Profile
Ronnie Wood
Musician
Male
Born
Jun 1, 1947
Age
66
Hometown
Hillingdon
Net Worth
$90 Million
Genres
Hard rock + Rock ...
Instruments
Nose flute + Zema...
Performed With
The New Barbarian...
Record Label
Warner Bros. Records
Ronald David "Ronnie" Wood is an English rock guitarist and bassist best known as a former member of The Jeff Beck Group, Faces, and a member of The Rolling Stones since 1975. He also plays lap and pedal steel guitar. Wood began his career in 1964, when… Read More
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Rolling Stones Release Back Catalogue On I TunesYahoo News - about 15 hours ago
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What It Was Like Spending 30 Years With 'The Rolling Stones'Huffington Post - 3 days ago
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'An Up And Coming Band'Huffington Post - Apr 28, 2013
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1947
Birth
Born on June 1, 1947.
TEENAGE
Wood began his career in 1964, when he joined The Birds on guitar.
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TWENTIES
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, dubbed the Faces. The group, although relegated to "cult" status in the US, found great success in the UK and mainland Europe. The Faces released their debut album, First Step, in 1970.
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1971
24 Years Old
Wood has four children. Jesse is his son with his first wife, Krissy (née Findlay), a former model to whom he was married from 1971 to 1978; (during this time he had an affair with George Harrison's former wife, Pattie Boyd).
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1972
25 Years Old
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, 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 Rainbow Concert in 1973.
After the group split, Wood began several solo projects, eventually recording his first solo LP, I've Got My Own Album to Do, in 1974.
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Although still a member of the Faces, he toured North America with the Rolling Stones in 1975; the Faces announced their break-up in December of that year, and Wood was officially declared a member of the Rolling Stones in February 1976.
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THIRTIES
1981
34 Years Old
Throughout the 1980s, Wood played as a member of the Rolling Stones; continued his solo career, releasing the album 1234 in 1981; painted; and collaborated with a number of other artists, including Prince, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Eric Clapton, Bo Diddley, Ringo Starr and Aretha Franklin.
At the 1985 Live Aid Concert in Philadelphia, Wood along with Keith Richards performed in the penultimate set with Bob Dylan.
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FORTIES
1992
45 Years Old
In addition, Wood released his seventh solo album, Slide On This, in 1992; he toured to promote this album in North America and Japan.
1993
46 Years Old
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.
1996
49 Years Old
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!
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FIFTIES
2004
57 Years Old
Both of his older brothers, Art and Ted, were graphic artists as well as musicians. Ted Wood died in 2004, and Art Wood in 2006.
In 2005, however, Wood was again busy with the Rolling Stones as they recorded their A Bigger Bang album.
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2006
59 Years Old
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.
LATE ADULTHOOD
2008
61 Years Old
By July 2008, ITN news reported that Wood had checked himself into rehab a total of six times; the last time being before the wedding of his daughter Leah.
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On 9 May 2009, Wood along with Red Hot Chili Peppers members Anthony Kiedis, Michael "Flea" Balzary, Chad Smith and musician Ivan Neville performed under the name, The Insects at the fifth annual MusiCares event honoring Kiedis.
2011
64 Years Old
In May 2011 Ronnie Wood won the Sony Radio Personality of the Year award for The Ronnie Wood Show.
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