The ladies tend to go for singers and lead guitarists, but don’t tell that to Ron Wood. For the better part of four decades, the man has scored his share while shining in the shadow of some of rock’s biggest stars: Rod Stewart, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards. Along the way, Ron…
Cale’s classical training finally comes to the fore with ten (mostly) instrumental pieces.
Some people would have staged an intervention for Clapton. His friends staged a concert instead.
A dry run for The Rolling Stones, with cameos from a few Faces and one Beatle for good measure.
Kronomyth 6.0: AT THE RISK OF BEATLING A DEAD HOARSE. Ahem. Let me just clear my throat before lighting into Dark Horse. George Harrison was going on tour and, since tours typically promote an album, he decided to record a new one. Only George was beset by a bad case of laryngitis during the recording sessions…
Now a member of The Rolling Stones, Wood still looks and sounds the same.
Well, if you paid good money for this, I can think of at least one reason.
A solid live album feature recent (Slide on This) and older material with some familiar faces.
Kronomyth 10.75: INTO THE WOODS. This is the deepest we’ve gone into the Wood yet: a double-disc anthology featuring Ronnie solo material on disc one and his group material on disc two. Even more intriguing is the decision to include four tracks from his earliest and seldom-heard work with The Birds. And then there’s the…