Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood opens up about surviving cancer, beating addiction, and how to keep Mick Jagger happy.
He also had some time to reflect on another musician’s timeless music as he prepped the release of his new solo album,out September 17th. The record captures a 2013 Wood concert that found him playing alongside guitarist Mick Taylor, whom he replaced in the Rolling Stones in the mid-Seventies, and with special guests that included Paul Weller, Simply Red’s Mick Hucknall, and Bobby Womack, who died the following year. “It was one of the last things he did,” Wood says. “So sweet, so sweet.
It’s got the thread that runs through soulful music, whether it’s soul music or not. … I get a thrill listening to the original records, and I feel so proud when I hear my cover versions. I think, “So it’s live, it’s a bit rough around the edges, but that’s me.” And it reminds me of the Faces. We were live and very rough around the edges, and we all loved Jimmy Reed.
We go back many years, back to the Sixties when he was in the Gods and I was in the Birds, and he had no confidence. He used to say, “I can’t go on. I’m too nervous. Will you play my set for me, Ronnie?” So I played for him, and then I played my set. But I thought, “I’ve enabled him to sort of back out of the gig.” He really didn’t know how great he played, and to this day, he is much better at playing than he is at explaining what’s going on in his head.
You and Keith Richards describe your guitar interplay as “weaving.” What’s the secret to that practice?
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