The McCartney Years was founded in 2007
The McCartney Years, considered by Beatles Promoter Sid Bernstein as the world’s no. 1 Paul McCartney & Wings concert experience was founded by Yuri Pool in December of 2007. It is the longest-running concert show that depicts Paul McCartney’s touring years with Wings in the world today.
Members
Paul McCartney
George Pool
Linda McCartney
Jennifer Pool
Denny Laine
Dylan Trost
Jimmy McCullough
Steven Shinn
Joe English
Jesse Mark
Joseph Duprey
Keyboardist & arranger
Yuri George J. Pool
as Paul McCartney
Lead vocals, Rickenbacker bass, Ovation guitar, Steinway piano, Rhodes piano
Lead singer and performer, Yuri Pool, began his epic musical journey as a little boy in Holland, listening to his dad’s treasured Beatles and Wings records and subsequently requesting a guitar for his 11th birthday.
Completely self-taught, Yuri made his professional musical debut in the UK, when he was cast in a major theatrical Beatles music production that toured the world, which allowed him to learn, experience, and perfect the nuances of Paul McCartney’s legendary music and performance style.
After migrating to Canada in 2007, Yuri embarked as an entrepreneur – he single-handedly developed The McCartney Years into a period-true, technically stunning, and sonically explosive production reminiscent of Paul McCartney’s World tours of the 1970’s.
Whether he’s playing the iconic Rickenbacker bass or emulating the same wardrobe from the “Wings over America” mid-70s tour, Yuri is true to Sir Paul’s vocal stylings and presentation showcased in tracks like ‘Live and Let Die’, ‘Let it Be’, ‘The Long and Winding Road’ and ‘Jet’. His commitment to 100% live and accurate reproductions of Paul McCartney’s concert experience and his tireless, passionate work creating and expanding The McCartney Years has received accolades from Wings guitarist, Denny Laine, and was famously praised by Beatles promoter, Sid Bernstein, as “the best on the scene today…”
Yuri continues to dedicate all his work and time solely to the band – meticulously studying the detailed essence of Paul’s legacy and the journey that resulted in the brilliance of Rockshow, which has set a new and undeniable precedence for all the other tribute-and-beyond bands of today.
Jennifer Pool
as Linda McCartney
Backing vocals, Mellotron, Steinway piano, Hammond organ, percussion
Jennifer Pool, off-stage and on-stage wife to lead singer, Yuri Pool, was born and raised on a horse farm in Michigan, where she helped train and ride competitive show-jumping and dressage horses. The family farm currently serves as a rescue haven for abandoned and abused animals, including a zebra!
Jennifer holds a Bachelor’s Degree in biological sciences from Cornell University, and she completed a PhD in public health from Walden University while she acted and modeled in California. She is the author of two children’s books, both of which benefit a slum school she works with in Nairobi, Kenya. Jennifer met Yuri in Canada in the spring of 2015, and got married the following year in an intimate ceremony in the mountains of Montana.
Leaning heavily on her theatrical background and the musical guidance of the entire band, Jennifer joined The McCartney Years as Linda in the Spring of 2017. Yuri and Jennifer have a Dalmatian named “Lucky”, named after Paul and Linda’s Dalmatian with the same name, while Jennifer also shares her birthday with Linda McCartney, and welcomed a baby girl on August 27, 2017, just a few hours shy of Mary McCartney’s birthday. Some people call that “next-level” commitment!
Dylan McKenzie-Trost
as Denny Laine
Backing vocals, Fender bass, Ibanez double neck guitar, Ovation guitar, Steinway piano, percussion
During his teen years, Dylan explored many different styles of music and expanded his instrumental palette. Realizing it would enable him to connive his way into more bands, he picked up bass guitar and began singing outside of the safety of his shower. In pursuit of his broad appreciation and understanding of music, Dylan graduated from Fanshawe College’s Radio Broadcasting program in 2008 in London, Ontario, Canada, and its Music Industry Arts program in 2010. Both times he managed to accrue Academic Honours, as well as awards for Best Producer, and Best Performance. David currently teaches students how to turn their amps up to 11 at Walter’s Music School in London, Ontario. He also writes, records and performs his own original music, having shared the stage with acts such as ‘A Friend In London’, ‘Teenage Kicks’, and ‘Sarah Smith’.
Steven Shinn
as Jimmy McCullough
Backing vocals, Gibson SG, Fender bass, Ovation guitar
Steven Shinn is an American guitarist and songwriter born and raised in North Hollywood California. He started playing at the age of 11 and found love for the instrument through the inspiration of his 4th grade school guitar teacher. Steven was always immersed in the classic rock sound by his mom and grandmother having the 95.5 radio of Los Angeles on in his household every day. His uncle happens to be a guitar tech for many renowned bands such as 311, Deftones, Gun’s and Roses” and many more. Gifting him his first electric guitar at age 3, he was never inspired to pick it up until he had an elective in Elementary School where his classmates were learning around him. As Steven realized that the instrument wasn’t as hard as it sounded, he discovered it was a great way to get attention which he loved doing as a young child.
