Frankly, it was a set-up for what he would say next. “The Beatles are great, but they don’t play rock ‘n’ roll” and “Rock ‘n’ roll is just four beats … an extension of twelve-bar ...
In the 1950s and 1960s, a handful of rock 'n' roll bands, including Deep Purple, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, and others, began incorporating orchestras.
Capturing the delirious optimism of the era, ‘The Rolling Stones Rock And Roll Circus ... They sang the song “Yer Blues’, from The Beatles’ brilliant “White Album”, which had ...