[2008-11-11] Ronnie Wood "Ronnie" paperback autobiography

Linda · **Posted:** Tue Aug 21, 2007 8:14 pm

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0312531028/?tag=imwan-20

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For the first time, a member of the world’s most famous rock ‘n’ roll band tells his—and their—story. Raw, unsanitized, nasty and fascinating. An incredible journey.

The first of his family to be born on dry land, Ronnie Wood came from a family of water gypsies and was raised in a council flat near Heathrow Airport. Growing up only wanting to paint and play music, Wood was always talented. And in the 1960’s, he was often in the right place at precisely the right time—becoming the guitar player for everyone from the Birds to Jeff Beck to the Faces and then to Rod Stewart . But Wood and his guitar-playing became super-charged when he joined The Rolling Stones. They were rock royalty from their earliest days, and from the first time Wood performed with the band, careening down New York City’s Fifth Avenue on a flatbed truck Wood has been at the center of the court and in the middle of the ferment. No band has ever combined the Stones’ success--both artistically and materially—with their longevity. No other band has ever survived the creativity and clashes of such big personalities.

But with success came excess—and as mayhem and hysteria followed Ronnie on his adventures through the extremes of rock ‘n roll, the drugs got harder and his relationships—especially with Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and the women in his life—became increasingly complex.

A fascinating portrait not just of the Stones, but of the greatest rockers of the 1960’s and beyond—from Eric Clapton to Rod Stewart, Jimmy Page to Keith Moon, Jimi Hendrix to Pete Townshend—RONNIE is a rich, revelatory book. Readers have never had a view of the rock world like this before.

72stones · **Joined:** 12 Jul 2006 **Posts:** 2109

Thanks for passing this along, Linda.

Beauvoir · 14 Dec 2006

I'm going to have to look into this....

I really dig Ronnie!

Linda · **Posted:** Wed Oct 31, 2007 5:04 pm

Rolling Stones: Film to be made out of Ronnie Wood's book?
Guitarist has been approached for autobiography film rights

October 31, 2007
http://www.nme.com/news/the-rolling-stones/32206

The Rolling Stones' guitarist Ronnie Wood has been approached to make a film out of his autobiography.

’Ronnie: The Autobiography’ was recently released by St Martins Press and he is now apparently considering selling the film rights.

Wood told Billboard: “I think it would make quite an interesting one, actually. They’re all saying, ‘who is gonna play you in your movie?’... That’ll be a challenge.”

Wood also said that there were more books to come.

“I’ve remembered a load more since," he explained. "There’s already a book two kind of ticking over on the back burner if I wanted to do that.”

Geff R. · 27 Sep 2006

I'm looking forward to it, but as Wood is still a Rolling Stone I suspect it's a bit self censored. