OCTOBER 24, 2016. Uncut is in Boston to meet The Rolling Stones. The band are preparing to release Blue & Lonesome – their album of blues covers – and we have been granted an individual audience with each Stone. When it’s Charlie’s turn, he pads quietly into the suite at the Four Seasons hotel that’s been requisitioned for interviews. He’s wearing grey chequered slippers, grey suit trousers and a red fleece top zipped up to the throat. He smiles and shakes hands. The band’s PR has helpfully written the name of the magazine on an A4 piece of paper and stuck it on the wall behind my chair. “Uncut?” He says, squinting a little as he reads the sign. “All right. Let’s go…”
UNCUT: How do you normally feel after a project like this? Are you happy with the record?