Show 5 - May 7, 2010
“This is Ronnie Wood and welcome to my radio show. This week we are focusing on the boys and some of the greatest male singers of all time. I will be bringing you people on the way like James Brown, Bob Marley and my mate Mick
1. Elvis Presley – Hound Dog
Yea that was the King Elvis Presley there and I remember during the 50’s when I was growing up hearing that for the first time, round at my cousin’s Dougie, he was a rocker, he brought the record home and it sent all the parents and all the aunties and the uncles into a sort of a wonderment, It was like “what in the hell is going on here?”.. and I thought something good, this is going to be good.”
Yea that kind of music broke the mold of what was gone before and um yea I remember the local cinema when that music first came out when the rock and roll first came out all the seats being ripped up and the aisles being full of girls and guys jiving and just getting carried away with ‘jungle music’ as it was called yea it just seemed it kind of set a precedent for exciting times ahead…”
“So this is the turn of the boys this week and next stop I am going to play great friend of mine and the band and he was a great influence on myself and Keith and Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page…all my guitar playing buddies, were influenced by Buddy Guy and so this is Mustang Sally by Buddy Guy”
2. Buddy Guy – Mustang Sally
That was Buddy Guy doing Mustang Sally. And here is the first lick that Buddy taught me, [riff]
so I play that lick back at him when we play live, and he said where did you get that from and I said ‘you’. The same thing happened with Steve Cropper, he didn’t realize he had given me this riff [riff] but yea he didn’t know that was red beans and rice and when I played it to him, he said ‘where did you get that from,’ I said ‘you,’ you know the same thing. Lots of guitar players they don’t realize what they are giving, they just give a natural feel out and don’t’ realize how much they influence young guitar players like I was.
Another singer who has greatly influenced me and Keith was Freddie Scottt . He had a couple of songs that particularly took our fancy, one was called “Are you Lonely For Me Baby “and the other one I used on my first solo album which was called “Am I grooving you?”
He just a great influence. He has got a very soulful vein, running through him and he’s just very interesting and you people should check him out, you people in radioland.
3. Freddie Scott – Are You Lonely For Me Baby
This is Ronnie Wood you are listening to my radio show and now you can follow the show on Twitter@ronniewoodshow. This week I am focusing on male vocalists, some of my favorites….
And now we are going to the godfather of soul, the hardest working man in show business need I say any more than James Brown.
4. James Brown – Get Up Offa That Thing
wow that sounds like a forerunner of Sly and the Family Stone, that brass section. What a presence he had on stage and sadly we lost him just a little while ago. So they are all dropping like flies, you know, we just lost the picket, you know Wilson Pickett, we lost Ray Charles, and we just lost James Brown, and my friend Bobby Womack said, “Woody we better take care of ourselves, they are dropping like flies.”
5. U2 – Desire
6. The Rolling Stones – Brown Sugar
This is the Ronnie Wood show welcome to the show and that was Mick up front with the Stones and brown sugar and Mick is the best front men EVER Mick is always an inspiration to work with and always a ball of fire on stage and its like vroooo who was that, oh …..that was Mick going by. I remember back in the Faces days, Mick was hiding behind the amps backstage when I was up playing with Rod Stewart up front and Mick would say “what kind of pajamas is Rod wearing tonight ?” because he would be wearing those stupid outfits back int eh 70s’ Me and Marc Bolan and I would go shopping and see who would get the most outrageous outfit you know and Rod would get the feather boas and the stripey silk-like pajamas so that was me and Mick’s standing joke and this next song Rod and I wrote together and it’s a good example of Rod’s vocaling and I think its called True Blue
7. Rod Stewart – True Blue
Hi this is Ronnie Wood just me and my guitar. That was me and Rod doing True Blue
Back in those days we used to write songs a lot backstage. I’d come up with a riff and Rod would come up with the words. So that was a perfect example, just like Stay With Me really came together backstage while we were warming up to go on and play live and often we would use the Stones Get Your YaYas Out live album, for inspiration funny enough before we went on stage.
Whenever I get together with Rod these days, which is quite rare, it seems that no time has gone by, we still have the same kind of camraderie and um I wish we could do it more often.
Recently I have been rehearsing with the Faces and we’ve Got Mick Hucknall on vocals and his range is absolutely incredible its today like Rod’s range was back then in the 70’s.
