Rolling Stones - The Ronnie Wood Years - Part 1

By the end of 1974 all was not well in the camp of the group tagged ’the greatest rock ’n’ roll band in the world’. Their last two records had received little in the way of critical acclaim, the co-songwriters and main players had drifted far apart and in one notable quarter heroin addiction was rife. So when the man who had, for the previous five years, often been seen as the ensemble’s anchor announced his resignation, many fans wondered if the game was all but up for The Rolling Stones. But those of little faith had no further need to fret once Ronald David Wood, formerly of the much loved but shambolic Faces, plugged his Fender Strat into the Stones’ PA, having been offered, to rapturous acceptance, the coveted position formerly occupied by Mick Taylor, and before him, the late Brian Jones. Ronnie’s arrival seemed to breathe new life into the band and their next pair of albums - the funky Black & Blue and new-wave-meets-disco Some Girls - were generally considered th