted to have a Holiday, a vacation from the band."

Release date for 'Wreckorder' is to be announced.

Check out these titles
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Bass Legends - Paul McCartney

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