Yeah, no.....never cared for Woody, always thought he was just a Keef klone........unfortunately, Mick Taylor grew bored playing with an inferior guitar player who would also regularly steal his songs.......have mad love for Keef, but he wants a player that's not better then him.....his "weaving" thing is two hardly distinguishable guitars muddied up.
Less can be more.... Ron knows about texture. And not flooding it ...I've seen him live...and he got a presence like no other.. try and play some of his riffs in the faces... and see how ya little finger feels after.....the guy got wicked feel and touch .
@@Stechamppn exactly in the faces and Jeff Beck trio that's the real Ronnie Wood with the stones he never was aloud to be , in the stones he's just Keith's stooge !
Given the struggling relationships going on in the Stones at the time, Ronnie had exactly the right personality to help them to heal those rifts. He is not Mick Taylor and he doesn't pretend to be Mick Taylor. He is Ronnie and his personality and guitar playing was what they needed (and still do).
Ronny you are the best thing to have happened to the Stones at the time you started with you. Thank the LORD they knew you. Ive seen you once at agora Ballroom I think they called it no matter yu were fuggin amazing. Love you RONNY and god bless Charly Watts where ever he is in Heaven.
Ronnie made "Some Girls," et al, and could play Brian's parts, and did a pretty good job on Mick Taylor"s. Because of his talent, plus his ability to get along with Keith, he was the perfect man for the job. I know a mutual friend of Ronnie's, and she says, "He is the nicest man."
If by 'glue' you mean potato paste or papier mache than yes you are right. He is a ramshackle blues guy with the face of a kindly jackdaw. Mick Taylor was a genius at tight fluid melodic lines. Ronnie? Looks good in black though. I get it!
Rubbish....he's the 'unglue' ! The band would sound way better without him , and would have sounded better without him all along...apart from the '75 Tour Of The Americas.
What holds the Rolling Stones together is understanding by Mick and Keith that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts - neither could cut a solo career.
Dieser Bericht ist so treffend und informativ, dem habe ich nichts mehr hinzuzufügen...die Magie der Rolling Stones hat sich bis heute gehalten und sie wird bleiben - garantiert, weil sie immer irgendwie kreativ bleiben.....Danke....🍀🎶
@@wilmabaumann4499 Wie lange kann man leben? Bald sehen wir wie alle Rockers from The Golden Age die noch bei uns sind vor unseren Augen sterben. Darf nicht dran denken weil es mir dermaßen traurig macht. Stones mit 92 immer noch auf der Bühne!
Not sure if this drawn out video will get to it, but Ronnie is a PHENOMENAL fine artist - his paintings are sick - I saw several at a gallery in New Orleans years ago- only wish I could have afforded them…
The Stones had already peaked as a concert band before Woody joined. I'm thinking about the 1972 US tour, with Mick Taylor, Nicky Hopkins, Bobby Keys, Jim Price -- showcasing their Exile on Main Street material. For some reason, the songwriting became harder after that (maybe booze-burnout). Hard to believe it's been 50 years since Woody joined.
@@blainemullins6285"Underrated by snobs" I think that is spot on! And don't forget those Beatle fanboys who are blind for anything except The Beatles. Which I find an overrated band anyway...🙄🙄
@@AndyMangeleUnderrated, perhaps, by muso snobs. To all of us who prefer music that hits in the gut; he’s perfect. For those who like wanky 20 minute solos, he won’t be. Keith’s the man.
Saw The Stones live at Tokyo Dome about 10 years ago and the big surprise was just how much Ronnie added to the music. He sounded and played great, fit like a glove with the rest of the band musically and chemistry wise. Brian Jones era Stones was EPIC, Mick Taylor era Stones produced some of the band's greatest music and the Ronnie era has brought continuity that literally no other band on earth can match and with some great music too (e.g. Some Girls).
From a musical and artistic point of view The Rolling Stones were most potent between 1968 and 1978 Prior to 1968 they were an incredible Brit pop singles rock band with a very serious blues foundation in Brian Jones This led to the sublime "Beggars Banquet" (1968) The atmosphere that emerged with Mick Taylor joining the band in 1969 made them the most almighty and supernatural live act in the world with players like Billy Preston, Nicky Hopkins and Bobby Keyes on board... This led to the sublime "Sticky Fingers" (1971) Finally, the recording of the song "It's Only Rock'n'Roll" in truth a Jagger-Wood composition, heralded 4 years of absolute frenzy between continuing enormous tours, continued enormous global media celebrity, continued dangerous narcotic intake and inevitable busts... Eric Clapton or Rory Gallagher were definitely capable of playing guitar FOR the band but only Ron Wood could have dealt WITH the band at this point... This led to the sublime "Some Girls" (1978) Everything you know about and have heard about The Rolling Stones revolves around these three masterpieces... There have been other great albums, before, during and since that time frame by them, of course... "Exile on Main Street" (1972) in particular, but you'd be hard pressed to find such a productive and potent band as The Stones were in that 10 year period
I remember hearing the news that Ronnie was joining the group and wasn't the least bit surprised he was just such a natural for it. Taylor was always incredible with his contributions but as far as fitting in with them personally and being a positive for the groups moral I had the feeling it wasn't happening.
Anyone who is a songwriter knows and understands that Woody was a better fit for the Stones. They were lucky to get him. Taylor's guitar playing was beautiful, particularly on Sticky Fingers, but Wood is who kept the band alive and going to this day (along with Bill and Charlie until their departures)
The, Stones were lucky to get Woody? Why? It's not as if they faced stiff competition or that Woody wasn't keen. Ronnie spent years and years sucking up to the Glimmer Twins in order to join the Rolling Stones.
Hell yes Ron Wood was what the Stones needed. He brought the best out in Keith’s playing. Keith would sit on a riff in open G with Mick Taylor and with Woody, Keith returned mostly to standard tuning with his most important instrument: A 1975 Telecaster Custom. The two playing rhythm and lead together really is what makes the Rolling Stones Sound. Yes, Mick Taylor was a beautiful, clean guitar virtuoso, but Ron Wood’s abstract approach was key to the incomparable Richards riff/lead style. The band never sounded better (IMO) than Some Girls, Emotional Rescue (sans the disco numbers) and Tattoo You. The 1981 tour (especially the latter part when they added Ernie Watts), was the Stones at the peak of their power. Naysayers, do your thang. Ronnie Wood was born to be a Rolling Stone!
Tattoo you was made up of early 70s throw aways mostly. Taylor originally played on some, so woody can't get credit for that. Without shadow of doubt the best albums have Taylor on them.
