WOOD RON, SLIDE ON THIS. OFF THE RECORD. SHEET MUSIC BOOK GUITAR & BASS WITH TABLATURE.
LIBRO DI MUSICA ROCK.
SPARTITI DI OGNI STRUMENTO: voce, chitarra , basso, batteria, tastiere, ecc.
ACCORDI, PENTAGRAMMA, BASSO E CHITARRA CON TABLATURE.
No one in the history of rock has had as blessed a musical as Ron Wood, the multi-instrumentalist ("jack of all trades, master of barely one!" he jokes), primarily guitar-playing "new boy" of that rock'n'roll institution, the Rolling Stones. From his work with Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart, the Faces and the Stones to sharing stages with Bob Dylan, Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bob Marley, Ray Charles (that's the greatest names ever in rock and pop music), Ronnie lives up to being what he calls "a professional second banana. I'm best at making others look good." Following in the footsteps of his musical brothers (in particular Art, who fronted an r&b/rockabilly band called the Artwoods), Ronnie was involved in music from a very early age. His first appearanee in front of an audience was at the age of nine, playing washboard at a movie theater with his brother's band. As a young teen, Ronnie's band the Birds played covers of Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Howlin' Wolf, and Motown classics, as well as Beatles and Stones tunes (providing some valuable homework for the future). At 16, he and his harmonica stepped in onstage for an ailing Keith Relf of the Yardbirds, which proved to be Ronnie's big break. The next day the band sent word out looking for "that guy that looks like Cleopatra!" Working the British club circuit led to his alliance with one Jeff Beck, and as Jeff wasn't interested in having another guitar player in his band, he asked Ron to play bass. We should all thank him, because Ronnie's bass playing on the Truth and Beck-Ola albums is some of the best ever played by anyone. "Rock My Plimsoul," "Spanish Boots" and "Jailhouse Rock"? Forget it - you'll be killed. Not to mention "Maggie May"; his bass playing is inventive and irreverent, but always rock-solid. When Steve Marriott left life the Small Faces, Ronnie took his place as guitarist, but they still needed a vocalist, so Ronnie recruited Rod Stewart. The band name was shortened to the Faces, and Rod and Ronnie (along with Ronnie Lane on bass, Ian McLagan on keyboards and Kenney Jones on drums) wrote and recorded some of rock's greatest music. At the same time, Ronnie contributed greatly to the "solo" albums Rod was releasing, such as Every Picture Tells A Story, for which Ronnie coright, wrote the incredible title track, as well as the killer "(i Know) I'm Losing You" from the same album. Ron also co-wrote the timeless masterpiece "Stay With Me." Mick Jagger actually wanted Ronnie to join the Stones after Brian Jones died, but Ron's fellow Face Ronnie Lane never passed the message on; Ron didn't find this out till he joined the band five years later in '74. For historical sake, Ronnie first played on a Stones track in the spring of '74, contributing greatly To "It's Only Rock 'N'Roll," the original tape featuring Mick and Ron on guitars, Willie Weeks on bass, Kenney Jones on drums and David Bowie on backup vocals (the album credits Ronnie for "inspiration"). He officially joined the Stones during the recording of the Black And Blue album, recording commencing on December 15th, '74 at Musicland Studio in Munich, West Germany. Now let's get into some music, specifically the classic track "Stay With Me."
SLIDE ON THIS. Ron Wood· Continuum. PERFORMANCE: Heavily vamping HOT SPOTS: "Testify," "Must Be Love," "Always Wanted More" BOTTOM LINE: The fifth Stone gets into a nasty groove thang Since playing in the Jeff Beck Group of the late Sixties, Ron Wood has remained at the core of rock for 25 years. The amazing thing is that even as a Rolling Stone since 1974, Wood has never developed a musical personality. He's become the ultimate team player in a band of stars. Slide On This is the Stones' second guitarist's first solo record in 10 years. Its slew of killer rock, funk and blues vamps makes it both a rowdy triumph and a musical letdown. When Wood and co-producer/writer Bernard Fowler's riffs get humping with cross-cutting guitars, stomping rhythms, Stones gnash and gruff Wood vocal fragments, Slide On This packs a monstrous wallop that distills rock's party spirit. The album is most brutish on several messy, happening dance cuts, reflecting Fowler's years with funk guitarist/producer Nile Rodgers. And any groove thang would be hard to stop when Charlie Watts, the Edge, Joe Elliott and Simon Kirke are jumping into the fray. The letdown comes when you realize you haven't heard a melody halfway through the record. Wood can write good songs-the folksy "Always Wanted More" is remindful of his Small Faces days. Even Wood's guitar playing is kept in check, up-front in the mix but mostly just another bump in the funk. Reminiscent of Keith Richards' 1988 album Talk Is Cheap, Slide On This is content to say a little and jam a lot.
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