This is the post I made to Macca-L regarding the inside story to Sally G.   Read on.  It's interesting.

As you may know, Paul McCartney spent some time in Nashville writing and recording. One of those songs, the cute "Sally G" was written while Paul was sort of drunk, according to Printer's Alley club owner, Skull Schullman. Skull a man of about 80 years old, remembered Paul very well when I asked about him last week, while sweeping the streets of Nashville. He wrote the song in "Skull's Rainbow Room," the most famous and popular of the 5 clubs in Printer's Alley. Skull was with him when he wrote the song, originally called "Debbie" after the singer Debbie Gaffney. Paul changed the name of the singer in the song to Sally, fearing a lawsuit, after learning that Debbie was suing a newspaper reporter for writing a story about her, without her permission.

I don't know about you, but after learning that, i would throw away the napkin that I was writing the song on. On the wall of "Lonnie's," another Printer's Alley bar and showcase joint, there is a list of names of stars who have visited the dive. Paul McCartney was listed first, above all the country musician's names. Names that would more likely bring more people in to the place, than Macca's. But any ways, Skull mentioned that thought more of Paul McCartney than most of the musicians who have come to "Skull's." He wishes he could see him again, because there is something about an unsettled bar tab, one that includes that glass of beer that Paul was drinking during the time of writing "Sally G." I paid the $4.75 to clear Paul's name in Skull's books. It was still there, under "Delinquent Payments" I watched as he erased Paul's name in the books. Now, if you want to see the total that George Jones has accrued during the Tammy Wynette years alone, e-mail me, but let me warn you, I didn't have near enough money in my account, and I work 40 hours a week!!

From In Review. Chet Atkins was the host of the "Chet Atkins Musicians' Days" here in Nashville, and to promote it, he was interviewed by In Review (Nashville's *other* alt. weekly) by Charles Earle around July 1998.

IN REVIEW: IS THERE ANYONE OVER THE YEARS WHOM YOU WANTED TO MAKE A RECORD WITH, BUT JUST HAVEN'T GOTTEN AROUND TO IT?

ATKINS I'd like some time to do something with Paul McCartney, because I admire him and his songwriting so much. We've done some things together, but not an album or anything. I did record with Paul once. We recorded a song his father wrote. He was out at my house and he told me he'd like to record it someday. I told him that the greatest present he could give his father is to record that song. He was here for two or three months (sic), and called me up and said he wanted to record it. I got some musicians together for him, those that i thought would be good for the tune. We recorded it, and he took it to England and released it before his father died. That was a great present for his father. I knew it would be, because my dad wrote a song, and I recorded it and played it on guitar and published it. He made a few bucks off of that thing, actually. He loved getting those $200 and $300 checks every quarter. He truly loved it, and it was one of the nicest things I could ever do for him because I think he always wanted to be a songwriter.

There'll be more, much more later on.  I promise, including an interview with Buddy Killen, the man who made it happen!  Read More about him on the newspaper articles page!