When Ronnie joined the band I remember the black and blue album I was 16 and I knew he was right for the band he fit like a glove. If you listen to the faces the style is almost the same and when he said I’ll play with that band one day. It’s cause he knew that he would fit perfectly and he was there at the right place and time itwas fate, If it wasn’t for Ronnie the stone just wouldn’t be the stones. Mick Taylor was awesome but he wasn’t a showman he stood there not ever matching the energy, through his guitar yes, that’s for sure. Well and for the guy that said keef its not keef it’s Keith.
Ronnie was the obvious choice for the Stones when Mick Taylor left the band, Ronnie and Keith on the same stage together are just two of a kind, I’ve been lucky enough to have seen the Rolling Stones perform live twice, with Ronnie and Keith on the same stage and what a fantastic experience it was, and to stand close to the stage and watch the pair play guitar together was just brilliant.
Probably the best decision they made after Mick Taylor. He was and is much more suited to the band. He is an instrumentalist and has added many fine touches to heaps of their songs. Also, he has kept the band going and, nowadays, he basically carries Keith Richards, especially live. He is so underrated because people don't realise what he actually contributes. In the end, each guitarist in the band brought something of their own. All great and all deserving of respect.
@@scottythetrex5197so are anti Taylor idiots, Taylor by far is better, anything the Stones have done with Wood is average except Tattoo You which is good.
@karlwanninger7675 there is no argument, the Stones best period was from 63-74, after that it was just commercial stuff, certainly missed the Taylor, Jones periods, Wood is average with the band, he was better with The Faces.
Ronnie Wood did kinda save the Stones. He was the right choice. A criminally underrated musician. To me The Rolling Stones are complete with Ronnie, and Bill Wyman who unfortunately left in 1992.
2 HS friends of mine managed to wrangle press credentials for the Steel Wheels Tour when they came to Indy (I was at the show but had no idea). Anyway, the one girl said that Ron Wood was by far the life of the party and the coolest. They wound up hanging out with Ronnie and his wife for the whole weekend because it was a 2-night gig iirc. She had one word to describe Mick Jagger: boring! 😂😂😂
Jagger was absolutely pissed and disillusioned when Taylor left the band. He never forgave him for that. He knew what a tremendous loss he and the band had to bear.
I saw the Faces in 1070. Ronnie started out playing super loud slide for like ten minutes. Amazing stuff. Never see that in the Stones. Plus he’s turned. Way down when I’ve seen em live. All Kieth piano and horns. And Backing Vocals covering Mick
RONNIE PLAYED WELL ON EARLY ROD STEWART- Gasoline Alley period, and Faces or SMall FACES? MIGHT BE ROAMING INTO LOST MEMORY slide, He played Tasty Slide back then
I only listen to the stones live stuff. I love Mick Taylor's weaving guitar lines, but I also love the less virtuosic playing of Ronnie Wood during the 1975 and 1978 tours.
@@WilliamHerlihy-p4g Brussels '73 is great and there is a good one from 1972 that I'm going to download in a few days. I do listen to studio albums, but i mainly listen to boots and official live stuff.
If you get a chance, listen to Ronnie's solo albums - Now Look and Gimme Some Neck are my favorites, also his 90s release, Slide on This. Excellent rock and roll.
This brief documentary offered up hosannas to Ronnie's strengths ad contributions to The Stones, but it didn't offer the critique that was suggested in the headline. Well, here's mine: Ronnie is a highly competent soloist, but Mick Taylor was a brilliant one. I've often wondered what Mick would have done on some of the band's material after he left the group.
Mick Taylor was an introverted quiet guy so it wasn’t the right fit even though he was a killer lead player. Ronnie could bond and jive with each other member on their level.
Listening to Ron Woods fresh interpretions of JJ Flash and Brown Sugar Hot stuff ycagwyw on love you live his playing wasi inventive original and jazzy from 75 to 78 in 81 the stones began to reign him in....there incredible rough recordings of Dance.... Undercover .... Where his playing is incredible and he plays parts later duplicated by other instruments or is later buried in the mix. As time went on his contributions were limited to brief. Showcase solos and sound bites...but he still plays brilliantly on occasion check out Saint of me live .... Unfortunately for thirty years he has been playing sound bites on JJ Flash.... But his work on wild horses and other songs is wonderful.... I wonder if Taylor or Jones could have withstood the constant criticism he has since the seventies
With Taylor the Stones could be transformed almost in a typical English blues band as Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, Chicken Shack, or John Mayall's Bluesbreakers for examle, 'cause he's essentially a blues guitar player, but the Stones aren't just blues but also good rock 'n' roll. So I think Ron Wood was a good choise because he can play both rock and blues. See his incredible solo in Black Limousine and you'll understand my point of view.
That’s why they picked Ronnie. Imagine if they had gone with Wayne Perkins. Then that would be a fair statement. Ron Wood is a total departure from Mick Taylor’s gorgeous guitar leads. Ronnie was sloppy and sounded great at fusing with Richards in the rhythm/lead arena. Loose and boozy. Taylor was tight, clean, front and center.
@@terrymay8114 I love "Time Waits for No One" and I love the beautiful solo Taylor plays, but "Sway" is sure not one of their better songs. Listening to the album, I always was glad when this one was over and "Wild Horses" released the pain. "Sway" is like some guys try to sound like the Rolling Stones, but didn't get the groove and there is no Keith Richards who would play that groove.
