LONDON, UK – 01 JAN 1976: Ronald David “Ronnie” Wood is an English rock musician best known as a member of the Rolling Stones since 1975, as well as a former member of Faces and the Jeff Beck Group. Wood began his career in 1964, when he joined the Birds on guitar.(Photo by George Wilkes/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Happy Birthday to Rolling Stones and Faces guitarist Ron Wood who turns 75 today (June 1st)!!! Wood recently tood part in Eric Clapton pair of Jeff Beck Royal Albert Hall tribute shows, and is currently at work on the eagerly anticipated next Rolling Stones studio set.

Last year, drummer Kenney Jones revealed the upcoming Faces reunion album with Rod Stewart and Ron Wood was gaining steam. Jones spoke about the still-untitled set with Uncut and explained the new collection will feature both recently recorded material mixed with archival tracks.

Released in September 2021 was Mr. Luck – A Tribute To Jimmy Reed: Live At The Royal Albert Hall. The live album — billed to the Ronnie Wood Band — features Wood’s longtime friend and the man he replaced in the Rolling Stones back in 1975 — guitarist Mick Taylor.

The show was recorded back in 2013 at London’s Royal Albert Hall and marks the second in a trilogy of live sets from Wood, following 2019’s Mad Lad: A Live Tribute To Chuck Berry.

Back in April 2021, Ron Wood admitted that during the pandemic he battled back from another bout of cancer. The guitarist told Britain’s The Sun: “I’ve had cancer two different ways now. I had lung cancer in 2017 and I had small-cell more recently that I fought in the last lockdown. I came through with the all-clear.” Small-cell carcinoma is a fast-growing type of lung cancer commonly caused by smoking.

Out now on DVD and streaming services is Somebody Up There Likes Me, the career-spanning Ron Wood documentary. The film, directed by Mike Figgis, covers Wood’s life and career from making his bones in the mod-based mid-’60s London combo the Birds, through the Jeff Beck Group, the Faces, the Rolling Stones, and beyond. Among the participants in the doc are Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, the late-Charlie Watts, and Rod Stewart.

In addition to his work with the Stones, Ron Wood co-wrote such Faces and Rod Stewart classics as “Stay With Me,” “Miss Judy’s Farm,” “Ooh La La,” “Gasoline Alley,” and “Every Picture Tells A Story.”

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