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Ronnie Wood

lbwdog

lbwdog

Jun 2, 2005
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Reminiscing about the early days of my bass playing career, I thought of Ron Wood. I was a huge fan of Jeff Beck Group's "Truth" and "Beckola". Loved his tone,unique style and thought his bass looked cool too. It was an early '50's P Bass, so when I bought my first Fender, I chose a Telecaster. That bass sure came close to his tone when played through a Sunn tube rig.

Then, along came "The Rod Stewart Album" on which he played bass as well as guitar. If you've never heard his bass solo on the end of "Street Fighting Man" do yourself a favor and get it.

Anybody else out there have any love for this guy's musicianship?
 
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I WAS a huge Ronnie Wood fan, Jeff Beck Group, Faces, Rod Stewart. He played some classic lines. I was PO'd when he joined the Stones. I guess I'm still a fan of HIS stuff, but I think the Stones should have hung it up in the late 70's.

BTW, Joe Walsh giving up his solo career to join the Eagles didn't do anything for me either. Huge Joe Walsh fan from the James Gang on. Yeah he did some solo stuff while he was an Eagle, but nothing like "The Smoker you Drink" or "So What".
 
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The Truth and Beck-Ola albums still kill almost 40 years later! If you listen to Truth you can hear where Page and John Paul Jones got some of the ideas for their album that came out a year later...check out the dynamics on 'Let me Love You'.
The bass mix on Truth was just awesome for a album that came out in '68. Beck always had great taste in bassplayers, I also really dug Clive Chaman's Motown inspired grooves.


/*much love for Ronnie Lane too!
 
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AxtoOx said:
BTW, Joe Walsh giving up his solo career to join the Eagles didn't do anything for me either. Huge Joe Walsh fan from the James Gang on. Yeah he did some solo stuff while he was an Eagle, but nothing like "The Smoker you Drink" or "So What".
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Hey.. did you see Joe's interview on the Carvin DVD? He was very candid about alot of things I had been curious about: his playing styles, career and gear. I watch it occasionally to glean whatever I can from his and other artist's comments.
 
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jerry said:
The Truth and Beck-Ola albums still kill almost 40 years later! If you listen to Truth you can hear where Page and John Paul Jones got some of the ideas for their album that came out a year later...check out the dynamics on 'Let me Love You'.
The bass mix on Truth was just awesome for a album that came out in '68. Beck always had great taste in bassplayers, I also really dug Clive Chaman's Motown inspired grooves.


/*much love for Ronnie Lane too!
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DYNAMICS! Oh Yeah, that's what's missing in most of current music. Your post reminds me (without the benefit of a recent listining) of the breakdown on that song. Gosh, what a great band.

London must have been such a great place to be in the mid to late sixties with so many rock innovators around. So many have become legends.

Clive Chaman.....Beck could sure pick 'em couldn't he?
 
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Rattman said:
Hey.. did you see Joe's interview on the Carvin DVD? He was very candid about alot of things I had been curious about: his playing styles, career and gear. I watch it occasionally to glean whatever I can from his and other artist's comments.
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No I haven't, I'll have to check it out, I will say one thing in favor of him joining the Eagles. It mellowed out his drinking. He was famous for passing out on stage a time or two. I know Page got his 58 Les Paul from Joe. I think Joe is a PRS endorser also. I know him as a Les Paul man, but he'll play a lot of guitars.
 
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Dr. Eagle said:
Thats blastphemous!!!

They should have hung it up in the 60s IMHO...;)
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there are 3 types of rolling stones fans. if you say the rolling stones to someone and they respond:

1]mick jagger-they listen to the greatest hits only.

2]keith richards-go deeper into the catalog. may listen to everything in the whole cannon.

3]brian jones-anything after 1968 aint worth a hill of mule muffins.

me, i'm #3 :D

although, i think THE FACES on their worst day could blow the stones off the stage. i think the SMALL FACES may be the most underrated band of the 60's.
 
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davetakis said:
there are 3 types of rolling stones fans. if you say the rolling stones to someone and they respond:

1]mick jagger-they listen to the greatest hits only.

2]keith richards-go deeper into the catalog. may listen to everything in the whole cannon.

3]brian jones-anything after 1968 aint worth a hill of mule muffins.

me, i'm #3 :D

although, i think THE FACES on their worst day could blow the stones off the stage. i think the SMALL FACES may be the most underrated band of the 60's.
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Steve Mariott RIP. Humble Pie wasn't too shabby either.
 
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I've been listening to Beckola and Truth off and on for many years - trying to wear it out, ya know... Ronnie's bass playing is still just stellar IMO. Another Beck bassplayer that really inspired/influenced me was Tim Bogart - that cat tore it up with Cactus, too! I hear them every once in a while on XM sat's 'deep tracks' and I still get chills. He and Ronnie sometimes had quite similar tone - slightly distorted tubey pump. And I don't believe Bogart used a pick.
 
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davetakis said:
there are 3 types of rolling stones fans. if you say the rolling stones to someone and they respond:

1]mick jagger-they listen to the greatest hits only.

2]keith richards-go deeper into the catalog. may listen to everything in the whole cannon.

3]brian jones-anything after 1968 aint worth a hill of mule muffins.

me, i'm #3 :D

although, i think THE FACES on their worst day could blow the stones off the stage. i think the SMALL FACES may be the most underrated band of the 60's.
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Im in the No#2 bracket. I love the Stones especially the Keith years 1969-1977.
It was Keith who was in charge of things back then and that was their best time period. Mick is now in charge of promotions and bookings and PR stuff but Keith still runs the band.
 
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Another Ronnie Wood fan here. I saw the Faces "A Nod's as Good as a Wink...." tour in Baltimore in about 1971 ( I think) and it was so loose and fun that even in a big hall (basketball arena I think) you felt like you were in a club at a wild drunken party. Party animals, all of them!!!!! Super show. Well worth the drive down there from NYC and crashing on someone's couch who I don't even remember......

Beck-Ola and Truth are some of the greatest rock/blues records ever. Jeff Beck, however, was somewhat uneven in concert. I saw him a couple of times in the early seventies in NYC and he was ....well, at one show he got mad at the sound man and stormed off the stage after less than an hour...for good. At the other show he was great. Someone threw some panties on stage and he wore them on his head for a few songs....ah, the seventies..... Go figure......Of course once I saw Clapton with Freddie King at Meadowlands in NJ in the early seventies and he also left after less than an hour- I think he may have been having abuse problems at that time. It was great while it lasted but we had gotten there early and spent all day on the field waiting for the show, so it was a serious bummer.......I did see him many years later solo doing his blues tour and he was amazing.......
 

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