I'm from Detroit (blow the reveille)! Mick Taylor said (at the time) he was leaving The Rolling Stones for _"...personal reasons."_ Those around the band said his Heroin addiction was a main reason. They also implied his wife was his influence in making that decision. Of course, years later; It was said his dissatisfaction with not getting proper songwriting credit on a few select tunes was another reason. (suggested by Taylor himself) The instances where The Stones would be _'meandering-around'_ a jam/Then, Keef would plug in & turn it into another iconic song are...Legendary! (some say that was every song) e.g. 'Can't You Hear Me Knocking': KR pulls out all his _'tough-guy'_ tricks at once & created one of the BEST (Hard R&R) Riffs in history! MJ struggles with (& eventually *nails!* ) the very difficult vocals! At the end; MT comes up with a very great ( _'Carlos-influenced'_ ) 'outro' with help from BK (Sax solos) & KR (rhythm)! Thankfully, Jimmy Miller left the 'record' button on. The 1st half was: *The Song!* The 2nd half was: _The Coda!_ But, all you hear about these days is _"...Taylor's great guitar on 'CYHMK'!"_ (!?!) 'Moonlight Mile': MJ sat down with MT to try to make an entire song. Taylor was using Keef's acoustic. (Open-G) The main RIFF was from something KR had been playing with called: _"The Japanese Thing"._ So, if MT wasn't there; 'Moonlight Mile' would have still been written! John Lennon, Allen Collins, Malcolm Young, Izzy Stradlin, & many, many more are examples of (so-called) _"rhythm-players"_ who drove *song creation!* Many guitarists known for their iconic leads used RHYTHM to write their songs. (Hendrix/Page/Van Halen/etc.) Guitarists known (only) for their _'lightning-fast-fret-flitting'_ don't usually have a list of well-remembered songs. Those who play already know this stuff. Those who don't (& call Keef a _'poor-guitarist'_ ) should re-consider. **ROX ON!** - Dave B
The small faces were of a similar DNA to the stones, I thought he was a perfect pick. Their sound did change but it produced the masterpiece Some Girls, where the guitar interplay between Keith Mick and Ronnie was unparalleled
How can you compare the Small Faces to the Stones ❓️ Andrew & Mick were fabulous at PR & Accountancy ; whereas Stevie Marriott was fabulous at writing songs and stagecraft .
I'm a big fan of Taylor and that period which was when the Stones peaked. But the Stones were in decline whether Taylor stayed or not. They weren't writing the same dynamic songs and got more commercial. They became one of the greatest stadium show live acts in rock music. On record, Ron Wood really didn't contribute great contributions to the band beyond It's only rock n roll, until Hackney Diamonds. I love Ronnie's playing on this old age album probably more than anything else he's ever done on record. Live he's always been just fine.
At the time I don't know who else available at the time would have fit in. There were better guitarist like rory gallagher who they considered, but rory would have gotten bored with the stones rhythm section. I think Zal Cleminson would have been an interesting inclusion. Highly under rated guitarist.
I can hear woodie’s great influence the most on “Some Girls”, which showcases his multi instrument talent, and “Some Girls” to me ranks right up there with “Sticky Fingers”… After “Tattoo You”, I stopped buying Stones albums because there seemed to be only two or four good songs on them, and the rest were rock milquetoast. That never happened in Brian’s or MT’s time with the band. It’s probably not Woodie’s fault, either.
There’s a gold mine of outtakes from Emotional Rescue that were far better than some of the stuff that ended up on that album. Tattoo You was their swan song. And Taylor’s lead on Tops wasn’t the highlight. BLACK LIMOUSINE, man!
Who do you think played the lead/rhythm about a minute and five seconds into the song Some Girls? Some say Keith, others Woody. Big mystery. I LOVE IT.
Ron Wood is an awesome bass player. Check out the Jeff Beck Group stuff. He's a cool guitarist too. People forget that Mick Taylor was with the Stones during their "Imperial Phase". I love Mick Taylor as a guitar player but he kinda got lucky he hooked up with them when he did. They were an unstoppable creative force during those years. He was a perfect addition but not the reason for their golden period IMO.
I think Ronnie Wood isn't a virtuoso as Taylor is, but in songs like Just My Imagination you can understand why Wood works so fine with keef. The chemistry between them made the stones came back.
It's come out that Mick Taylor had no intention of being with the rolling Stones for a long time. His goal is to do what he's doing which was and is to do his own thing with singing and everything and he's pretty good at it. As a result of his leaving, the stones found another guitarist that had a lifetime ambition of being a part of their group and he has a guitar skills to live up to that.
Worse decision? Worse than what? Surely you mean WORST decision? For what it's worth, I think it was the best decision they could have made. Nobody forced Taylor to quit and Woody was an excellent choice. He's not enhanced his reputation that much, being in Keith's shadow, whereas in the Faces he was the "Keith" figure to some extent, but he knows his open-tuned rhythm, plays great slide and also offers pedal steel which neither of his predecessors did. He's got far more stage presence than Taylor who played some great stuff in the studio, but if you catch live footage of his Stones days, was often guilty of aimless noodling on the diatonic scale.
Ron Wood was an excellent bass player with Jeff Beck and in the studio with The Faces. Mick Taylor’s septum of his nose was wearing thin from all the cocaine. It nearly killed him, not keith. Wood did one great album with the Stones - Sticky Fingers.He looked like a Stone
We were there when mick was wooing Ronnie when Small Face's was playing at Roosevelt Stadium,,we ate ,drank,and carried on,, they were with,,Alvin Lee,,10 Years After,,,We just happened to be in Jersey, Jesse Davis,,,big fun,,we had chow it was either Ribs or Lobster,,,We and Mick,,his wife were in the Rob line,,,many moons ago!
Woody is a very good player, and an excellent fit for the Stones musically and personality wise. He's not Taylor (nobody else is) but he brings a kind of talent that very few people - even many musicians - really understand. What do I mean? He almost always plays what is PERFECT for the song in question., which is a very rare skill. If you doubt me, listen to things like Beast of Burden or Start Me Up. Play some lead over the song and ask yourself, is what I played a better fit for the song than what Woody played? Does it SOUND better for the track? 99% of the time the answer is no.
He's been a good fit, but maybe too good a fit. With Mick Taylor, the Stones were musically interesting - you had a sense that they were developing and exploring new territory. With Ronnie Wood they settled into their comfort zone, and seemed to just produce more of the same stuff. I heard, recently, that they wanted Jeff Beck, but he was unavailable. That would have been phenomenal. He would have taken them places no-one had been before.
I think it was in 2016 that the Stones released the long set of videos of the South American Tour. Many hours long. It was about 1/2 way through that I realized that I hadn't heard one decent guitar solo. It was then that I realized that Ronnie was not the great new lead guitarist that the Stones needed, but just a keef-clone that did fit in with the band but didn't fit the bill of being a lead guitarist in the greatest rock and roll band in the world.
RONNIE WOOD IS THE REASON THE ROLLING STONES ARE STILL ROCKIN'. SURE MICK TAYLOR WAS A VERY BEAUTIFUL PLAYER, NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT! BUT HE WAS NOT A WEAVER, WHERE RONNIE IS A MASTERFUL WEAVER. THAT IS WHAT THE STONES NEEDED, THAT IS WHY THEY HAVE LASTED SO LONG. TO MANY PEOPLE LIVE ONLY IN THE PAST....
