His guitar tone, his perfectly timed choppy chord playing, his melodic solo on ‘Jealous Guy’ from Faces Live is my all time favourite guitar track, every note... just perfect, cheers Ron!
Saw Ronnie Wood playing with Rod and the Faces in 1973 at the Locarno in Sunderland England. He's a very versatile musician. Rod was playing a white grand piano and everyone had tartan scarves. The music was great. Amazing they are still going strong.
Feb 74 in Sydney Australia. Was up front, Rod was poncing around and kinda annoying (I didn't find him sexy LOL) so moved left near Ron Wood certainly caught my attention. Yeah weird looking, compared to a typical Australian in that era, and nice smile but first thing I really took in was his approach to guitar was something to behold.
I bought "A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse" when it came out, The album is in my top 5 favorite albums, not only for the amazing songs on it, but Ronnie's playing and TONE just keep me coming back for more. So glad to see someone give Ronnie his kudos.
Ronnie was the first real guitar player to influence me in my younger days. The Live Faces and the Stone Love You Live Albums were my two favorites. He is still my favorite.
His contribution to the Rod Stewart albums "Never a dull moment" and "Every Picture tells a Story" are really very impressive. Also worth mentioning are the contributions from all the other musicians plus Stewart's amazingly detailed arrangements. Two of my very favourite albums.
Mark, every comment and observation that express here is just perfect...and so succinct. Although not a Stones song, I was always impressed with Ronnie's playing on "Stay With Me."
Thanks! And absolutely - very strong playing on "Stay With Me". It's just such a great all-around rocker. Ronnie's excellent playing AND sound on that is a huge part of what makes it so great!
Ronnie has always had the ability to add and enhance what is already there, he reads the room where many don't or can't. He's a real asset to any musicians he performs with, a true band member and worth his weight in gold. An excellent musicians guitarist in my book.
Perfect sideman without noodling to much. Dirty licks for the weaving that's it! Okay the mick Taylor years brought out fantastic albums but their last live Shows with Taylor bothered me cause of his pentatonic noodling. Ronnie took it to new directions. Call it Evolution.
Mark, I completely agree with you about Ronnie Wood. I saw him on a British morning show a few years ago, doing a blues song with an acoustic (one of Keith's apparently!), and harmonica, and he was absolutely brilliant. I think he would definitely make my Top 15 of guitar players.
Thanks Geert. I was going to put "He's Better Than You Think" on the thumbnail. His parts with Keith truly are fantastic. Hard to come up with inventive 2nd rhythm parts that are also interesting in and of themselves, but he did/does it consistently.
We also have to plug Ron Woods for his painting and wonderful fun radio/RU-vid interviews. Wonderfully charming. Ronnie is beloved by his fellow players. He is everyone’s best buddy. He and Paul McCartney are good friends as well.
He always has seemed like a good guy who doesn't take himself too seriously. Kind of like how Ringo seems to be everyone's friend. If I recall he was involved with "The Rutles" and was featured on the inside sleeve where he was a punk artist doing crooner-types songs ... Forever Squigley or something like that.
The side-by-side neck views also help demonstrate why a capo is a great thing to have at a song circle or guitar pull. playing in a different register from everyone else gives a richer sound to the overall group
Good stuff Mark 👍🏻 Slides, playing over chord tones and through them, using triads and their inversions Its a road map that’ll take you up and down the neck, vertically and horizontally Its so simple its almost complicated
Thanks Jonny! Yes, it's simple, but as with many simple things it means we can use them in many different ways and very flexibly. So it can seem complex even if it's simple at its heart.
My favorite solo of all time. Also the tune is amazing. I loved Rod with the Faces also was incredible and do not get the credit they diserve. Ronnie Lane's writing was incredible. Their working class lyrics were essentially high class all the way. Great job descibing that iconic solo. Love you Brother!!!!!
Always liked Woody's aloof playing. He reminds me of the plate spinner on the old Ed Sullivan show. Just when you think he's going to lose it, he picks it up and keeps on going. To hear some of his best & great guitar playing, listen to him on slide guitar on the Faces, "That's all you need." One of my all time favorites. He should have stayed with the "Faces." I loved their sound and the writing of Stewart/Wood vs Jagger/Richards.
Thanks. I really like both of the styles. He clearly made a good choice as a musician who probably wanted to keep the lifestyle going. Plenty of scope to do what he wanted and The Stones had great longevity ... at least as a touring act. Rod did too, but maybe Ronnie wouldn't have loved the direction. Some of it, anyway.
Sorry Mark. Ron has been criminally underused as a guitarist in the Stones. His best work is all with Rod.
