As a former member of The Faces and the Jeff Beck Group, and a key component of The Rolling Stones for the last five decades and counting, Ronnie Wood has seen a thing or two. And in a new post on his social media channels, the 78-year-old guitarist looks back on some of the formative experiences in his career.
"The Yardbirds was one [band] that I used to follow a lot, and I used to go and see them in the Richmond Athletic Grounds in the Crawdaddy Club," Wood recalls at the outset of the clip. "Very important. And people were swinging from the rafters in there, and sweat dripping from the ceiling, and it was so incredible, the atmosphere, with the crescendos they used to do.
"They used to do a Muddy Waters song called I'm A Man. They did a fast version. Everybody would go crazy. Those were the days. It was fantastic."
Wood remembers saying to guitarist Jeff Beck, that if he ever decided to leave The Yardbirds they should get together, and adds, "And sure enough, he did leave and he did ring me up."