And we’ve got Glen from the Sex Pistols on bass with us now so that’s something to look forward to. We’ve been having some great fun at Faces rehearsals we’ve been doing stuff like baby I’m amazed, too Bad, Flying, and Miss Judy‘s farm, Stay with Me, I’d rather go blind, a great cross section of songs and everyone’s getting on really well its been a great reunion with Mac and Kenney again. you know we have just been having a ball. Still to come I have Curtis Mayfield, Prince and Bob Marley so stay tuned.
8. Bob Marley – Buffalo Soldier
Years ago back in the 70’s I was fortunate enough to play with Bob Marley and The Wailers at the Oakland Coliseum. Bob’s guitar player had had his guitar stolen and he rang me up and I was living in LA, and he said, “Ronnie you couldn’t help me out and bring a guitar up to San Francisco for me could you?” and I said “sure” you know and he said, “maybe you could come play with the Wailers you know?”. and I said, “Yea why not that’s my incentive so I will just jump on the next plane with a spare guitar for Al…Al Anderson, that was his name yea.. He was a nice guy. And uh before we went on, Al, the guitar player says to me, “you better go meet Bob you know, you will want to tell him you are going to play with us tonight.” and I said “haven’t you told him?” and he said “no” and so I went in to meet Bob and he was siting there with a very content look on his face and I said, ‘Bob my name is Ronnie and so far you are the only member of the band who doesn’t know that i am playing with you tonight and he just looked at me as if to say, Okay son you prove yourself and I’ll let you stay on but if you’re not good you’re off, so I got the nod of approval from him when I blended in and it was a very satisfying feeling.
9. Iggy Pop – The Passenger
10 Curtis Mayfield – Move On Up
So that was Curtis Mayfield with Move On Up and him being the lead singer with The Impressions’ he was a great influence on me and my first band the Birds. They were a big mainstay of our setlist, we used to do that song, “Its Alright Its Alright Have a Good Time Cuz its Alright yea its alright when you wake up early in the morning”… “Yeah that was one of the songs I used to play with the birds backing the 60s and yea it was a mainstay of our setlist. Well Curtis Mayfield just like David Ruffin he was the front man for the Temptations they were influential beyond the wildest imagination. At the same time you got Marvin Gaye and the Four Tops, Curtis Mayfield went on to infl8uence people like Prince and you name it.
We are taking a trip down memory lane the soundtrack to my life and just really enjoying going back in time. Now I am going to take you on with Superstition by Stevie Wonder.
11.Stevie Wonder – Superstition
Hi its Ronnie Wood….me and my guitar.
Yea that was Stevie Wonder with Superstition and um Olly Brown who plays drums on that record he was percussionist on a Stones tour for awhile, accompanying Charlie, very funny guy, and I ended up playing with that brass section as well, on some of my solo albums, Steve Madeo (?) the trumpet player some great brass people, including Bobby Keyes who still plays with us, Mr. Brown Sugar we call him you heard that earlier in the show. well I was in the studio with Stevie once and he has this 7th sense where he knows where everyone is. and I was introduced to him he pointed at everybody exactly where they were in the room and it was quite a big studio and a lot of people there and his girlfriend at the time was called Wonder Love that’s what we called her.
12. Prince – Kiss
Yea this is Ronnie Wood and you are listening to my show. Yea that was Prince and Prince is very inspirational and I know that Eric Clapton is very influenced by his playing and he is very respectful of Prince’s playing and I used to do some after show concerts with Prince when he came to London and we used to play Miss You and uh he’d say, “what are we going to do when the middle 8 comes up and I’d say, “leave it out?” and he says “okay then, that’s fine with me.” Its nice to exchange licks on the guitar with Prince. He’s an ancient form of weaver like me and Keith and most of the guitar players that I converse with and I was lucky enough to those after show shows that he does and just like a flip of the coin suddenly you are going to some club, like he just says we’re all going over there let’s go and set up and play and um one of the times Mavis Staples, this little lady, was singing, and I’d say “that’s a big name Staples”? and he’d say “yea it is” and the Staples Singers is one of my great influences as well you know so its nice how it all comes around.
So the show is nearly over. This is Ronnie Wood. You’ve been listening to my show, and I wish I could turn back the hands of time so I am going to play you, Turn Back the Hands of Time by Tyrone Davis.
Mr. Jagger turned me on to him and I finally met him. Bobby Womack introduced me to him in Chicago. It’s a bit like meeting an idol, because his voice is so incredible. Its one of the reasons I named my boy Tyrone. I don’t know I just think he has a very sensual voice as you will hear. This is called I Wish I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time by Tyrone Davis.
13. Tyrone Davis – Turn Back The Hands of Time
I’ll see you next week. Hey boys help me get this together will ya?.
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