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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
| Name = Ronnie Wood
| Img = Ronwood.jpg
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| Background = solo_singer
| Birth_name = Ronald David Wood
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| Born = {{birth date and age|1947|6|1|df=y}}<br> [[London]], [[England]]
| Died =
| Instrument = [[Guitar]], [[Bass guitar|Bass]], [[Pedal steel|Pedal Steel guitar]], [[Lap Steel|Lap Steel Guitar]], [[Harmonica]], [[Saxophone]], [[Drums]]
| Genre = [[Rock music|Rock]], [[Hard rock]], [[Blues]], [[Country music|Country]], [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]], [[Reggae]]
| Occupation = [[Musician]], [[Songwriter]], [[Record producer|Producer]], [[Artist]]
| Years_active = 1964 - present
| Label = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
| Associated_acts = [[The Rolling Stones]], [[The New Barbarians (band)|The New Barbarians]], [[The Faces|Faces]], [[The Jeff Beck Group]]
| URL = [http://www.ronniewood.com/ www.ronniewood.com]
| Notable_instruments = [[Zemaitis Guitars|Various Zemaitis models]]<br>[[ESP Guitars|ESP Ron Wood signature model]]<br>[[Duesenberg Guitars|Duesenberg signature model]]<br>Versoul guitars
}}
'''Ronald David "Ronnie" Wood''' (born [[1 June]] [[1947]] in [[Hillingdon]], [[London]]) is an [[England|English]] [[Rock music|rock]] [[guitarist]] and [[bassist]] best known as a member of [[The Rolling Stones]], [[Faces (band)|Faces]], and [[The Jeff Beck Group]].
==Music career==
===1960s===
Wood began his career as a professional musician in 1964 as a guitarist with [[The Birds (band)|The Birds]], a [[rhythm & blues]] band based in [[Yiewsley]], West [[London]]. A popular live act with a considerable fan base, The Birds released several singles in the mid-60s;<ref name="wells07p60-66">{{Citation |last=Wells |first=David |title=Bird Song |magazine=Record Collector |pages=pg. 60 - 66 |date=March 2007 }}</ref> Wood wrote or co-wrote nearly half the songs the group recorded.<ref name="rarebirds">{{citation |title=liner notes to The Collector's Guide to Rare British Birds |publisher=Deram Records |date=June 2005 |}}</ref>
By 1967 the Birds had disbanded and Wood had joined the [[Jeff Beck Group]] as a bassist. Along with vocalist [[Rod Stewart]], Wood did several tours with Beck, and recorded two albums: ''[[Truth (album)|Truth]]'' in 1968 and ''[[Beck-Ola]]'' in 1969. In between Jeff Beck Group projects Wood also worked with [[The Creation (band)|The Creation]].<ref name="nzentgrafwoodworks">{{cite web |last =Zentgraf |first=Nico |title=Woodworks 1957-1975 |url=http://www.nzentgraf.de/books/tcw/works1.htm|accessdate=2008-02-23 | }}</ref>
In 1969, after [[Steve Marriott]] left the [[Small Faces]], Wood began working with the remaining members of that group, returning to his instrument of choice: the guitar. This line-up, plus Rod Stewart and ex-Bird [[Kim Gardner]], teamed up with Wood's brother [[Art Wood]] in a formation called Quiet Melon, making a handful of recordings in May 1969.<ref name="nzentgrafwoodworks"/> After the Jeff Beck Group's fifth US tour in July, Wood and Stewart joined the former Small Faces full-time, and the band's name was changed to [[Faces (band)|Faces]].<ref name="mclagan2000p151-153">{{cite book |last=McLagan |first=Ian |title= All the Rage (revised edition) |publisher= Pan Books |date=2000 |id=ISBN 0-330-37637-X |pages=pg. 151-153}}</ref>
===1970s===
In the first half of the 1970s the Faces released four studio albums and were among the top-grossing live acts of the period.<ref name="wall0507">{{citation |title=A Walk Through the Wood |last=Wall |first=Mick |magazine=Classic Rock |publisher= Future Publishing Ltd. |date=May 2007 |page= pg. 58-63 }}</ref> Besides his distinctive guitar work, Wood contributed harmonica, vocals and bass to the band's recordings, and co-wrote many of their songs, including "[[Stay With Me (Faces song)|Stay With Me]]" (1971) and "Ooh La La" (1973). He also played on bandmate Stewart's first few solo albums, and is co-writer of the Rod Stewart classics "Gasoline Alley" (1970) and "Every Picture Tells a Story" (1971),<ref name="nzentgrafwoodworks"/> as well as several songs on [[Never a Dull Moment]].