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Oh Yeah! Wicked Messenger , Flying , Every picture tells a story...The simple guitar trick I learned from listening to him in the early 70's was tuning to drop-d
In some ways I grieve the day Ronnie joined the stones as he is so buried in their sound it's like he left he's identity at the door! I mourn the loss of the type of guitar work he did with the Faces and Rod Stewarts solo albums, he really shone, not only the epic 'Stay with Me' but also 'That's all you Need' (what a tone) the great funky playing on 'I'm Losing you' the beautiful 'Debris' and the brilliant Faces swansong 'You can make me Dance, sing or Anything' Stunning vibe. Again you have to question the mighty Stones and there treatment of band members regarding song writing credits as all the way back to the Jeff Group, Ronnie was constantly writing with Rod and then Ronnie Lane in the faces days and then he just stops when he joins the Stones??? Hmmm another case of the MIck Taylors blues. It's not that he didn't know what he was getting into before he joined the band either as he and Jagger put 'It's only Rock'n'Roll ' together in he's home studio at 'The Wick' in Richmond and when Keef was presented with the track he couldn't deny it's strength but proceeded to wipe all of Ronnies parts off ( or so he thought but according to Ronnie he forgot about Ronnie's acoustic 12 string which is still on there much to Ronnie's delight) and then took the Co write credit !! Thanks for pointing out Ronnies contribution its good to know he is still in there no matter how low in the mix he is.
Ron Wood might not be technically the best (I don't care), but he's LONG been my favorite. The intro to Jodie and Oh No Not My Baby, are just perfection. The amount of sharp funky twang (Jodie) or/smooth melancholy (Oh No Not My Baby) with just the right amount of 'dirt' holy f...n' s...!!! Gets under my skin every time.
Yeah, exactly. That nails it. He played *exactly* what was needed. His work with Rod/Faces was impeccable. And his bass in the Jeff Beck Group ... his own slippery style, excellent as well.
I agree man...His riffs especially the Faces...the into to "Stay with me"...one of the greatest riffs of all time...Ronnie Wood. With the Stones...his licks are subtle...but hit the spot every time.
@Mark Zabel -- I would love to see a deeper dive into Ronnie's earlier stuff from Faces. A deeper breakdown of "Had Me a Real Good Time" would be really cool if you like,... or even "You Can Make Me Dance, Sing or Anything" as well - cool Ronnie guitarwork here
Just got into the Stones on “Some Girls?!?” WHAT??? I love Ron Woods, but My friend Mick Taylor was the height of the Stones playing. “Sticky Fingers” & “Exile on Main Street” are their masterpieces. I also love “Beggars Banquet” & “Let it Bleed” after that. “Some Girls” & “Tattoo You” were Ronnie’s best. Ron Woods on the Faces album “A wink is as good as a nod to a blind horse” is Ronnie rocking at his best. BTW, just having fun with my favorite silver grey guitar slinger.
Hey buddy! I'm probably a good bit younger than you Gary. (LOL!) I was barely 5 when "Sticky Fingers" came out. Hadn't even heard The Beatles then - nothing but Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and maybe Mitch Miller and Glen Campbell! I came of musical age during the Stones' lull after "Goat's Head Soup" and "Some Girls" was their re-awakening after Mick T left. I remember hearing "Shattered" at a junior high dance. Good times. I did a video a few months ago about the first time I realized I was hearing Mick Taylor. Blew me away (although I still love Ronnie's play). I agree The Stones' masterpieces are during Mick T's era, "Let It Bleed" being my favorite. Totally agree those 4 are their best with "Some Girls" probably coming after that ... maybe "Tattoo You" or maybe something during Brian Jones (other than Beggar's). The Stones were different with Ronnie and also viable. The Mick T era helped Jagger and especially Richards really blossom. I think Keith was relieved he could focus on rhythm only - and boy did he ever! Ah, we could go on I'm sure.
@@MarkZabel That it explains your brilliant musical ability, weened on the true greats, Beethoven, Mozart, Tchaikovsky. Let’s not forget Bach, one of the greatest. Billy Joel is probably the most sophisticated recent composers. His playing is way above the other piano singer songwriters. He was initially raised on classical music. If that gets into you at a young age along with some of the American songbook, you are destined for great music sensibility. Paul McCartney secret was his daddy was a musician and Paul learned or heard those standards, hence his sense of melody. Billie Joe Armstrong, of Green Day, sang and did American musicals in school, hence his ability to write such catchy tunes. Pete Townsend and Elvis Costello’s dad’s were professional musicians. You can’t get a better beginning if you want to be a good composer or writer. So I say, you were luck to be weened on the great masters. I am a bit older. I caught the end of the sixties and was blessed to enjoy one of the great years in music, 1971. Apple TV has a terrific multi episode documentary on that year, you will see the wonderful musical experience I grew up during. I feel bad for the kids today because the music isn’t as great. They would best to study great classical music, American Songbook and the sixties & seventies.
I bought the album "Gimme Some Neck" (Ronnie also did the artwork!) while in college. I love his version of "Seven Days" by Bob Dylan and, of course, "F.U.C. Her". 🤣 (Hey, like I said, I was in college living in a fraternity house!)
