Paul McCartney has labelled The Rolling Stones as “a blues cover band” in a new interview.The musician was reflecting on The Beatles’ legacy when he made the remark about the long-running band.Speaking to The New Yorker, McCartney wasn’t, as the profile notes, ‘above suggesting that The Beatles worked from a broader range of musical languages than their peers — not least the Rolling Stones’.McCartney said: “I’m not sure I should say it, but they’re a blues cover band, that’s sort of what the Stones are.“I think our net was cast a bit wider than theirs.”McCartney’s New Yorker comments come 18 months on from a similar jibe he made at the Stones’ expense in April 2020.“They are rooted in the blues,” McCartney told Howard Stern about the.
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