I loved Ron Wood w the Rod Stewart and Faces. The incredible songs they wrote and the great guitar he did were terrifc. Live, they were fantastic. TO me, in thevStones he is just an afterthought. He's no better of a player then Keith, where Mick Taylor is a guitar players guitarist. His solos are legendary. Sway, Cant you here knocking, Heartbreaker, on an on. Ron Wood did some decent stuff on Black and Blue, weLL i suppse it was him, coulda been some else, and in 1975 he looked good on stage, but musically i have heard nothing of any note from, nothing that Keith couldn't have done. My opinion. He could leave and the Stones would miss a thing.
YEAH, RIGHT!?! I'm sorry but by the time Taylor left, the whole endless guitar solo era had already gotten tired. By the mid 70s, the punks were gaining ground on the Stones and the rest of the Brit Invasion survivors. There is NO WAY- and I am a HUGE fan of his- that Jeff Beck could've done what RONNIE did to revitalize the Stones. Things had to change and Ronnie immeasurably helped the Stones get over themselves and get back to basics. Not by trying to be the Sex Pistols but by stripping their sound and by extension their persona back to a hard rocking, get-up-and-go rock and roll band but now with a lighter touch. That while they were STILL the Stones, but they were also NOW the premiere rock and roll party band- the spot once occupied by Wood's former group, the Faces. Wood brought energy and most importantly FUN back to the Stones and their sound. They had their BIG post "Exile" Renaissance from 1978 to 1984. from "Some Girls" to "Undercover" with hit-after-genuine-fucking-hit. It's not for nothing that Jeff Spicoli himself said that after he won the Hawaiian Tropic Surfing Championship that he and "Mick are gonna wing on over to London and jam with the Stones..!" And that was back in 1982! For those of us in high school back then THAT was the Stones to us. The earlier Mick Taylor much-rightfully hailed, classic period was something we only discovered AFTERWARDS. It was all due again to Ronnie showing up and giving the Stones a much-needed transfusion of energy and FUN. "Gimme Mick, Gimme Mick! Bulging eyes, greasy hair, lips so THICK. Are you woman? Are you man? I'm you're greatest living fan. You can rock me, you can roll me til I'm SICK!"- Candy Slice.
It was Mick Taylor that got the Stones on track again (with a short stint of Ry Cooder as well). Ron is great but Mick Taylor saved the Stones. Jagger & Richards couldn't stand this.
The R.olling Stones with Brian Jones amazing. The Stones with Mick Taylor were on fire. The Stones with Ronnie...not so good. I saw them twice with Mick and twice with Ronnie and the drop off was dramatic. You couldn't pay me to see them. What a joke they are!
Yeah, no.....never cared for Woody, always thought he was just a Keef klone........unfortunately, Mick Taylor grew bored playing with an inferior guitar player who would also regularly steal his songs.......have mad love for Keef, but he wants a player that's not better then him.....his "weaving" thing is two hardly distinguishable guitars muddied up.
Fully agree , Ronnie was best with the Jeff Beck trio. I can't stand him as a stone he's nothing but Keith's stooge.
Less can be more.... Ron knows about texture. And not flooding it ...I've seen him live...and he got a presence like no other.. try and play some of his riffs in the faces... and see how ya little finger feels after.....the guy got wicked feel and touch .
@@Stechamppn exactly in the faces and Jeff Beck trio that's the real Ronnie Wood with the stones he never was aloud to be , in the stones he's just Keith's stooge !
A true brother!
Indeed
Love the Charlie Quote, he always has the best quotes "He's only been in the band for two minutes and he already bossing us around!" Classic Charlie
All I can say is that I’m glad for the five years Mick Taylor was with the Stones. He helped propel them to the stratosphere of rock stardom.
They were already there!
Brian Jones got them there
@@andrewkathe3471He definitely was a factor.
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Given the struggling relationships going on in the Stones at the time, Ronnie had exactly the right personality to help them to heal those rifts. He is not Mick Taylor and he doesn't pretend to be Mick Taylor. He is Ronnie and his personality and guitar playing was what they needed (and still do).
We'll allow it!
He didn't save the Stones, he maintained the band as best he could've.
Ronny you are the best thing to have happened to the Stones at the time you started with you. Thank the LORD they knew you. Ive seen you once at agora Ballroom I think they called it no matter yu were fuggin amazing. Love you RONNY and god bless Charly Watts where ever he is in Heaven.
Amen!
Ronnie made "Some Girls," et al, and could play Brian's parts, and did a pretty good job on Mick Taylor"s. Because of his talent, plus his ability to get along with Keith, he was the perfect man for the job. I know a mutual friend of Ronnie's, and she says, "He is the nicest man."
Ronnie is the glue that holds the Stones together.
I agree he is a force probably the best musician in the band
If by 'glue' you mean potato paste or papier mache than yes you are right. He is a ramshackle blues guy with the face of a kindly jackdaw. Mick Taylor was a genius at tight fluid melodic lines. Ronnie? Looks good in black though. I get it!
Rubbish....he's the 'unglue' ! The band would sound way better without him , and would have sounded better without him all along...apart from the '75 Tour Of The Americas.
What holds the Rolling Stones together is understanding by Mick and Keith that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts - neither could cut a solo career.
Dieser Bericht ist so treffend und informativ, dem habe ich nichts mehr hinzuzufügen...die Magie der Rolling Stones hat sich bis heute gehalten und sie wird bleiben - garantiert, weil sie immer irgendwie kreativ bleiben.....Danke....🍀🎶
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@@wilmabaumann4499 Wie lange kann man leben? Bald sehen wir wie alle Rockers from The Golden Age die noch bei uns sind vor unseren Augen sterben. Darf nicht dran denken weil es mir dermaßen traurig macht.
Stones mit 92 immer noch auf der Bühne!
Thank you for the great recordings. My whole life "dad's also. Amen
Ronnie's solo albums are outstanding, especially Now Look.
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by 1974 Taylor was under heavy drugs and and alcohol addiction,leaving the stones is probably the reason he is still around today
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Like Richards.
Not sure if this drawn out video will get to it, but Ronnie is a PHENOMENAL fine artist - his paintings are sick - I saw several at a gallery in New Orleans years ago- only wish I could have afforded them…
Rock on,Ronnie!. 👍 😎 🎸 ✌️
The Stones had already peaked as a concert band before Woody joined. I'm thinking about the 1972 US tour, with Mick Taylor, Nicky Hopkins, Bobby Keys, Jim Price -- showcasing their Exile on Main Street material. For some reason, the songwriting became harder after that (maybe booze-burnout). Hard to believe it's been 50 years since Woody joined.
