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"It wouldn't have worked!" Keith Richards on why Jeff Beck wasn't the right fit for the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney's bass carnage - and why his 5-string Telecaster works
By Tom Poak
Guitar Player
The interview touches on life without Charlie Watts (“I still have conversations with the fucker”), the appearance of Bill Wyman on the album (“a reunion of sorts”) and the long-standing story of the time that the Stones auditioned Jeff Beck after the departure of Mick Taylor, in 1974.
“We felt that Jeff had his own furrow to plow and that he was not a team man,” says Richards. “He was a soloist to the max. He was such an individualist. It wouldn’t have worked with the Stones at all. We’re all about teamwork.
“But don’t get me wrong, he was a tremendous player. The odd times we got together, I was always amazed by the stuff that he did with his tremolo bar. He was one of the best, man, and he’s going to be missed.”
“We felt that Jeff had his own furrow to plow and that he was not a team man,” says Richards. “He was a soloist to the max. He was such an individualist. It wouldn’t have worked with the Stones at all. We’re all about teamwork.
“But don’t get me wrong, he was a tremendous player. The odd times we got together, I was always amazed by the stuff that he did with his tremolo bar. He was one of the best, man, and he’s going to be missed.”
Read more: https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/keith-richards-in-the-new-guitar-player
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