In 1972 Wood and Faces bassist [[Ronnie Lane]] composed the soundtrack to the film ''Mahoney's Last Stand'';<ref name="nzentgrafwoodworks"/> [[Mahoney's Last Stand|the soundtrack]], which was released as an LP in 1976, also features Faces bandmates [[Ian McLagan]] and [[Kenney Jones]], along with contributions from [[Pete Townshend]] and [[Ric Grech]]. Wood also performed with Townshend, Grech, [[Steve Winwood]], [[Jim Capaldi]] and [[Eric Clapton]] at Clapton's [[Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert|Rainbow Concert]] in 1973.
In December 1973, Wood collaborated with [[Mick Jagger]] on the song "[[It's Only Rock'n Roll (But I Like It)]]".<ref name="accordingto2003p162-164">{{cite book |last=Jagger |first=Mick |coauthors=Richards, Keith; Watts, Charlie; Wood, Ronnie |title= According to the Rolling Stones |publisher= Chronicle Books |date=2003 |id=ISBN 0-8118-4060-3 |pages=pg. 162-164}}</ref> Both Jagger and [[Keith Richards]] contributed to Wood's first solo album, ''[[I've Got My Own Album to Do]]'', released in 1974.<ref name="nzentgrafwoodworks"/>
Following [[Mick Taylor]]'s departure from the Rolling Stones in December [[1974 in music|1974]], Wood participated in the band's March 1975 recording sessions for their forthcoming album ''[[Black and Blue]]''.<ref name="nzentgraf">{{cite web |last =Zentgraf |first=Nico |title=The Complete Works of the Rolling Stones 1962-2008 |url=http://www.nzentgraf.de/books/tcw/works1.htm|accessdate=2008-02-23 | }}</ref><ref name="ronnie2007p110-112p115-116">{{cite book |last=Wood |first=Ronnie |title= Ronnie |publisher= Macmillan |date=2007 |id=ISBN 978-0-230-70131-1 |pages=pg. 110-112, pg. 115-116}}</ref> Although still a member of the Faces, he toured North America with the Rolling Stones in [[1975 in music|1975]]; the Faces announced their break-up in December of that year, and Wood was officially pronounced a member of the Rolling Stones in February 1976.<ref name="ronnie2007p137">Wood 2007. pg. 137.</ref>
In the Rolling Stones, Wood specializes in playing [[slide guitar]], [[lap steel guitar| lap steel]] and [[pedal steel guitar]], and contributes one half of the "ancient art of weaving" - his and [[Keith Richards]]' term for a style of interchange between guitarists that blurs the boundaries between [[rhythm guitar|rhythm]] and [[lead guitar|lead]].<ref name="accordingtop180">Jagger, Richards, Watts & Wood 2003. pg. 180.</ref> He also 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]]. The Rolling Stones single "[[Emotional Rescue (song)|Emotional Rescue]]" also features Wood on bass. He has been given credit as a co-writer for a dozen songs, including "Dance", "[[Black Limousine]]", "[[One Hit (to the Body)]]" and "[[Had It With You]]".
