Ronnie Wood

Ronald David Wood born 1 June 1947 is an English rock musician best known as a member of the Rolling Stones since 1975 and a member of Faces and the Jeff Beck Group Wood began his career in 1964 playing lead guitar with several British rhythm and blues bands in short succession including the Birds and the Creation He joined the Jeff Beck Group in 1967 as a guitarist and bassist playing on the albums Truth and BeckOla The group split in 1969 and Wood departed along with lead vocalist Rod Stewart to join former Small Faces members Ronnie Lane Ian McLagan and Kenney Jones in a new group named Faces with Wood now primarily on lead guitar The group found great success in the UK and mainland Europe from the early days on but only reached major fame in the US during their last year of existence 1975 with a major tour of the US Wood sang and cowrote the title track from their final LP Ooh La La released in 1973 He also worked extensively on Stewarts first few solo albums As Faces began to split he started several solo projects eventually recording his first solo LP Ive Got My Own Album to Do in 1974 The album featured bandmate McLagan as well as former Beatle George Harrison and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones a longtime friend of Wood Soon after Mick Taylor left the Rolling Stones Richards invited Wood to join them he did so in 1975 initially temporarily but became an official member in 1976 Besides Ive Got My Own Album to Do Wood has recorded several other solo efforts Now Look was released in 1975 and peaked at No 118 on Billboard he also collaborated with Ronnie Lane for the soundtrack album Mahoneys Last Stand Wood also released Gimme Some Neck in 1979 which hit No 45 in the US 1234 was released in 1981 peaking at No 164 He released Slide on This in 1992 Not for Beginners in 2002 and I Feel Like Playing in 2010 As a member of the Rolling Stones Wood was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989 and was inducted a second time as a member of Faces in 2012 Description above from the Wikipedia article Ron Wood licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia