While we’re pretty sure that the most successful songwriter of all time doesn’t particularly need Vintage Rock in his corner to argue against the naysayers, accusations of dilettantism levelled against Paul McCartney have always seemed rather unfair.
Sure, he’s dabbled in a myriad of different styles from ambient electronica – under the pseudonym The Fireman – to classical work via the Liverpool Oratorio and an ill-judged collaboration with Kanye West, but at his very core, McCartney remains an old school rocker through and through. This is the man, after all, who has carefully stewarded the back catalogue of Buddy Holly for the last five decades and owns the stand-up bass on which Bill Black recorded Heartbreak Hotel.