In 1975 Wood released his second solo album, ''[[Now Look]]''; his third, ''[[Gimme Some Neck]]'', came out in [[1979 in music| 1979]]. To promote it, Wood formed and toured with [[The New Barbarians (band)| The New Barbarians]], playing 20 concerts in Canada and the US in April/May and the [[Concerts at Knebworth House|Knebworth Festival]] in the UK in August.<ref name="ronnie2007p187-192">Wood 2007. pg. 187-192.</ref><ref name="mclagan2000p294-300">McLagan 2000. pg. 294-300.</ref>
===1980s===
Throughout the 1980s, Wood played as a member of the Rolling Stones; continued his solo career, releasing the album ''[[1234 (Ron Wood album)|1234]]'' in 1981; painted; and collaborated with a number of other artists, including [[Prince (musician)|Prince]], [[Bob Dylan]], [[David Bowie]], [[Eric Clapton]], [[Bo Diddley]] and [[Aretha Franklin]].
At the [[1985 in music| 1985]] [[Live Aid]] Concert in [[Philadelphia]], Wood along with [[Keith Richards]] performed in the penultimate set with [[Bob Dylan]]. During the performance of "[[Blowing in the wind|Blowin' in the Wind]]", one of Dylan's guitar strings broke. Wood gave Dylan his guitar in order to keep the performance seamless, and played [[air guitar]] until a stagehand brought him a replacement.<ref name="ronnie2007p251">Wood 2007. pg. 251.</ref>
In 1988 Wood opened "Woody's on the Beach" in Miami, a club featuring a house band headed by [[Bobby Keys]], hosting performances by local acts, friends of Wood's and occasionally Wood himself. The defunct hotel which housed the club allowed Wood to set up a VIP area upstairs, displaying Wood's artwork and providing private party areas. The club was popular, but was closed due to complaints from neighbours who found it too loud.<ref name="ronnie2007p262-263">Wood 2007. pg. 262-263.</ref>
===1990s===
In 1990 Wood was made a fully-fledged partner in the Rolling Stones' financial organization.<ref name="accordingtop257">Jagger, Richards, Watts & Wood 2003. pg. 257.</ref> During the '90s the Rolling Stones released two studio albums and three concert albums, as well as touring in 1990, 1994-95 and 1997-99.<ref name="nzentgraf"/>
In addition, Wood released his seventh solo album, ''[[Slide On This]]'', in 1992; he toured to promote this album in North America and Japan. His appearance in 1993 with former bandmate Rod Stewart on ''[[MTV Unplugged]]'' resulted in a hit album entitled ''[[Unplugged...and Seated]]''; the concert album that Wood released in 1993 from his own tour was called ''[[Slide On Live: Plugged In and Standing]]''.<ref name="nzentgraf"/>
Wood also contributed to Bo Diddley's 1996 album ''A Man Amongst Men'', playing slide guitar on the tracks "Hey Baby", "A Man Amongst Men" and "Oops! Bo Diddley" and guitar on "I Can't Stand It".
===2000s===
Since 2000 Wood has continued to combine solo work with his Rolling Stones schedule. Following the 2001 release of his album ''[[Not For Beginners]]'', Wood toured England and Ireland in 2001 and 2002 with his own group, [[The Ronnie Wood Band]]. The band included members of his own family, [[Slash (musician)|Slash]] and [[Andrea Corr]]. After the tour a [[DVD]] called ''[[Far East Man]]'' was released.
Wood toured with the Rolling Stones in 2002-03; in 2004 he performed several one-off concerts and guest appearances, including a number of appearances with Rod Stewart. Later in the year the two expressed intentions of finishing the studio work on a collaborative album to be entitled ''You Strum and I'll Sing''. In 2005, however, Wood was again busy with the Rolling Stones, recording their album ''[[A Bigger Bang]]'' and then embarking on a world tour that would continue through August 2007.<ref name="nzentgraf"/>
In 2005 Wood launched his own record company, Wooden Records, which has released recordings by his daughter [[Leah Wood|Leah]], [[The New Barbarians (band)|The New Barbarians]] and others.
