WTF is Ronnie doin' these days?
No new chick, no guest appearance, not in the lime light for weeks now.

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Dec 30^th, 2011 at 9:38am:


and the secret London 3 day jam with the boys too.......Ronnie had a great year and hopefully he is the catalyst for a super tour next year...playing wise ........

I don't to much of Contact music, but this one ain't too bad.

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12 January 2012 04:15:23 PM

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Ronnie Wood: Jimi Hendrix Didn't Like His Own Voice
                             
                             

Jimi Hendrix ''never liked the sound of his own voice'' and would ''worry'' about his vocals, according to his former flat mate, The Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood.

Jimi Hendrix "never liked the sound of his own voice".

The Rolling Stones axeman Ronnie Wood used to share a flat with the late guitarist and singer/songwriter in London and would constantly have to reassure him about his vocal abilities.

Talking on his Absolute Radio show, Ronnie said: "Jimi never used to like the sound of his own voice. I used to say, 'How was the gig tonight?' and he would go, 'Oh, the guitar was okay, man, but my voice', he said, 'I really can't sing'.

"I said 'Look, you're not doing a bad job, man, don't worry about it', you know, and he used to sort of worry about it, and I'd say 'Look, it's all part of the side effect', I said 'I think it goes great with the way you strum and play amazing guitar'."

Ronnie is "honoured" to have spent time with the musician, who he describes as a "well-mannered boy", and he even got chance to say goodbye to him at Ronnie Scott's legendary jazz club in London's Soho on the night he died in September 1970 aged 27.

He added: "Jimi was really laid-back to live with, didn't say much because he was always in the clouds a little bit.

"Jimi was a really sweet, well-mannered boy, and I'm very honoured to have shared a little space of time with him back in the late 60s.

"I was with Jimi the night he died at Ronnie Scott's, and he was walking down the stairs with his arm around this girl and I said to him, 'Jimi, say goodnight', and he didn't turn round.

"I said, 'Jimi! Say goodnight', and he turned round really slowly, out of his brain, and just gave me a little stoned wave, and that was the last the world saw of him. Very sad, very sad departure."
http://www.contactmusic.com/news/ronnie-wood-jimi-hendrix-didnt-like-his-own-voi...

Woody's radio show has just been picked up by NYC's classic rock station Q104.3 Sunday nights at midnight. That's very nice!

" drag him to the opening of an envelope"......now thats just freakin funny!

Maybe Mick can start introducing him as Ronnie "Big Pimpin" Wood

Voodoo Chile in Wonderland wrote on Jan 27^th, 2012 at 1:48pm:



Last year ended up with Keith needing an op because his eyesight's going and this year begins with Ronnie needing one to help him walk properly.

It's Only Crock and Roll....

Rock Music — January 27, 2012 2:31 pm

Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood to debut radio show in North America this weekend

Posted by Something Else!


Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood is ready to start up his own radio show in America.

The Ronnie Wood Show features the guitarist playing a variety of music from his favorite new and established artists, while sharing personal stories from his legendary music career. Wood has also welcomed friends, music artists, celebrities and others such as Slash, Kenney Jones and Mary Wilson. It airs for the first time January 29 on Q104.3/WAXQ-FM in New York. (Listen here!)

“I’m so excited to have my own radio show in America,” says Wood, who also had memorable stints with the Jeff Beck Group and the Faces. “I love going down the archives every week playing some of my favorite music of all time, while reminiscing and taking a trip down memory lane. It’s more than a music show, it’s an education, so sit back and enjoy the ride!”

Launched in April 2010, the Ronnie Wood Show currently airs on Absolute Radio in the UK. Premiere Networks says the one-hour, U.K.-based radio program is available to rock music stations on weekends from 6 a.m. to midnight.



Here are some of our previous thoughts on Ronnie Wood and the Rolling Stones. Click through the links for complete reviews …

ROLLING STONES – SOME GIRLS: LIVE IN TEXAS ’78 (2011): The full-on, balls-out Some Girls was perfectly uncluttered — no horn section, no guest stars like Billy Preston. That gives this subsequent live set from the summer of 1978 a chance to build off the record’s latent energy, rather than fruitlessly try to match it. Instead, this is a stripped-down wonder: no digital movie screens, no huge scaffolding for Mick Jagger to prance on, no big light show. Just a band playing.

RON WOOD AND THE FIRST BARBARIANS – LIVE FROM KILBURN (2007): Ron Wood was still a member of The Faces when he put out I’ve Got My Own Album To Do. This live recording (and DVD) is from that tour, featuring Wood on guitar, Faces buddy Ian McLagan, and even an appearance by Rod Stewart. Future Rolling Stones cohort Keith Richards is there, too. I’ve always been more of a fan of Wood’s Gimme Some Neck, but that doesn’t stop me from turning this record up way too loud.

ROLLING STONES – A BIGGER BANG (2005): I listened to ‘A Bigger Bang’ expecting a lot of the generic glossy pop of their more recent output. Instead, the classic mid-period Stones sound is back. That sound is updated, for sure, and Mick’s voice is deeper. But Jagger’s swagger is back. Keith Richards (who actually sings with some effort on a few tracks) and Ronnie Wood are playing together as well as ever. And Charlie Watts can still lay down some mean rhythms. The results sound like the same band who put out Let It Bleed and Sticky Fingers, even if it’s not up to par with those classics. And at this point, that’s plenty good enough for me.

GIMME FIVE: ROLLING STONES IN THE 1990s: There was no reason to believe that the Rolling Stones, 30 years into their dangerously debauched rock career, would make anything worth a damn out of the 1990s. A band that made its name on skirt chasing and drug taking was softening into middle age. No one would have been surprised if the Stones simply ground to a halt. Only, they reformed in the wake of Richards’ successes with Talk Is Cheap, and by the middle part of the next decade, the Rolling Stones were in the midst of a small very-late career resurgence. Here are five arguments for continuing your Rolling Stones collection into the 1990s

Get well Ronnie. I hadn't realized that you had a recent operation.

Bitch wrote on Jan 28^th, 2012 at 12:36am:


I was front row at the Boise show just a couple of days earlier, and Ronnie wasn't getting around the stage very well then.

Seems kinda messed up that Keith would kick Ronnie, assuming that Keith knew that Ronnie was already hurt.

The Edge And Ronnie Wood Working Together

by RTT Staff Writer
http://www.rttnews.com

(RTTNews) - U2's The Edge and Ronnie Wood of the Rolling Stones are teaming up to work on a new app WholeWorldBand, which will allow for musicians worldwide to share music.

According to Music Week, WholeWorldBand was developed by Kevin Godley (10CC) and Andy Wood (Hypergallery, Cubic Motion).

"WholeWorldBand is a revolutionary new online music tool that provides a new platform for distribution while offering the opportunity of new revenue streams for up and coming and established musicians, bands and, in fact, anyone," Godley said.

Aside from The Edge and Wood, Gavin Friday, Gemma Hayes, Cathy Davey, Mick Pyro (Republic of Loose) and Liam Ó Maonlaí (Hot House Flowers) are working on performances and collaborations for WholeWorldBand.

The new app debuts at the Music Show in Dublin on February 25 to 26 and will be available to download from the iTunes store starting in March.

I hope Ronnie doesnt get strung out on pain pills now. The eyes are glazed in his latest pic. An operation such as this you can get scripts for what you need and what you want, no questions asked.  Just a bit worried given the history.

Honky Tonk Man wrote on Feb 7^th, 2012 at 11:57am:


Might look better if he started wearing those Uggs again.