The Faces has allready broken up in '75. A succes full solo career? Guitarist of U2?.....

He would probably done what he did. Making soloalbums and taking to much coke. There is tons of stuff to read about "Woodys" heydays.

He might be DEAD! I think the fact that Mick J is a bit of a mother hen for band mates coupled with the fact that when they tour, the Stones need INSURANCE and he must be pretty sober...all of this has kept him alive, IMO.

More Faces reunions.

The more intersting qeustion is what would have happened to the Stones. My guess some good albums some tours and when stopp playing live and end of story.
Ron Wood come as a savior.

I do agree with talkcheap. MT may have died if he stayed and the Stones may have called it a day had he lasted to say 1981 or so.

Yup, guys like Keith and Woody are supermen when it comes to partying, the weaker will die trying to keep up. If Taylor says he was in a bad way when he quit, I believe it, now we get to see him alive and playing well. Now if Keith retired or could no longer play could there be a Rolling Stones with Woody and Taylor?

well he always has his art to fall back on. i mean that in a good way. i like a lot of his sketches and paintings.

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I do agree with talkcheap. MT may have died if he stayed and the Stones may have called it a day had he lasted to say 1981 or so.

Mick Taylor would not left the stones if he had no drug problems. So, what would have happened with Ron Wood if Mick taylor had no drug probs and not left the Stones?

He would have waited until Taylor was fired and then joined

Love Ronnie...but had he not joined the Stones, I doubt that many folks today would even know who is is.
Excellent musician though he is, it's hard to imagine him doing anything else quite so memorable.

Would he perhaps have turned more seriously to painting and succeeded as an artist ?
Not sure. It's a bit like the music business I suspect...a lot of luck involved.

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Love Ronnie...but had he not joined the Stones, I doubt that many folks today would even know who is is.
Excellent musician though he is, it's hard to imagine him doing anything else quite so memorable.

Would he perhaps have turned more seriously to painting and succeeded as an artist ?
Not sure. It's a bit like the music business I suspect...a lot of luck involved.

Agree!

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Love Ronnie...but had he not joined the Stones, I doubt that many folks today would even know who is is.
Excellent musician though he is, it's hard to imagine him doing anything else quite so memorable.

Would he perhaps have turned more seriously to painting and succeeded as an artist ?
Not sure. It's a bit like the music business I suspect...a lot of luck involved.

according to the ( very annoying ) comments in the photo book 50 by ronnie you'd think he lay in his crib thinking to join the stones !
then in the early 60s he thought the same again and THEN he apparently walked about hide park in 69 "wondering how he can join this band "!
so it seems he was hell bent joining and no-one could stop him

If Mick Taylor had not left the Stones then Keith would have died in 79. Ron would have been selected to replace Keith.

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If Mick Taylor had not left the Stones then Keith would have died in 79. Ron would have been selected to replace Keith.

so it would be woody just being happy to be anywhere now? and taylor would be the guy dating and marrying anyone who winked at him?

Today, we'd be seeing the release of "I've Still Got My Own Album To Do - Volume 16".

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Today, we'd be seeing the release of "I've Still Got My Own Album To Do - Volume 16".

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If Mick Taylor had not left the Stones then Keith would have died in 79. Ron would have been selected to replace Keith.

so it would be woody just being happy to be anywhere now? and taylor would be the guy dating and marrying anyone who winked at him?

I don't folow Taylor the way many on the board do but my impression is that MT has quietly engaged in serial polygamy to the extent he can almost afford it.

But, yes, just like a chess game with a novice most variations in life lead to the same place. In the case of the Stones, it is Newark, New Jersy in 2012 with pictures of Brian Jones and Keith Richards projected in the background.

Loved the thread on Ron's wedding album

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Yup, guys like Keith and Woody are supermen when it comes to partying, the weaker will die trying to keep up. If Taylor says he was in a bad way when he quit, I believe it, now we get to see him alive and playing well. Now if Keith retired or could no longer play could there be a Rolling Stones with Woody and Taylor?

No Keith, Jagger or Charlie no Stones. And Taylor seems to be in worse condition than Keith. No option.



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He would have replaced Robbie Robertson in The Band, and then Sexton in Dylans working-band....He might even had kicked life in Thin Lizzy after Phil left this world...or joined a russian Balalika-band...

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If Mick Taylor had not left the Stones then Keith would have died in 79. Ron would have been selected to replace Keith.

so it would be woody just being happy to be anywhere now? and taylor would be the guy dating and marrying anyone who winked at him?

Very funny!

he would've been faceless

If Mick Taylor had not left the Stones he and Keith would have died in drunk driving accident in Keiths blue Bentley after doin speedballs all night.
When Ron would have joined the Stones as alone sologuitarist and full writing partner to jagger, reading; Wood/Jagger.

Woody would have ended up in the Stones. The best do.

As talented as he Wood is, without the Stones he would have faded away very fast, like a less well known Peter Frampton.

Without the Stones, Wood doesnt even get to put out solo albums.

Is there only me that thinks Ron plays killer bass and so do Keith and Mick Taylor.
Everytime I hear a great line i pick the album and see there name.
What do you think about Bill? Has he any fans? You can't hear him, especially playing live. And he seems to be a mean dirty old man that made the same mistake as Taylor and left before the big money come rolling in.



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Is there only me that thinks Ron plays killer bass and so do Keith and Mick Taylor.
Everytime I hear a great line i pick the album and see there name.
What do you think about Bill? Has he any fans? You can't hear him, especially playing live. And he seems to be a mean dirty old man that made the same mistake as Taylor and left before the big money come rolling in.

Ouch! Bill was a force on bass, telegraphing sections with great runs and transitions. More similar to John Enthwistle than any other bassist.

Residing with Keith Moon and John Bonham, eating a dirt sandwich for lunch. Or living a quiet life as an aging rocker. Putting out the occasional solo record that is warmly received by critics but fails to ever really sell. Too many possibilities.

And I don't mean to sound heartless about Moon or Bonham. I have just known too many people who wasted their lives and any talent they had for anything on addiction to booze or drugs. I am not of the camp that drugs or alcohol make anyone better at anything, other than being wasted and enjoying ones own jokes that much more. I love beer, love wine, used drugs in my youth, but never crossed a line I could not get back from. Ronnie, I think, could have gone down the road where he boozed and partied till there was no one left that wanted to party with him, as his money had run out. Though I am not a fan of him with the Stones, I am happy he seems to be getting it together, and is not 6 ft under, as he may have ended up.

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He might be DEAD! I think the fact that Mick J is a bit of a mother hen for band mates coupled with the fact that when they tour, the Stones need INSURANCE and he must be pretty sober...all of this has kept him alive, IMO.

Agreed! he would have ended like "Ginger" in the "casino" movie... Robbed by friends and OD'ing in a seedy L.A. hotel...