Paul McCartney has been accompanied live and in the studio by various musicians since the breakup of Wings in 1981.

[1] The core line-up of his band has been steady since 2002, and includes Wix Wickens on keyboards and serving as musical director, Rusty Anderson on guitar, Brian Ray on guitar and bass, and Abe Laboriel Jr. on drums.

[4] The former band, active from 1989 to 1993 with occasional appearances thereafter, included his wife Linda McCartney on vocals and keyboards, Hamish Stuart on guitar and bass, Wickens on keyboards, and former Pretenders Robbie McIntosh and Blair Cunningham on guitar and drums respectively.

[4] Wickens' former collaborator in Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, drummer Chris Whitten, also featured early in this lineup.

Driving Rain featured Anderson and Laboriel;[1] Ray was recruited one day before McCartney performed "Freedom" at Super Bowl XXXVI[11] and joined the band on Chaos and Creation in the Backyard.

[23] In 2010, they played together at the White House when McCartney received the Gershwin Prize from President Barack Obama.