Sir Paul McCartney was an expert in gambling with dice
Sir Paul McCartney was an expert in gambling with dice, according to a singer who had toured with him during the height Beatlemania.
Sir Paul McCartney was an expert in gambling with dice.
The 81-year-old music legend - who is best known as part of 1960s rock group The Beatles - was quite skilled with bets and his gambling skills were revealed by New Orleans’ music legend Clarence 'Frogman' Henry, who supported the 'Love Me Do' hitmakers during their first American tour in 1964.
According to The Times newspaper's obituary section, Clarance - who died earlier this month at the age of 87 - once said: "He was my main Beatle that was real friendly, he'd ask me about different New Orleans musicians.
"We played dice, but Paul was winning all the money."
In the years prior to supporting the Beatles on tour, Clarence had become known for his novelty hit 'Ain’t Got No Home', in which he croaked like a demented frog.
Paul was part of the iconic group alongside John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr but explained when he tried playing lead guitar during an early gig instead of bass, he "totally froze" on stage.
Speaking on the 'Paul McCartney: A Life in Lyrics' podcast, he explained: "Mind you, when I first met John. He didn’t play guitar, ‘cause I had to show him guitar chords because he’d been taught by his mum [Julia], and she only knew banjo chords.#
" We had this gig and it was like, the first thing I ever played, and I was lead guitar player. John was rhythm. And I had a solo and I totally froze.
"Could not move my fingers. … It was like, just so embarrassing. My lead guitar playing career melted at that moment and I said, ‘Well, I’m not doing this again. I’m not cut out for this. I’m no good."
