Ronnie en New Musical Express . Entrevista. Lo màs interesante.
Hablo de que fue el ùltimo que viò a Charlie Watts en el hospital y que le pidiò que se asegurarà que Steve Jordan llevarà las riendas
por èl. Tener a Bill Wyman en Live by the Sword fue idea del productor Andy Watt. Paul Mc Cartney tocò en dos canciones de las 23
que grabaron. La pròxima semana se juntaràn para ver como trasladar en vivo las canciones del nuevo disco. Podrìamos tocar en vivo
todas las canciones del àlbum, pero Mick y Keith empezaràn a decir " No, Ron , eso es demasiado ambicioso ". Tenemos un catalogo de
temas que deben ser tocadas. " Paint it Black " , "Satisfaction " , hay que hacerlas. Tenemos espacio para ( por decir ) , tres o cinco
canciones. Me encantarìa volver a encabezar el festival de Glastonbury. Si no es con los Stones, lo harè con los Faces.
NME: Hello Ronnie. This is the first album since Charlie Watts died – was his presence felt in the studio?
Wood: “Oh yeah, all the time. I was the last one to see Charlie in the hospital, in London, before he died. He said, ‘I want to get out of this bloody place, but until I do, will you please make sure that Steve Jordan carries the flag for me?’ And, I said, ‘Don’t worry about that. We’ve got you covered.’ Then he said, ‘Alright. Now get out so I can watch [Italian jockey] Frankie Dettori on the TV!’ He loved the horse racing, did Charlie.”
You’ve got the original Stones rhythm section back together on ‘Live By The Sword’, Charlie and Bill Wyman…
“It was [producer] Andrew Watt’s idea. We had this track with Charlie’s drums on it. None of us were there when Bill actually did his thing. But Andrew said he had so much fun with him. He closed the studio for him.”
And what about getting Paul McCartney on ‘Bite My Head Off’?
“The school boy! He was so happy. He actually played on two tracks, one which we’ve got up our sleeve for, you know, more music to come because we cut about 23 songs and we only picked the first 12.”
So it might not be another 18 years until the next album?
“I don’t think it will be that long.”
What did the other tracks sound like?
“Well, Stones tracks evolve but they’ve either got the essence when we first hit the song or they haven’t. Some of the songs were a little hesitant. We need to look at them again. That’s the way you make good music – to mould it like a clay model. You know, the car out of stone like Michelangelo.”
How many of the new songs are you going to play live?
“That’s the next thing. Next week, we’re going to see how they translate live. I have complete faith. We could play the whole album, you know what I mean? But [Mick and Keith] will go, ‘Oh no Ron, that’s so ambitious’. We’re not gonna forget the back catalogue. There are certain songs, ‘Paint It, Black’ and ‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’, that have got to be played. We’re only making room for, say, three or five songs.”
And what about Glastonbury, would you headline again?
“Me, I’d love it. I think it’s a must. If not next year, then… If not the Stones then the Faces. It’ll be me, Rod [Stewart] and [drummer] Kenney [Jones]. That’s not out of the question, you know. I know they want to do it…”
