PAUL RECALLS BRITISH PSYCHEDELIA IN NEW BBC4 DOCUMENTARY

Paul McCartney, Robert Wyatt and Ginger Baker of Cream are among the artists who have recorded interviews for Psychedelic Brittannia, a new BBC Four documentary which airs this Friday, October 23.

50 years ago, Soft Machine and Pink Floyd were key names in British psychedelic music and their poppy yet elusive sound was adapted in chart-friendly fashion by the Beatles.

Procol Harum, the Small Faces and the Moody Blues were also part of psychedelia, as heady, LSD-inspired creativity abounded, roughly between 1965 and 1970. The music had a rural aspect too, with folk-based artists like the Incredible String Band and Vashti Bunyan in the vanguard.

Psychedelic Brittannia is narrated by Nigel Planer of The Young Ones fame with contributions and new performances from artists who led the psychedelia craze, including Baker, Wyatt of Soft Machine, once and forever Beatle McCartney, Roy Wood, the Zombies, Mike Heron, Vashti Bunyan, Gary Brooker, Arthur Brown, Kenney Jones, Barry Miles, the Pretty Things and the Moody Blues.

PHILADELPHIA — Music icon Sir Paul McCartney surprised and delighted the nearly 1,000 people attending a customer appreciation dinner hosted by Freightliner Trucks here on Oct. 19. McCartney and his band performed the greatest hits of his five-decade career after the dinner. There were numerous trucking references throughout the evening by the former Beatle, such as when he changed the words to the Beatles' hit “Drive My Car” to “Drive My Truck.” The Freightliner dinner dovetailed with American Trucking Associations’ Management Conference & Exhibition here Oct. 17-20. McCartney’s wife, Nancy Shevell, is an executive at less-than-truckload carrier New England Motor Freight. She and several other family members attended. New England Motor Freight, which is based in Elizabeth, New Jersey, is owned by Shevell’s father, Myron. Daimler Trucks North America President Martin Daum jokingly played a recording toward the end of dinner, suggesting that was his company’s attempt at saving money on the event's entertainment. He said last year’s spectacular dinner concert by the Eagles was a huge success that many didn’t think could be topped. Then, Daum stepped aside as a curtain opened to an area designed as a club. Once the attendees had filed into the “club,” the lights went down and out walked McCartney, who jammed for the next two hours.

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cCartney performs for MCE 2015 attendees Oct. 19, 2015, at the Freightliner dinner. (Christie Raymond/Transport Topics) PHILADELPHIA — Music icon Sir Paul McCartney surprised and delighted the nearly 1,000 people attending a customer appreciation dinner hosted by Freightliner Trucks here on Oct. 19. McCartney and his band performed the greatest hits of his five-decade career after the dinner. There were numerous trucking references throughout the evening by the former Beatle, such as when he changed the words to the Beatles' hit “Drive My Car” to “Drive My Truck.” The Freightliner dinner dovetailed with American Trucking Associations’ Management Conference & Exhibition here Oct. 17-20. McCartney’s wife, Nancy Shevell, is an executive at less-than-truckload carrier New England Motor Freight. She and several other family members attended. New England Motor Freight, which is based in Elizabeth, New Jersey, is owned by Shevell’s father, Myron. Daimler Trucks North America President Martin Daum jokingly played a recording toward the end of dinner, suggesting that was his company’s attempt at saving money on the event's entertainment. He said last year’s spectacular dinner concert by the Eagles was a huge success that many didn’t think could be topped. Then, Daum stepped aside as a curtain opened to an area designed as a club. Once the attendees had filed into the “club,” the lights went down and out walked McCartney, who jammed for the next two hours. Paul McCartney performs for MCE 2015 attendees Oct. 19, 2015, at the Freightliner dinner. Read more at: http://ttnews.com/articles/showtemplatemce2015.aspx?storyid=39794&t=Baby-You-Can-Drive-My-Truck-Paul-McCartney-Rocks-Freightliner-Dinner-at-MCE © Transport Topics, American Trucking Associations Inc. Reproduction, redistribution, display or rebroadcast by any means without written permission is prohibited.