Having played in bands such as The Faces and the Jeff Beck Group, and of course, The Rolling Stones for the last five decades or so, it is fair to say that Ronnie Wood has seen a thing or two in a stellar music career.
Taking to social media, Ronnie Wood reflected on this career, looking back at some standout moments.
"The Yardbirds was one [band] that I used to follow a lot, and I used to go and see them in the Richmond Athletic Grounds in the Crawdaddy Club," Wood recalls at the outset of the clip. "Very important. And people were swinging from the rafters in there, and sweat dripping from the ceiling, and it was so incredible, the atmosphere, with the crescendos they used to do".
He continued: "They used to do a Muddy Waters song called I'm A Man. They did a fast version. Everybody would go crazy. Those were the days. It was fantastic".
Wood also recalled saying to guitarist Jeff Beck that should he leave The Yardbirds, they should start working together.
"And sure enough, he did leave and he did ring me up", he said.
The Jeff Beck Group saw Beck and Wood playing guitar, with Dave Ambrose on bass, as well as a succession of drummers, including Aynsley Dunbar, Mickey Waller and Roy Cook.
Wood later switched to bass, which he labelled as "a challenge".
"One day, after playing [legendary London venue] the 100 Club," he says, "we went down really well and, Jon Lord - who was living with me... and went off to form Deep Purple. at the time he was in my brother's band the Artwoods" , he said. "It sounded really great with with two guitar players.' And Jeff said, 'Ronnie if you don't mind, would you consider playing bass?' I said, I love a challenge, I don't mind it, so that's when I went on to the bass".
"When we went to America, Jimi Hendrix used to come and jam with us," Wood continues. "He used to say to Jeff, 'Hey Jeff, let the bass player have a solo!' He loved my bass playing, so that was a feather in my cap. And I ended up sharing a flat with him in Holland Park for a couple of weeks when we were early gigging... it was great fun".
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Back in November, Ronnie Wood also celebrated 50 years as a Rolling Stones bandmember after unveiling four new portraits of him and his bandmates. More on this from Nova here.