Down the line, Steven discovered many influences to his playing such as Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Eric Johnson, Van Halen, etc… Progressing on the instrument and finding the ability to drop jaws was his number one priority. His favorite styles of music are Rock, Rhythm and Blues, Pop, Classical guitar and a bit of Jazz, all combined into one package deal that creates his own sound. At the age of 14, Steven started playing with a band that consisted of a drummer and him as the guitarist. Using a looper pedal to record live rhythm parts to support the background of his solos, the lack of a bass player or secondary guitarist drove him to find something to support the mix of his fiery lead sections.
Currently, Steven is playing in his own four-piece band known as “Leeway”. They frequently play shows all around the La area in venues known as the “Viper Room” and “The Whiskey”. Over the years Steven has done session work for many musicians of all different genres. On March 29th of 2023 Steven was invited to play a fundraiser for children in disparity on the Animal Jam hosted at the Whiskey A GoGo. This led him to jam with celebrity musicians such as Matt Fuller of “Puddle of Mudd” and Dan Kanopka of “Ok Go” who spoke very highly of his musicianship.
Steven is still living in his hometown of North Hollywood at the age of 21, Networking and continuing to get his name out on the music scene with his band. Currently he has an entire repertoire of material written and ready to record before embarking on his first trip as a session player across the states to Michigan. Steven has big plans and wants to pursue his dream that hasn’t changed since the moment he started. That is to go down as one of the greatest guitarists there will ever be and any musical endeavors he may come across will be priceless to his progression.
Jesse Mark
as Joe English
Drums, backing vocals, percussion
Jesse has committed himself to the art of drumming. After taking every music class he could in middle and high school, Jesse moved to Vancouver in Canada to study Jazz Drum-set after observing that most of his early drum influences including Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones, Ringo Starr of the Beatles, and Mitch Mitchell of Jimi Hendrix, had all come from a jazz background. Jesse’s leadership qualities came into play as he organized a jazz collective of fellow music students who performed hundreds of shows throughout Vancouver, honing his chops as a performer in the process.
Jesse has performed with bands opening for: The Yardbirds, Big Brother and the Holding Company, The Family Stone, The Cowsills, the Zombies and, yes, The Fab Four! He has performed with a diverse range of LA session and touring musicians including: Emmy Nominated Composer Phillip Giffin, a position in the House Band of the Dynasty Typewriter backing up the cast of Saturday Night Live as well as John Mulaney, Nikki Glaser, Sarah Silverman and countless other “funny people”, a Cirque Du Soleil directed show run of “Shambles” the musical, Venice, Mark London Sims (Stevie Wonder), John Schreffler (Marilyn Manson), Worn Tin, Mr. Max (Third Eye Blind) Additionally, he has played in Tribute bands, playing the music of: The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, the Mamas and Papas, Weezer, Elvis Presley, The Grateful Dead and now, Paul Mcartney! Having studied the great tradition of jazz influenced Rock drummers, Joe English is a very exciting prospect for Jesse to get under the hood with!
Joseph Duprey
Backing vocals, keyboards, percussion, arranger
Joe Duprey is a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist hailing from metro-Detroit’s rock/punk scene, having played keyboards, drums, bass, and guitar for various local musical groups.
Joe’s musical journey started when he was just nine years old, taking private piano lessons and immediately taking a liking to Paul McCartney and the Beatles, learning to sing and play “Let It Be”. He loved McCartney and his songs, and it only made him want to pursue music further. During high school, Joe took every musical extracurricular possible, including marching and symphonic band, jazz band, show choir, worship band, and musical theater (both on stage and in the pit). He loved all of it.
In 2017, Joe and his high school friends formed an indie garage rock band called Boys N’ Ties. Starting off playing Beatles and classic rock covers, the band soon evolved into performing original music (blending classic, indie, and punk rock elements) around metro-Detroit and has been doing so for the last seven years. Joe has also gone on to play in many other local groups, including Water Fountain Coins and the Picassos, playing a multitude of instruments and doing vocals.
In addition to his punk and indie rock roots, Joe draws great inspiration from rock pianists such as Billy Joel and Elton John. Learning songs by both John and Joel helped solidify his confidence and stamina as a musician, but more specifically as a pianist.
But ultimately, Paul McCartney and the Beatles were responsible for Joe’s love for music, and are arguably his biggest influence, so it was an easy decision when he was offered to join The McCartney Years as an auxiliary keyboardist. This summer and beyond, he is enthused to pay homage to that great era of good vibes, and 1970s rock and roll, namely the “The McCartney Years”.
Fun fact about Joe: his two favorite shows are The Simpsons and One Piece, two of the longest-ever running TV series, which means he will never finish them.