Sir Paul McCartney used to torture musicians with dull stories about The Beatles, a former session player claims.
Kevin Armstrong worked with Macca on his 1989 solo album Flowers In The Dirt before he got the boot.
The guitarist caught Sir Paul’s eye when he performed alongside him in the house band on a TV show fronted by Jonathan Ross. But in Macca’s studio the pair failed to click – and Kevin moaned he was bored to tears by the Fab Four icon’s yarns.
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He said: “He had a myriad of personal assistants to do his bidding and seemed constantly to hold court with somewhat tedious anecdotes about The Beatles.
“You’d think these would be amazing, but they had no real punch lines or point to them.”
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In his book Absolute Beginner, Kevin said he thinks he rubbed Sir Paul up the wrong way by mentioning The Rutles – the movie send-up of The Beatles.
The rocker – who also played with David Bowie and Iggy Pop – said: “Of course, everybody paid close attention to Paul, but the atmosphere was always a bit tense and weird around him.
“I was nervous and guarded and felt like I was there on trial.”
Kevin said he was eventually “let go” during a break in recording: “I got a call thanking me for my time and asking me not to return. I got three weeks’ severance pay.”
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