Ronald David Wood was born on 1 June 1947 and is an English rock musician, best known as an official member of the Rolling Stones since 1975, as well as a member of Faces and the Jeff Beck Group.
49 Facts About Ronnie Wood
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Ronnie Wood began his career in 1964, playing guitar with several British rhythm and blues bands in short succession, including the Birds and the Creation.
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Ronnie Wood joined the Jeff Beck Group in 1967 as a guitarist and bassist, playing on the albums Truth and Beck-Ola.
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Ronnie Wood sang and co-wrote the popular title track from their final LP, Ooh La La, released in 1973.
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Ronnie Wood worked extensively on Stewart's first few solo albums.
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Besides I've Got My Own Album to Do, Ronnie Wood has recorded several other solo efforts.
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Ronnie Wood released Gimme Some Neck in 1979, which hit No 45 in the US; 1234 was released in 1981, peaking at No 164.
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Ronnie Wood released Slide on This in 1992, Not for Beginners came out in 2002.
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In between Jeff Beck Group projects, Ronnie Wood worked with the Creation.
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In 1969, after Steve Marriott left the Small Faces, Ronnie Wood began working with the remaining members of that group, returning to his instrument of choice, the guitar.
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Besides his distinctive guitar work, Ronnie Wood contributed harmonica, vocals, and bass to the band's recordings, and co-wrote many of their songs, including "Stay With Me" and "Ooh La La".
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Ronnie Wood played on bandmate Stewart's first few solo albums and is co-writer of the Rod Stewart songs "Gasoline Alley" and "Every Picture Tells a Story", as well as several songs on Never a Dull Moment.
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In 1972, Wood and Faces bassist Ronnie Lane composed the soundtrack to the film Mahoney's Last Stand; the soundtrack, which was released as an LP in 1976, features Faces bandmates Ian McLagan and Kenney Jones, along with contributions from Pete Townshend and Ric Grech.
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Ronnie Wood performed with Townshend, Grech, Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi and Eric Clapton at Clapton's Rainbow Concert in 1973.
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In 1973 Ronnie Wood asked his old friend Mick Taylor, whom he had known since the early 1960s, to help with his first solo album.
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In December 1973, Ronnie Wood collaborated with Mick Jagger on the song "It's Only Rock'n Roll ".
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Ronnie Wood occasionally plays bass guitar, as seen during 1975 concert performances of "Fingerprint File", when Mick Jagger played rhythm guitar and bassist Bill Wyman moved to synthesizer.
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In 1975, Ronnie Wood released his second solo album, Now Look; his third, Gimme Some Neck, came out in 1979.
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Ronnie Wood gave Dylan his guitar to keep the performance seamless and played air guitar until a stagehand brought him a replacement.
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Ronnie Wood was made a fully-fledged partner in the Rolling Stones' financial organisation in 1990.
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Since 2000, Ronnie Wood has continued to combine solo work with his Rolling Stones schedule.
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Ronnie Wood toured with the Rolling Stones in 2002 and 2003; in 2004, he performed several one-off concerts and guest appearances, including several appearances with Rod Stewart.
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Ronnie Wood took part in the accompanying tour, which lasted until August 2007.
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In November 2006, during a break in the Rolling Stones' A Bigger Bang Tour, Ronnie Wood played guitar on three tracks for British soul artist Beverley Knight's album Music City Soul, released in 2007.
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On 11 August 2009, Ronnie Wood joined Pearl Jam on the stage of Shepherd's Bush Empire in London for a performance of "All Along the Watchtower".
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On 2 November 2009, Ronnie Wood was given an "Outstanding Contribution" award at the Classic Rock Roll of Honour ceremony in London.
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Since 9 April 2010, Ronnie Wood has presented his own radio show on Absolute Radio.
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Ronnie Wood went on to train at the Ealing Art College, as had both his brothers.
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Ronnie Wood did the cover artwork to Eric Clapton's 1988 box set Crossroads.
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Art critic Brian Sewell has called Ronnie Wood "an accomplished and respectable artist"; and the South Bank Show has devoted an entire program to his artwork.
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Ronnie Wood has maintained a long-standing relationship with the San Francisco Art Exchange, which first exhibited his work in 1987.
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Ronnie Wood is co-owner of a London art gallery called Scream.
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In October 2007, Ronnie Wood appeared on the television motor show Top Gear, achieving a celebrity lap time of 1:49.4.
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On 17 October 2017, his autobiography Ronnie Wood: Artist was published.
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Ronnie Wood has a long-standing interest in thoroughbred breeding and racing.
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Ronnie Wood was born in Hillingdon, west London, into a family of English "bargees".
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Ronnie Wood has said that his generation was the first in the family to be born on dry land.
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Ronnie Wood grew up in Yiewsley and attended St Stephen's Infant School, St Matthew's Church of England Primary School and St Martin's C of E Secondary Modern School West Drayton.
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In 1985 Ronnie Wood married his second wife, Jo Ronnie Wood, mother of his daughter Leah and son Tyrone.
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Ronnie Wood adopted Jamie, Jo Wood's son from a previous relationship.
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Ronnie Wood took up stamp collecting as part of his alcoholism rehab.
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Jo Ronnie Wood filed for divorce, which was granted in 2009.
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On 3 December 2009, Ronnie Wood was arrested over assault "in connection with a domestic incident".
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Ronnie Wood was cautioned for this offence on 22 December 2009.
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On 21 December 2012, Ronnie Wood married Sally Humphreys, the owner of a theatre production company, 31 years his junior.
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Ronnie Wood was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2017, necessitating the partial removal of one of his lungs.
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Ronnie Wood said he refused chemotherapy because he did not want to lose his hair.
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In 2021, Ronnie Wood stated that he had been sober for 10 years.
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Ronnie Wood is a fan of English EFL Championship football club West Bromwich Albion.