Keith can play with anyone I think. Truly the most underrated guitar player of all time
Playing in the best paid band in the world defines "underrated" for you? 🤣
Underrated by snobs. His influence is inescapable for anyone who plays rock and roll guitar.
@@blainemullins6285"Underrated by snobs"
I think that is spot on! And don't forget those Beatle fanboys who are blind for anything except The Beatles. Which I find an overrated band anyway...🙄🙄
@@robg1996 😄 🤣 😂 😆 😄
@@AndyMangeleUnderrated, perhaps, by muso snobs. To all of us who prefer music that hits in the gut; he’s perfect. For those who like wanky 20 minute solos, he won’t be. Keith’s the man.
Saw The Stones live at Tokyo Dome about 10 years ago and the big surprise was just how much Ronnie added to the music. He sounded and played great, fit like a glove with the rest of the band musically and chemistry wise. Brian Jones era Stones was EPIC, Mick Taylor era Stones produced some of the band's greatest music and the Ronnie era has brought continuity that literally no other band on earth can match and with some great music too (e.g. Some Girls).
Go listen to Gimme Shelter Live in Philadelphia 1972 and tell me Ronnie is anywhere close to what Taylor brought to the band.
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From a musical and artistic point of view
The Rolling Stones
were most potent between 1968 and 1978
Prior to 1968
they were an incredible
Brit pop singles rock band with a very serious blues foundation in Brian Jones
This led to the sublime
"Beggars Banquet" (1968)
The atmosphere
that emerged with Mick Taylor joining the band in 1969
made them the most almighty and supernatural live act in the world with players like Billy Preston, Nicky Hopkins and Bobby Keyes on board...
This led to the sublime
"Sticky Fingers" (1971)
Finally, the recording
of the song
"It's Only Rock'n'Roll"
in truth
a Jagger-Wood composition,
heralded 4 years of absolute frenzy between continuing enormous tours, continued
enormous global media celebrity, continued dangerous narcotic intake and inevitable busts...
Eric Clapton or Rory Gallagher were definitely capable of playing guitar FOR the band
but only Ron Wood could have dealt WITH the band at this point...
This led to the sublime
"Some Girls" (1978)
Everything you know about
and have heard about
The Rolling Stones revolves around these three masterpieces...
There have been other great albums, before, during and since that time frame by them, of course...
"Exile on Main Street" (1972)
in particular, but you'd be hard pressed to find such a productive and potent band as The Stones were in that 10 year period
" but Eric ! ... Ya gotta LIVE with them ! "
Grest line .
Ronnie brought energy and positivity back into the band. Great fit!
Ronnie Wood is a national treasure,long may he go on!
half ass musician
Absolutely awesome have a wonderful day also I am a fan of ronnie wood ❤😊 also I am going to college in Canada where I live in ❤😊
Like him or not, Keith was the magical musical genius behind all their hits.
What do you mean "like it or not" Everyone knows Keith is the Stones. F*** Wood
Good video. Thanks!
It was a dream come true 😎))" '
I remember hearing the news that Ronnie was joining the group and wasn't the least bit surprised he was just such a natural for it. Taylor was always incredible with his contributions but as far as fitting in with them personally and being a positive for the groups moral I had the feeling it wasn't happening.
Anyone who is a songwriter knows and understands that Woody was a better fit for the Stones. They were lucky to get him. Taylor's guitar playing was beautiful, particularly on Sticky Fingers, but Wood is who kept the band alive and going to this day (along with Bill and Charlie until their departures)
The, Stones were lucky to get Woody? Why? It's not as if they faced stiff competition or that Woody wasn't keen. Ronnie spent years and years sucking up to the Glimmer Twins in order to join the Rolling Stones.
Finally a new member to the Stones that really look like members of the Stones...
Hell yes Ron Wood was what the Stones needed. He brought the best out in Keith’s playing. Keith would sit on a riff in open G with Mick Taylor and with Woody, Keith returned mostly to standard tuning with his most important instrument: A 1975 Telecaster Custom. The two playing rhythm and lead together really is what makes the Rolling Stones Sound. Yes, Mick Taylor was a beautiful, clean guitar virtuoso, but Ron Wood’s abstract approach was key to the incomparable Richards riff/lead style. The band never sounded better (IMO) than Some Girls, Emotional Rescue (sans the disco numbers) and Tattoo You. The 1981 tour (especially the latter part when they added Ernie Watts), was the Stones at the peak of their power. Naysayers, do your thang. Ronnie Wood was born to be a Rolling Stone!
Tattoo you was made up of early 70s throw aways mostly. Taylor originally played on some, so woody can't get credit for that. Without shadow of doubt the best albums have Taylor on them.
When Ronnie joined the band I remember the black and blue album I was 16 and I knew he was right for the band he fit like a glove. If you listen to the faces the style is almost the same and when he said I’ll play with that band one day. It’s cause he knew that he would fit perfectly and he was there at the right place and time itwas fate, If it wasn’t for Ronnie the stone just wouldn’t be the stones. Mick Taylor was awesome but he wasn’t a showman he stood there not ever matching the energy, through his guitar yes, that’s for sure. Well and for the guy that said keef its not keef it’s Keith.
Keith is commonly known as Keef.
The unreleased Dance Pt3 is the some of their best weaving
Ronnie was the obvious choice for the Stones when Mick Taylor left the band, Ronnie and Keith on the same stage together are just two of a kind, I’ve been lucky enough to have seen the Rolling Stones perform live twice, with Ronnie and Keith on the same stage and what a fantastic experience it was, and to stand close to the stage and watch the pair play guitar together was just brilliant.
Probably the best decision they made after Mick Taylor. He was and is much more suited to the band. He is an instrumentalist and has added many fine touches to heaps of their songs. Also, he has kept the band going and, nowadays, he basically carries Keith Richards, especially live. He is so underrated because people don't realise what he actually contributes. In the end, each guitarist in the band brought something of their own. All great and all deserving of respect.
Excellent post. These anti Woody people are clueless.
@@scottythetrex5197so are anti Taylor idiots, Taylor by far is better, anything the Stones have done with Wood is average except Tattoo You which is good.
& Some Girls@@JohnJohn-zn8ib
@@JohnJohn-zn8ib The real idiot is the one who calls others idiots when he doesn't understand their arguments.
@karlwanninger7675 there is no argument, the Stones best period was from 63-74, after that it was just commercial stuff, certainly missed the Taylor, Jones periods, Wood is average with the band, he was better with The Faces.
still my my fav guitar player :)
I bought a Japanese Zemaitis because he is one of my influental guitar players. The Faces plus the first four Rod Stewart albums!
