gotdablouse wrote on Dec 4
th, 2009 at 10:59am:
Well I hate to kick a man when he's down, but if financial concerns could make them drop Ronnie I'll take it, musical concerns should have done that years ago, let's see...1984 maybe, when he fell off the wagon the first time with his freebasing. Nice guy, huge liability.
Thing is, who are thy going to draft in? Waddy Wachtel is a good player but looks like a creep and has had "legal issues"...the obivous replacement is...Mick Taylor of course, he'd need to lose about 80 pounds though, he'd probably go for it and he's legit, musically and historically.
IMO if they replace Wood it would have to be either Taylor or another high profile, well respected "God" like Clapton or Beck. And they'd have to make him a Stone and include him in all the promos for it to go over well with the casual fans, their main audience. There are plenty of people good enough for the part, but people will be disappointed if they don't recognize him.
I know I'm gonna get flamed for this but I would love to see Slash with the Stones as well. He's got the swagger and the "God" status. And he's a sloppy blues player much like Woody and Keith. Also Izzy's rhythm guitar style is very similar to Keith's so he has a lot of practice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVX0a_XipywI wanna keep Ronnie though.