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Rolling Stone Keith Richards has questioned the talents of some of rock\u2019n\u2019roll\u2019s biggest stars.<\/p>\n
The guitarist came out swinging for many famous names, including Led Zeppelin\u2019s John Bonham and The Who\u2019s Keith Moon.<\/p>\n
Promoting the Stones\u2019 new album Hackney Diamonds, Richards lambasted the two drummers, saying he preferred late bandmate Charlie Watts\u2019s skills behind the kit.<\/p>\n
Yet he had nothing but praise for the \u201cbig hearted\u201d Beatles, believing they gave the Stones the hit single I Wanna Be Your Man to help push the surging popularity of British music.<\/p>\n
Explaining his band\u2019s initial success Ric-hards said: \u201cI played Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters and I sold it back to America. And then we started to add our own things to it. But I\u2019m not really interested in what followed us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Asked if Bonham was the greatest drummer in history, he told Sirius XM: \u201cHe had the greatest number of drums. But this is not baseball, this is playing music and it\u2019s a totally different thing. It\u2019s feel, it\u2019s got to do with when not to hit. It\u2019s silence.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat do you do if you are making music? Silence is your canvas.<\/p>\n
\u201cCharlie had feel, he had intelligence. You are talking to me about people like Bonham and Moon who just liked to hit things and that\u2019s the difference.<\/p>\n
\u201cCharlie Watts was a solid guy. I loved Mooney dearly as a person. As a drummer, I\u2019d kill him. Right?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s not bloody good. He can\u2019t swing. The one or two tracks I did cut with him, it was an absolute disaster. All he could do is drum for The Who, which is OK, as long as you stuck with The Who.\u201d<\/p>\n
Yet the 79-year-old has much fondness for John Lennon and Paul McCartney, and is still shocked the pair gave The Stones\u2019 I Wanna Be Your Man as one of their first singles.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cI think they felt they were part, and we were part, of something larger and that England was finally coming out with something. They were big hearted. And Ringo was a great drummer \u2013 he could read a song.\u201d<\/p>\n
Richards also praised Jimi Hendrix, despite the Purple Haze legend stealing his fianc\u00e9 Linda Keith: \u201cHe could play anything. He was absolutely amazing, man. He was talking to me just a few months before he died. He wanted to start a new band.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe wanted to get out of the psychedelic because he\u2019d had enough of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n[ad_2]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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