Ronnie Wood did kinda save the Stones. He was the right choice. A criminally underrated musician. To me The Rolling Stones are complete with Ronnie, and Bill Wyman who unfortunately left in 1992.
I wish I would have written this comment! My thoughts exactly! I actually try to copy Ronnie’s mistakes in some of the songs but I can’t pull it off!
I love Ronnie!
Me, too! And he released two kick-a$$ solo albums before he became a Stone!
2 HS friends of mine managed to wrangle press credentials for the Steel Wheels Tour when they came to Indy (I was at the show but had no idea). Anyway, the one girl said that Ron Wood was by far the life of the party and the coolest. They wound up hanging out with Ronnie and his wife for the whole weekend because it was a 2-night gig iirc. She had one word to describe Mick Jagger: boring! 😂😂😂
Jagger was absolutely pissed and disillusioned when Taylor left the band. He never forgave him for that. He knew what a tremendous loss he and the band had to bear.
Should of given him some songwriting credits and maybe he would've stuck around, and stopped treating him like an outsider.
I saw the Faces in 1070. Ronnie started out playing super loud slide for like ten minutes. Amazing stuff. Never see that in the Stones. Plus he’s turned. Way down when I’ve seen em live. All Kieth piano and horns. And Backing Vocals covering Mick
Gotta Love Ronnie. SAID we the Mariners ysed to use the Stars we just Use the Uocoming Break.!!L.M.A.O.Keep On Rockin,Ronnie Wood.🎸🎸👆🎶💯
Wood insisted that Taylor join them at their RRHOF induction and Taylor occasionally joins the Stones on stage.
RONNIE PLAYED WELL ON EARLY ROD STEWART- Gasoline Alley period, and Faces or SMall FACES? MIGHT BE ROAMING INTO LOST MEMORY slide, He played Tasty Slide back then
The Stones are more about style, image and personalities than virtuosos.
I only listen to the stones live stuff. I love Mick Taylor's weaving guitar lines, but I also love the less virtuosic playing of Ronnie Wood during the 1975 and 1978 tours.
I'm with you. The best boots from 71-73 are some of the best live music ever performed. Keith was on fire.
@@WilliamHerlihy-p4g Brussels '73 is great and there is a good one from 1972 that I'm going to download in a few days.
I do listen to studio albums, but i mainly listen to boots and official live stuff.
@@renorailfanning5465 Brussels 73 and Leeds 71 are the best. I like MSG 72 and Ft Worth 72 is ok. Which 72 show are you downloading?
@@WilliamHerlihy-p4g I think it's the compilation one the includes Ft. Worth and MSG.
Ronnie is great imagine touring your whole life with Faces and then the Stones
I think Ron Wood is perfect for the Stones It's the attitude most of all. He really is an artist who doesn't worry about spilling a little paint.
Ron fits well with the stones😊
Ronnie was perfect but they clipped his wings I think. He had so many great riffs with the Faces
Ronnie wrote so many great songs with Rod Stewart, I’ve always wondered why he didn’t have more of a songwriting role with the Stones.
If you get a chance, listen to Ronnie's solo albums - Now Look and Gimme Some Neck are my favorites, also his 90s release, Slide on This. Excellent rock and roll.
because Jagger/Richards make you sign that everything they steal from you belongs to them
@@stephenedgecock I agree. Keef liked to steal stuff from others I think I read where Honky Tonk riff was from Ry Cooder
Very true. Took away his riff prowess.
Ronnie was a good fit.
This brief documentary offered up hosannas to Ronnie's strengths ad contributions to The Stones, but it didn't offer the critique that was suggested in the headline. Well, here's mine: Ronnie is a highly competent soloist, but Mick Taylor was a brilliant one. I've often wondered what Mick would have done on some of the band's material after he left the group.
The stones needed a backslapper to add some cohesion
True
I was at show where they announced Ron as official Stone. FCCO
Ronnie’s opening riff in “Stay With Me” defines rock & roll….
Mick Taylor was an introverted quiet guy so it wasn’t the right fit even though he was a killer lead player. Ronnie could bond and jive with each other member on their level.
The SECOND man who saved the Rolling Stones.
Stones are complete with Ronnie!
Stöttepelare och Stöttespelare i Stones Great Ronnie Wood!
Listening to Ron Woods fresh interpretions of JJ Flash and Brown Sugar Hot stuff ycagwyw on love you live his playing wasi inventive original and jazzy from 75 to 78 in 81 the stones began to reign him in....there incredible rough recordings of Dance.... Undercover .... Where his playing is incredible and he plays parts later duplicated by other instruments or is later buried in the mix. As time went on his contributions were limited to brief. Showcase solos and sound bites...but he still plays brilliantly on occasion check out Saint of me live .... Unfortunately for thirty years he has been playing sound bites on JJ Flash.... But his work on wild horses and other songs is wonderful.... I wonder if Taylor or Jones could have withstood the constant criticism he has since the seventies
What would happen if they (Keith, Ron) both respawn at the same time ? Keith calls, Ronnie responds (respawns). I'm MAD, Ronnie called Keith.
To be fair i don't believe anyone could fill the shoes of Taylor.
His shoes were to small to Rock'n'Roll.
With Taylor the Stones could be transformed almost in a typical English blues band as Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, Chicken Shack, or John Mayall's Bluesbreakers for examle, 'cause he's essentially a blues guitar player, but the Stones aren't just blues but also good rock 'n' roll. So I think Ron Wood was a good choise because he can play both rock and blues. See his incredible solo in Black Limousine and you'll understand my point of view.
That’s why they picked Ronnie. Imagine if they had gone with Wayne Perkins. Then that would be a fair statement. Ron Wood is a total departure from Mick Taylor’s gorgeous guitar leads. Ronnie was sloppy and sounded great at fusing with Richards in the rhythm/lead arena. Loose and boozy. Taylor was tight, clean, front and center.
imho taylor was the greatest rock guitarist of all time listen to him on sway time waits for no one and cant you hear me knocking he was so diverse
@@terrymay8114 I love "Time Waits for No One" and I love the beautiful solo Taylor plays, but "Sway" is sure not one of their better songs. Listening to the album, I always was glad when this one was over and "Wild Horses" released the pain. "Sway" is like some guys try to sound like the Rolling Stones, but didn't get the groove and there is no Keith Richards who would play that groove.
Ronnie is perfect
Taylor was the Guy they Needed at the Time. So was Wood. Mick was a Better Player, but Ronny is a Real Stone.