In November 2006, during a break in the Rolling Stones' [[A Bigger Bang]] tour, Wood played guitar on three tracks for British soul artist [[Beverley Knight]]'s album ''[[Music City Soul]]'', released in 2007.<ref name="nzentgraf"/>
On [[11 June]] 2008 Rod Stewart announced that he, Wood and the other surviving Faces are discussing a reunion, at least for one or two concerts.<ref name="wmtxRodinterview">{{cite web |title=It's Official: Faces Reunion |publisher=Mix 100.7 WMTX-FM |url= http://www.tampabaysmix.com/pages/nancyandchris.html?feed=278505&article=3814388 |accessdate=2008-06-14 | }}</ref>
==Personal==
Wood was born into a family of English "Bargees" (river/canal [[barge]] operators) and says that his generation was the first in the family to be born on dry land.<ref name="ronnie2007p3">Wood 2007. pg. 3.</ref> Both of his older brothers, [[Art Wood|Art]] and Ted, were graphic artists as well as musicians. Ted Wood died in 2004, and Art Wood in 2006.<ref name="artwoodobit">{{cite web |last =Perrone |first=Pierre |title=Obituary: Art Wood: Frontman of the Artwoods |publisher=The Independent |date=November 6 2006 |url= http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/art-wood-423177.html |accessdate=2008-02-22 | }}</ref>
Wood has four children. Jesse is his son with his first wife, Krissy (nee Findlay), a former model to whom he was married from 1971 to 1978; Krissy died in 2005. In 1985 Wood married his second wife, [[Jo Wood]] (nee Howard), mother of his daughter [[Leah Wood|Leah]] and son Tyrone; her son Jamie from a previous relationship completes the family. Also a former model, Jo Wood has developed a successful line of organic beauty products.<ref name="landman07">{{cite web |last=Landman |first=Beth | title=Secret Ingredients: Their Husbands |publisher=The New York Times |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/17/fashion/17skin.html?_r=1&oref=slogin |date=2007-05-17 | accessdate=2007-05-19}}</ref> The Woods currently live between homes in [[Kingston Vale]], [[United Kingdom|Britain]] and [[County Kildare, Ireland]].<ref name="brown2003">{{cite web |last=Brown |first=James |title=Wood: How I Keep Rolling On |publisher=The Daily Mail |url=http://www.the-faces.com/wood/articles/20030224DailyMail.htm | date=2003-02-24 | accessdate=2007-05-19}}</ref>
Wood has been frank about his struggle with [[alcoholism]]; although reports between 2003 and 2006 had indicated that he had been sober since the Rolling Stones' 2002-03 tour, in June 2006 it was reported that Wood was entering rehab for a couple of weeks following a spell of increased alcohol abuse.<ref>{{cite web | author=DPA | title="After the tree... it's rehab" | publisher=The Sydney Morning Herald | language=English | url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/06/14/1149964607303.html | date=2006-06-14 | accessdate=2007-05-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | author=Larkin, Adrian | title="Rolling Stones gig latest" | publisher=BBC 6 | language=English | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/news/20060620_stones.shtml | date=2006-06-20 | accessdate=2007-05-18}}</ref> In July 2008, however, he was allegedly seen drinking with a young Russian girl named Ekaterina Ivanova whom he had met in a London club, and there was speculation that he was going to desert his wife and continue to drink excessively with his new girlfriend.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,380961,00.html Fox News]</ref> According to the BBC <ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7510223.stm]</ref>, Wood checked into rehab again on July 16, 2008.
==Artwork==
Wood is an accomplished artist. When he was a child his drawings were featured on the [[BBC television]] programme ''Sketch Club''; he won one of that programme's competitions, an achievement he refers to as his "awakening to art".<ref name="ronnie2007p18-19">Wood 2007. pg. 18-19.</ref> He went on to train at the [[Ealing]] Art College, as both his brothers had.
