Author: Adams

Paul McCartney didn’t only write many of The Beatles’ greatest songs, but he played bass on them too. However, there was one song he passed up the opportunity to play on – not because he didn’t like it, but due to a fight he’d had with some of his bandmates. Reminiscing on the time the band recorded Revolver track “She Said, She Said”, McCartney, who turns 81 today (18 June), told Many Years from Now: “I’m not sure, but I think it was one of the only Beatle records I never played on.” He continued: “I think we’d had a barney or something and…

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Chanel Haynes discussed how she managed to stay focused as the most-featured backing singer in the Rolling Stones’ history – with help from Keith Richards’ favorite meal. She made two guest appearances with the band before being invited to be part of their North American Hackney Diamonds tour, which ran from April 28 to July 21. During each performance she delivered Lady Gaga’s part in the Hackney Diamonds song “Sweet Sounds of Heaven,” and also joined Mick Jagger on the catwalk for “Gimme Shelter” – the first time a supporting vocalist has had two leading moments. Asked about the opening night of the tour in Houston,…

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Keith Richards said Mick Jagger made some songs “bad” when the Rolling Stones tried to record, and that contributed to the 18-year delay between their upcoming album Hackney Diamonds and their last original LP, A Bigger Bang. In a recent interview with the BBC, the guitarist refused to discuss the meanings behind the singer’s words on the latest record, insisting, “Mick writes the lyrics. … But he’s got some angst in him, and I said, ‘Well, let’s use it.’ From my point of view, the essential thing about making a record is that the singer has to want to sing the material. Mick, given a song that he’s not…

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