Ronny was better in the Faces, but Taylor was the golden boy in the Stones golden age.
I'm from Detroit (blow the reveille)!
Mick Taylor said (at the time) he was leaving The Rolling Stones for _"...personal reasons."_
Those around the band said his Heroin addiction was a main reason. They also implied his wife was his influence in making that decision.
Of course, years later; It was said his dissatisfaction with not getting proper songwriting credit on a few select tunes was another reason.
(suggested by Taylor himself)
The instances where The Stones would be _'meandering-around'_ a jam/Then, Keef would plug in & turn it into another iconic song are...Legendary!
(some say that was every song)
e.g. 'Can't You Hear Me Knocking':
KR pulls out all his _'tough-guy'_ tricks at once & created one of the BEST (Hard R&R) Riffs in history!
MJ struggles with (& eventually *nails!* ) the very difficult vocals!
At the end; MT comes up with a very great ( _'Carlos-influenced'_ ) 'outro' with help from BK (Sax solos) & KR (rhythm)! Thankfully, Jimmy Miller left the 'record' button on.
The 1st half was: *The Song!*
The 2nd half was: _The Coda!_
But, all you hear about these days is _"...Taylor's great guitar on 'CYHMK'!"_ (!?!)
'Moonlight Mile':
MJ sat down with MT to try to make an entire song. Taylor was using Keef's acoustic. (Open-G)
The main RIFF was from something KR had been playing with called: _"The Japanese Thing"._
So, if MT wasn't there; 'Moonlight Mile' would have still been written!
John Lennon, Allen Collins, Malcolm Young, Izzy Stradlin, & many, many more are examples of (so-called) _"rhythm-players"_ who drove *song creation!*
Many guitarists known for their iconic leads used RHYTHM to write their songs. (Hendrix/Page/Van Halen/etc.)
Guitarists known (only) for their _'lightning-fast-fret-flitting'_ don't usually have a list of well-remembered songs.
Those who play already know this stuff. Those who don't (& call Keef a _'poor-guitarist'_ ) should re-consider.
**ROX ON!**
- Dave B
The small faces were of a similar DNA to the stones, I thought he was a perfect pick. Their sound did change but it produced the masterpiece Some Girls, where the guitar interplay between Keith Mick and Ronnie was unparalleled
How can you compare the Small Faces to the Stones ❓️ Andrew & Mick were fabulous at PR & Accountancy ; whereas Stevie Marriott was fabulous at writing songs and stagecraft .
Some Girls is not terribly musical
I'm a big fan of Taylor and that period which was when the Stones peaked. But the Stones were in decline whether Taylor stayed or not. They weren't writing the same dynamic songs and got more commercial. They became one of the greatest stadium show live acts in rock music. On record, Ron Wood really didn't contribute great contributions to the band beyond It's only rock n roll, until Hackney Diamonds. I love Ronnie's playing on this old age album probably more than anything else he's ever done on record. Live he's always been just fine.
Ronnie can play just about any stringed instrument......nuff said.
I agree Just not as good as mick Taylor
He also plays drums and sax.
For all the Beatle fans in this thread, Imma remind you that they haven't played together in 55 years. The stones played the other night.
Ronnie's a great bass player...he shudda taken Bill Wyman's place when Bill left...
He influenced many bass players with his playing with Jeff Beck.
Woody is the perfect Stone - he saved the Stones
At the time I don't know who else available at the time would have fit in. There were better guitarist like rory gallagher who they considered, but rory would have gotten bored with the stones rhythm section. I think Zal Cleminson would have been an interesting inclusion. Highly under rated guitarist.
I can hear woodie’s great influence the most on “Some Girls”, which showcases his multi instrument talent, and “Some Girls” to me ranks right up there with “Sticky Fingers”…
After “Tattoo You”, I stopped buying Stones albums because there seemed to be only two or four good songs on them, and the rest were rock milquetoast.
That never happened in Brian’s or MT’s time with the band.
It’s probably not Woodie’s fault, either.
There’s a gold mine of outtakes from Emotional Rescue that were far better than some of the stuff that ended up on that album. Tattoo You was their swan song. And Taylor’s lead on Tops wasn’t the highlight. BLACK LIMOUSINE, man!
Who do you think played the lead/rhythm about a minute and five seconds into the song Some Girls? Some say Keith, others Woody. Big mystery. I LOVE IT.
Ronnie was with the Faces. Their brand of Rock n Roll was very different from the Stones. And as is quite obvious from their music with him in it.
I remember Ronnie Wood, in the 70s, had an album called
I got my own album to do. It had an excellent song called
Get Our Shit Together.
That album was unofficially subtitled _I've Got My Sucking Up to the Stones Album to Do._
He fits well. Everyone is not gonna be Mick Taylor that is a rare dude.
In the 81 tour Kieth punched Ronnie in the face for smoking 🚭 crack cocaine
Ron Wood is an awesome bass player. Check out the Jeff Beck Group stuff. He's a cool guitarist too. People forget that Mick Taylor was with the Stones during their "Imperial Phase". I love Mick Taylor as a guitar player but he kinda got lucky he hooked up with them when he did. They were an unstoppable creative force during those years. He was a perfect addition but not the reason for their golden period IMO.
I think Ronnie Wood isn't a virtuoso as Taylor is, but in songs like Just My Imagination you can understand why Wood works so fine with keef. The chemistry between them made the stones came back.
It's come out that Mick Taylor had no intention of being with the rolling Stones for a long time. His goal is to do what he's doing which was and is to do his own thing with singing and everything and he's pretty good at it. As a result of his leaving, the stones found another guitarist that had a lifetime ambition of being a part of their group and he has a guitar skills to live up to that.
Worse decision? Worse than what? Surely you mean WORST decision? For what it's worth, I think it was the best decision they could have made. Nobody forced Taylor to quit and Woody was an excellent choice. He's not enhanced his reputation that much, being in Keith's shadow, whereas in the Faces he was the "Keith" figure to some extent, but he knows his open-tuned rhythm, plays great slide and also offers pedal steel which neither of his predecessors did. He's got far more stage presence than Taylor who played some great stuff in the studio, but if you catch live footage of his Stones days, was often guilty of aimless noodling on the diatonic scale.
Mick Taylor’s live slide work is impeccable...
Ron Wood was an excellent bass player with Jeff Beck and in the studio with The Faces.
Mick Taylor’s septum of his nose was wearing thin from all the cocaine. It nearly killed him, not keith.