Your 100% right my friend ! Lately I've been relearning there great old songs ,MOST OF THERE greatest Tunes in my opinion were in the mick taylor years ! Thanks for the GREAT LESSONS
I have always been a big fan of Ronnie Wood's I've Got My Own Album To Do. If you people haven't heard it check it out. His bass work with Jeff Beck Group is very good
Every Picture Tells a Story is one of the best LP's ever produced. The Faces are as good as any of them as far as I'm concerned. I saw Aerosmith and Jeff Beck open for The Faces in Lakeland Fl. 1975. What a line up.
The reason that Ronnie doesn't get more respect for his playing is that before he was a Rolling Stone, he was a Rolling Stones' fan. He knows that it's not the Ronnie Wood show, It's the Rolling Stones' show. That's why he got the job, and Beck / Clapton / Marriott / Gallagher etc did not. I think you would be hard pressed to find a real Stones' fan who did not believe that, with hindsight, he is the right man for the job.
@@MarkZabel You're probably right, but the world does not work that way. One amazing Beck / Clapton solo, or Marriott vocal would have more impact than anything Ronnie has done. However, the good guy has got the job he always wanted.
I’ve been hoping someone would make a video about Ron Wood. Keith gets all the love, and he rightfully deserves the love, but there’s no Rolling Stones without Ron. His lead playing in Start Me Up is what got me interested in him as a guitarist. Love his stuff from Faces as well. It’s a shame his stuff would get buried in the mix sometimes
I think the main reason Ronnie is overshadowed by Mick Taylor's time in the Stones is because Ronnie and Keith have very similar styles, straightforward and rhythm-based with very little flair. Taylor was much more melodic which paired well with the basic structure
Whos going to take the place of these great bands when they die,Rolling Stones,AC/DC,Lynyrd Skynyrd,I guess no one can ever replace these bands,I hope rocknroll doesn't die.
Hey Mark, Ron Wood didn't play the guitar solo on Maggie May it was Martin Quittenton. Ronnie played the Electric and 12 String Acoustic & Bass on the track.
There would be no Stones without Ron Wood. There really shouldn't be without Charlie either. Just my opinion. Indeed his work with The Faces is amazing too.
MARK, do a YT lesson about "pocket modes" because Neal Schon uses pocket modes just stays one octave range 7 notes range which is a pocket but keeps changing the scales tonal center changing the scales function. I'm not sure what other rock guitarist uses Pocket modes but try to find more examples to make a YT lesson about it
@@MarkZabel Thanks, the rhythm chords changes while Neal Schon will keep the same motif which the motif will become a pocket mode which will change the scales "function". I'm not sure what other rock guitarist do this because its almost like Neal Schon is using slash motifs like slash chords. Most of his melodic lines are pocket modes
Every once in a while I hear a virtuoso solo that's also moving ... but that's extremely rare. Usually it's a "look what I can do" solo. Much prefer players like Ronnie, Steve Cropper, Cornell Dupree, and the like. Some soloists, like IMHO Duane and Frampton also played very tasty solos without showing off.
Ron is a very versatile musician and very much underrated, always compared with Mick Taylor and you really can't compare them, it is two different styles. Ron can play good solos to but Keith and he have another concept than Keith and Mick T. Ron got more space in Faces and his guitarsound there i think was great.
Ronnie is a good guy who I have come to appreciate but wish he did a better job over the years being a big Stones fan. He has overcome some challenges that explain his times when he was not cutting it in my view....probably because Mick Taylor was a true virtuoso guitar player coming up with some of the best guitar playing in rock and roll.
I fell under their spell as a pasty white teen from discovering ENGLAND'S NEWEST HITMAKERS (hit makers? ha) All the songs i assumed were Stone's songs, Thus my musical education began... and no internet to help! Plus I & millions like me were thrilled their OUT OF OUR HEAD'S LP proudly, defiantly showed their pimpled faces!
Love Mick T's playing. Keith totally blossomed as a player during that era. I think it was because he didn't have to think about soloing any more. Jagger and Richards also improved their songwriting. Ronnie was needed to re-inject some needed juice back into The Stones after "Exile on Main Street". Probably a very good thing for Mick T that he left though.
Besides your great video, I really don’t think that Ronnie plays that part of beast of burden. It sounds totally Keith to me. There’s another guitar there, the third guitar to apear, soloing all along the music, that sounds like Ronnie to me. Cheers 🙏
Thanks. What you say could be right. It sounds like Ronnie to me though. It's difficult to know for sure. Ronnie often plays triad-based stabs and little pentatonic licks. Ronnie is credited with "electric guitar, acoustic guitar", while Keith is credited with "electric guitar, backing vocals." Not super-clear. Keith and Ronnie play "the weave" so well, I don't really know for sure.
@@MarkZabel well? It is true. Ronnie is good at weaving in and out of Keef's grooves, but his soloing isn't as fluid or complex as MT's. Beggars Banquet-Exile On Mainstreet. Peak Stones.
LOL! I don't think so, but that's yet a 3rd theme that makes the song recognizable. (The singer's melody, Ronnie's theme in the solo and the mandolin theme.) The song at the end is played like a medieval round, with the mandolin theme and Rod's singing played over and over. Kind of matches the vibe set in the opening guitar bit.
