So I was at Lone Star Steakhouse eating and I hear bits and pieces of a song that sounded like it was namechecking the Beatles. I think the singer was favorably putting Lennon & McCartney in the same league at Waylon, Willie et al.? Maybe? I seem to recall them referencing the Stones too.
Did it have a line like “If we could all sing the way we wanted to, we’d all sing like George Jones”? I’m sure that Waylon Jennings had a song like that back in the eighties, but I can’t find the lyrics through Google.
Probably not considered country, more folk (just a guy and his guitar) , but John Prine’s “Jesus, The Missing Years” includes a verse about “He discovered the Beatles/ He recorded with the Stones / And once He even opened up a three-way package / for old George Jones”