Wood's paintings, drawings and prints frequently feature icons of popular culture and have been exhibited all over the world. Several of his paintings, including a work commissioned by [[Andrew Lloyd-Webber]], are displayed at [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane|London's Drury Lane Theatre]].<ref name="ronnie2007p319-324">Wood 2007. pg. 319-324.</ref> Art critic [[Brian Sewell]] has called Wood "an accomplished and respectable artist";<ref name="bigissue">{{citation |title=The Big Bang |magazine=The Big Issue |date=August 20-26 2007 |publisher=The Big Issue Company Ltd. |page=pg. 9 }}</ref> and the ''[[South Bank Show]]'' has devoted an entire programme to his artwork.<ref name="southbank0904">{{cite episode |title=The South Bank Show |airdate=2004-09-05 |season=28 |number=626 |url=http://epguides.com/SouthBankShow/}}</ref> Wood is also the co-owner (along with sons Jamie and Tyrone) of a London art gallery called Scream.<ref name="ronnie2007p325">Wood 2007. pg. 325.</ref>
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==Books, films & television appearances==
To date, Wood has three books to his credit: a short collection of autobiographical anecdotes entitled ''The Works'', illustrated with Wood's artwork, co-authored by Bill German and published in 1988; a limited-edition art book entitled ''Wood on Canvas: Every Picture Tells a Story'', published in 1998; and his 2007 autobiography ''Ronnie''.
In addition to numerous Faces and Rolling Stones concert films, broadcasts and documentaries, Wood performed alongside [[The Band]], [[Bob Dylan]] and many others in the finale of the documentary ''[[The Last Waltz]]'', filmed in 1976.<ref name="lastwaltz">{{cite video |people=The Band, Bob Dylan, Ronnie Wood, et al| title=The Last Waltz |medium=DVD released 2002 |publisher=MGM Entertainment |year2=1978 }}</ref> He has made cameo appearances in feature films including ''[[The Deadly Bees]]'' (1967), ''[[The Wild Life (film)|The Wild Life]]'' (1984) and ''[[9½ Weeks]]'' (1986), as well as on television programmes including ''[[The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash]]'' (1978).<ref name="ronnie2007p180">Wood 2007. pg. 180.</ref><ref name="imdb">{{cite web |title=Ron Wood (I) |publisher=Internet Movie Database |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0939976/|accessdate=2008-02-22 | }}</ref> In October 2007 Wood appeared on the television motor show ''[[Top Gear (current format)|Top Gear]]'', achieving a celebrity lap time of 1:49.5.<ref name="topgear">{{cite web |title=Celebrity Lap Times |publisher=Top Gear on BBC 2 |url= http://www.topgear.com/content/tgonbbc2/laptimes/celebrity/ |accessdate=2008-02-22 | }}</ref>
==Solo discography==
*''[[I've Got My Own Album to Do]]'' (1974)
*''[[Now Look]]'' (1975)
*''[[Mahoney's Last Stand]]'' (1976) with Ronnie Lane
*''[[Gimme Some Neck]]'' (1979)
*''[[1234 (Ron Wood album)|1234]]'' (1981)
*''[[Live at the Ritz]]'' (1988) with Bo Diddley
*''[[Slide on This]]'' (1992)
*''[[Slide on Live: Plugged in and Standing]]'' (1993)
*''[[Live and Eclectic]]'' (2000) (reissued in 2002 as Live at Electric Ladyland)
*''[[Not for Beginners]]'' (2001)
*''[[Ronnie Wood Anthology: The Essential Crossexion]]'' (2006)
*''[[Buried Alive: Live in Maryland]]'' (2006) with The New Barbarians
*''[[The First Barbarians: Live from Kilburn]]'' (2007)
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.ronniewood.com Ronnie Wood.com]
*[http://www.woodenrecords.co.uk/ Wooden Records]
*[http://www.screamlondon.com/ Scream Gallery]
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