Rolling
Stones guitarist Ron Wood said he's been working with former Faces bandmates
Rod Stewart and Kenney Jones on new music amid a series of musical projects
he’s involved with.
Several
attempts at reuniting have taken place since the band released its fourth and
so far final album, Ooh La La, in 1973. In 2008, Wood and Stewart wrote some
songs together, but a brief tour featured Mick Hucknall in place of Stewart,
who couldn’t find time in his schedule. The surviving trio managed to perform
at a low-key event in 2015, followed by a charity appearance later that year.
After another private event in 2019, they performed their classic “Stay With
Me” at the Brit Awards last year. Those shows took place without bassist Ronnie
Lane, who died in 1997, and keyboardist Ian McLagan, who died in 2014.
In a new
interview with The Times, Wood said he’s been having a busy time since buying a
new home in London. “I saw Mick [Jagger] here last week, and Rod and Kenney
were here yesterday," he revealed. “Me and Mick have done nine new tracks
for the [40th anniversary] re-release of Tattoo You. And me, Rod and Kenney
have been recording some new Faces music. ... I've had a front-row seat on some
amazing rock 'n' roll projects these past couple of weeks. I’m making every day
count. Not wasting a moment.”
While he
expressed hopes that the Stones would tour again soon, Wood added that he's
also releasing a tribute album to blues legend Jimmy Reed with former Stones
guitarist Mick Taylor in September. “I go through art phases when music is
secondary, but right now I really want to get out there and play," Wood
explained. Part of his motivation was the success of his most recent cancer
battle. “I’m well. I'm strong. And I'm adaptable. But it has taken a lot of
fighting, a lot of stamina to get through it.”
He said
Jagger’s health issues were in the past, too. “Mick is fighting fit, and we
both can't wait to get working again,” he noted. “Having said that, lockdown
was good for me, because when I got the cancer the second time, it enabled me
to face all those horrible treatments under the radar. I had a lot of chemo and
radiology, but I wasn't interrupting anyone else's schedule. I had the time and
space to focus on getting well.”
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