Credit: Getty Images Brian Ray has spent the last two decades as Paul McCartney’s right-hand man, dividing his duties between guitar and bass depending on what the Beatle plays for each song.

Wilson, along with the Beach Boys, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988. Upon his entry into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2000, Paul McCartney — who delivered the induction speech — called Wilson “one of the great American geniuses,” and thanked him “sir, for making me cry.”

Brian Ray is used to playing the role of the sideman ... But when it came to playing bass for Paul McCartney, he admits to being so scared that he didn’t look away from his fretboard for ...

In addition to the insightful chat with the one-time Beatle, GP talked shop with Macca's longtime six-string partners, Brian Ray ... Paul came up with were "You can buy me golden rings." McCartney ...