Wings rehearsed in Nashville, Tennessee, on 5 July 1974.
The rehearsals took place at the farm owned by songwriter Claude ‘Curly’ Putman Jr. Wings stayed at the farm, which they rented for $2,000 a week, and rehearsed in the garage.
On this day the band added ‘Sally G’ to their repertoire. The song had been written by Paul McCartney on the morning of 26 June.
In the evening the McCartneys held a barbecue party by the side of the farm’s lake. The guests included Roy Orbison, Jimmy Reed, and Chet Atkins.
The gate to the property was manned by Dan Ealey, a local fan and bass guitarist who had befriended Wings in recent weeks. He brought a firework to the party, with which Wings’ drummer Geoff Britton decided to blow up the farm’s mailbox. He was strongly criticised by the McCartneys the next day.