Ron Wood on Truth

Garry Pugh · From: Nashville Indiana

(sorry this was suppossed to go in Bill's thread re: the Stones) gp

Listen to Ron Wood's bass lines on Jeff Beck's Truth album, good stuff.

I liked him when we was with the Faces. He fits the image with the Stones but I think Keith tends to overshadow him a bit.

[This message was edited by Garry Pugh on 08 February 2006 at 08:05 AM.]

Richard Sevigny · From: Salmon Arm, BC, Canada

I always thought Ronnie was hired by the Stones because of his prodigious feats of alcohol abuse...

Jeremy Steele · From: Princeton, NJ USA

I'm a little surprised at all the dissing of Ron Wood on the Stones thread. He's a talented guitarist, and yes, he played some great stuff as the bassist for the early Jeff Beck Group. Listen to some of Rod Stewart's first solo albums and you'll hear some great stuff from him...just my opinion, of course.

Steinar Gregertsen · From: Arendal, Norway, R.I.P.

He's also a more than decent painter...

Steinar

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Richard Sevigny · From: Salmon Arm, BC, Canada

Ronnie certainly has pretty good chops, though from what I read, his tenure with the Stones had more to do with his "fitting in with the band". He came on the heels of Mick Taylor (who was a better musician IMHO) who was considered as being a bit too much of an "egghead" for the rest of the lads. For what it's worth, it was Taylor's arranging that took a sleepy little song called "Country Honk" and made it into the kickass tune "Honky Tonk Women"

Ron may get along better with the "rock n roll' bad boys, but I find his work seems to get lost in the mix in their studio efforts.

His battle with the bottle is also well documented.

Mark Eaton · Posted 8 Feb 2006 12:37 pm

Rumors and legends in rock history: I have heard that the signature guitar riffs on Honky Tonk Women were shown to the guys by Ry Cooder, during an era when he spent some time hangin' with the Stones, but they never gave him any credit for it.

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Garry Pugh · From: Nashville Indiana

I may be wrong about this but I thought Honky Tonk Women came out first and that Country Honk came out later on the Let it Bleed album.

I had also heard Keith Richards came up with that opening riff while he was playing around with some different tunings. I believe he drops the G.

Mick Taylor was/is a pretty classy guy and a great player. I think they wanted him because he was a real hot blues player on the London scene at that time. For whatever reason it didn't work out and I thought he quit. Again I'm not a Stones expert but's that's how I thought it wemt.

Yeah Ronnie Wood with Rod Stewart was a great combination. Didn't he play on the Every Picture Tells a Story album? That's an album I certainly ran a needle through.

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Kevin Ruddell · From: Toledo Ohio USA

When I saw Ron Wood with the Faces on their first tour in Toronto the band sounded great . Ron played some very tasty restrained slide on a Fender . The band didn't have their boozy party persona yet and they also didn't play overly loud. A fellow local musician met Mick Taylor at a Dearborn night club gig in the late nineties by showing up early for the soundcheck time. He said Mick was a real nice fellow and seemed to have no idea what an excellent guitarist he was

Chris LeDrew · From: Canada

I always thought Mick Taylor left the band because he was receiving no credit or royalties for songs in which he apparently had a lot of input. He contributed much to Exile and Sticky Fingers in particular, but once he realized his contributions weren't reflected in the album credits or his bank account, he shagged off. He was a bit of an egghead though, wasn't he? There wasn't much emotion or movement of any kind. Maybe it was the cool thing to do as a blues guy: just stand there like a shadow and let the music speak for itself......not really the image the stones were cultivating. I guess it was alright for Charlie; he was far enough back that it didn't really matter.....and Wyman.....oh my god, where am I going with this? They were all zombies except for the Mick and Keith.

I would take it all back but I just spent so much time typing it.

I love watching Mick Taylor's face in the footage of Altamont. He hadn't been in the band very long, he's only about 20, and he's is scared too death.

CrowBear Schmitt · From: Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France

after Brian's passing, the Stones were in a fix.
Ry Cooder was a great help to them, but as many know he prefered to bow out.
As he went, so did i & never really looked back
yeah i loved Jeff Beck from the git even up till now
the original Small Faces too

Sorry guys, but Ronnie W don't cut it in my book whether it's guitbox or steel

David Mason · From: Cambridge, MD, USA

Mick Taylor has gone on record as saying he left the Stones because he was turning into a heroin addict and that wasn't how he wanted to go out.

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Jim Cohen · From: Philadelphia, PA

Egghead.

Craig Stock · From: Westfield, NJ USA

I think also Mick was somewhat upset after not getting co-writing on songs that he contributed to. But I have heard also that drugs were a big part of it.
I like Ron Wood's solo stuff and saw him live after his 'Slide on this' CD came out years ago, it was a great show, Ian McLagen on Keys, but I think he gets wasted in the stones band.

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Tony Prior · From: Charlotte NC

I had heard that Mick T left because of anguish over Musicianship..

Mick T is a GREAT Guitar player...What we heard back then was that Keith didn't want him around...

It was my understanding that Honky Tonk Woman was originally Mick T..clearly the style was 180 degrees opposite Keith and very very hip for the time....

Now Ron..
He's a Rocker,,he's right where he needs to be...he obviously has the personality and EGO staying power to stand behind Jagger and Richards ..and be happy...and RICH...

"Lets see..I could let my ego take over and be BROKE..or be #3 or #4 in front of countless Millions..forever..and be RICH.."

I choose door #2....

The Truth Album..Classic..JB is one of my alltime favorites...

In my view one of the all time greatest Rock Guitar LP's ever put on vinyl...( well now plastic)

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