In the last weeks I heard some studio outtakes boots like "The Woodstock Rehearsals" or "Back in the USA" or "Jamming with Stew". You can hear Ronnie doing a phantastic guitar work (especially in the different Blues Jams). So he did on "It's a Gas in Paris" all over, the complete soundboard recording of the live gig in Paris 1976 (The version of YCAGWYW is the best I know). He didn't fall short to Mick Taylor not only as rhythm-guitarist but in solos too. But the last tour he was playing an extended guitar solo, was in the 81/82. Except the solo on "Can You Hear me Knocking" on the last tour of course. I wonder why he seems to have lost his extraordinary abilities in the last decades. I

... oh great, here we go again.
Ronnie is doin just fine - just like a Rolling Stone.


"What do you want - what?!"
- Keith

.....is terrible.

And to answer your question - alcohol !!!

God I love it...

ron wood can't even play the skin flute anymore.

what about the butt bongo?

that he's mastered leonard!!!!!


lol!!!!!1

Great JJflash!!!....maybe they can put it to use in the studio...but i dont wanna see it live

livin touring crazie nights in short sex drugs and only rock roll does affect one some may tried did any of ya ever but if you do it with keef if one consider that ronnie s all right an damm he can take a few go ahead stay clean glad he s still alive

well put prodigalson22!!!!...you be da man!!!

i don't understand 1 word he says

thats cause you gotta march to the beat of his drumkit

well leonard you may be rrrrrr ht might as welllll get j lets go for wood is he still on it that much? cheers everyone drinking or not

i hope mr. woodys clean...#1 reason for his & his family's sake...#2 reason for his fans sake.......

thats right what a drag getting yes i do want him for all of us to get it straighten out what a drag it is getting drunk

prodigalson22 Wrote:
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> thats right what a drag getting yes i do want him
> for all of us to get it straighten out what a drag
> it is getting drunk


the fun parts goin up....the crap part is comin down

I think he is still playing well overall. He has slipped some and makes some obvious blunders, but most of his stuff still kicks ass. I hope they let him be part of the initial recording sessions on the next album instead of relegating him to sideman status again like they did on ABB.

I love Ronnie -- the man who kept the Stones alive during the bad old days of the 70s and 80s. His contributions will ultimately be understood as more of a backstage morale builder and peacekeeper rather than as a performer, but he DOES have his moments of brilliance.

The Stones owe more to Ronnie than anyone on this board realizes -- this is exactly why Mick J has been so supportive of him through the years. "On banana, Ronnie Wood!"

I just wonder why Woody's guitar playing was much more stellar when he played with the Faces and on Rod Stewart's early solo albums. Say what you will -- I give the man credit for rejuvenating the Stones following Mick T's departure with his attitude and carefree spirit, but the man's musicianship really did take a nosedive when he joined the Stones -- for WHATEVER reason (I don't claim to know what the reason is).

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> ... oh great, here we go again.
> Ronnie is doin just fine - just like a Rolling
> Stone.
>

Agreed. He's doin even better than fine, he's playin' his ass off.

the man does get lots of credit for past contributions. but he clearly lost his way about 20 years - he's worked at learning some new licks, but he can't play what he used to play, that is abundantly clear. root like hell for the boy, but I've given up hoping he'll return to even a shadow of his former greatness.

StonesTod Wrote:
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> the man does get lots of credit for past
> contributions. but he clearly lost his way about
> 20 years - he's worked at learning some new licks,
> but he can't play what he used to play, that is
> abundantly clear. root like hell for the boy, but
> I've given up hoping he'll return to even a shadow
> of his former greatness.

I don't know, he sounded pretty hot to me on the Columbus bootleg. You just have to skip forward when they get to Shattered

bassplayer617 Wrote:
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> I love Ronnie -- the man who kept the Stones alive
> during the bad old days of the 70s and 80s. His
> contributions will ultimately be understood as
> more of a backstage morale builder and peacekeeper
> rather than as a performer, but he DOES have his
> moments of brilliance.
>
> The Stones owe more to Ronnie than anyone on this
> board realizes -- this is exactly why Mick J has
> been so supportive of him through the years. "On
> banana, Ronnie Wood!"
>
>
Yes, I know, he has his moments of brilliance, for example on "Break the Spell" from the "Steel Wheels" Album, where he is playing bass. Yes I think that he has an extraordinary talent for music, particularly for the blues, but the moments of brilliance are very seldom.