Wood did one great album with the Stones - Sticky Fingers.He looked like a Stone
Love Ronnie Wood. Great content in this video but the captioning is rubbish.
We were there when mick was wooing Ronnie when Small Face's was playing at Roosevelt Stadium,,we ate ,drank,and carried on,, they were with,,Alvin Lee,,10 Years After,,,We just happened to be in Jersey, Jesse Davis,,,big fun,,we had chow it was either Ribs or Lobster,,,We and Mick,,his wife were in the Rob line,,,many moons ago!
Weaving. I've always heard it but didn't know what it was till now.
No wonder Black and Blue is such a good album
It's an interesting transition album, with different genres, Wayne Perkins, Harvey Mandel, then came Ronnie.
He was not Mick Taylor but I think he was a good fit for the Stones.
Woody is a very good player, and an excellent fit for the Stones musically and personality wise. He's not Taylor (nobody else is) but he brings a kind of talent that very few people - even many musicians - really understand. What do I mean? He almost always plays what is PERFECT for the song in question., which is a very rare skill.
If you doubt me, listen to things like Beast of Burden or Start Me Up. Play some lead over the song and ask yourself, is what I played a better fit for the song than what Woody played? Does it SOUND better for the track?
99% of the time the answer is no.
The tracks you cite here.....suck. They are simply examples of how the songwriting abillities of Jagger and Richards had degraded.
He's been a good fit, but maybe too good a fit. With Mick Taylor, the Stones were musically interesting - you had a sense that they were developing and exploring new territory. With Ronnie Wood they settled into their comfort zone, and seemed to just produce more of the same stuff. I heard, recently, that they wanted Jeff Beck, but he was unavailable. That would have been phenomenal. He would have taken them places no-one had been before.
Nah. Jeff is an instrumental virtuoso. He plays a lot of guitar. He never would have fit with them. Maybe for one album, to blast them into space.
Ronnie is phantastic!
and he's still a Face to me:) I loved The Faces.
The Faces were as important to the Stones as the Stones were to the Faces.
Ronnie Wood is the Stone's Ringo.
Ron and Kieth are great together
SLIDE😊
I think it was in 2016 that the Stones released the long set of videos of the South American Tour. Many hours long. It was about 1/2 way through that I realized that I hadn't heard one decent guitar solo. It was then that I realized that Ronnie was not the great new lead guitarist that the Stones needed, but just a keef-clone that did fit in with the band but didn't fit the bill of being a lead guitarist in the greatest rock and roll band in the world.
Well said.
The Stones got two fantastic guitarists who play lead guitar, Ron and Keith, no one ever did that better.
@@karlwanninger7675 Taylor was much better.
@@JohnJohn-zn8ib Taylor couldn't play Rock'n'Roll, so he was the wrong to be the guitarist of a Rock'n'Roll band.
@karlwanninger7675 you don't know much to say he can't play rock and roll, your delusional or have crappie tastes.
If someone could have stopped Brian Jones from taking drugs then this conversation would not be relevant.
RONNIE WOOD IS THE REASON THE ROLLING STONES ARE STILL ROCKIN'. SURE MICK TAYLOR WAS A VERY BEAUTIFUL PLAYER, NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT! BUT HE WAS NOT A WEAVER, WHERE RONNIE IS A MASTERFUL WEAVER. THAT IS WHAT THE STONES NEEDED, THAT IS WHY THEY HAVE LASTED SO LONG. TO MANY PEOPLE LIVE ONLY IN THE PAST....
I loved Ron Wood w the Rod Stewart and Faces. The incredible songs they wrote and the great guitar he did were terrifc. Live, they were fantastic. TO me, in thevStones he is just an afterthought. He's no better of a player then Keith, where Mick Taylor is a guitar players guitarist. His solos are legendary. Sway, Cant you here knocking, Heartbreaker, on an on. Ron Wood did some decent stuff on Black and Blue, weLL i suppse it was him, coulda been some else, and in 1975 he looked good on stage, but musically i have heard nothing of any note from, nothing that Keith couldn't have done. My opinion. He could leave and the Stones would miss a thing.
YEAH, RIGHT!?! I'm sorry but by the time Taylor left, the whole endless guitar solo era had already gotten tired. By the mid 70s, the punks were gaining ground on the Stones and the rest of the Brit Invasion survivors. There is NO WAY- and I am a HUGE fan of his- that Jeff Beck could've done what RONNIE did to revitalize the Stones. Things had to change and Ronnie immeasurably helped the Stones get over themselves and get back to basics. Not by trying to be the Sex Pistols but by stripping their sound and by extension their persona back to a hard rocking, get-up-and-go rock and roll band but now with a lighter touch. That while they were STILL the Stones, but they were also NOW the premiere rock and roll party band- the spot once occupied by Wood's former group, the Faces. Wood brought energy and most importantly FUN back to the Stones and their sound. They had their BIG post "Exile" Renaissance from 1978 to 1984. from "Some Girls" to "Undercover" with hit-after-genuine-fucking-hit. It's not for nothing that Jeff Spicoli himself said that after he won the Hawaiian Tropic Surfing Championship that he and "Mick are gonna wing on over to London and jam with the Stones..!" And that was back in 1982! For those of us in high school back then THAT was the Stones to us. The earlier Mick Taylor much-rightfully hailed, classic period was something we only discovered AFTERWARDS. It was all due again to Ronnie showing up and giving the Stones a much-needed transfusion of energy and FUN. "Gimme Mick, Gimme Mick! Bulging eyes, greasy hair, lips so THICK. Are you woman? Are you man? I'm you're greatest living fan. You can rock me, you can roll me til I'm SICK!"- Candy Slice.
I prefer the Mick Taylor era. Ronnie Wood seems like an excellent fit.
It was Mick Taylor that got the Stones on track again (with a short stint of Ry Cooder as well).
Ron is great but Mick Taylor saved the Stones. Jagger & Richards couldn't stand this.
The R.olling Stones with Brian Jones amazing. The Stones with Mick Taylor were on fire.
The Stones with Ronnie...not so good. I saw them twice with Mick and twice with Ronnie
and the drop off was dramatic. You couldn't pay me to see them. What a joke they are!
@JFF35753 Mick Taylor era was the best..I'd rather hear them with Ronnie over Jones
@@JFF35753 NOT a Joke
Seen em all-Wood is my fave
@JFF35753 YOU can't tell me you don't like Some Girls
@@charlessteenburgen Some Girls is by far the best Stones album with R. Wood. It stil is not as good as the Jones/Taylor era.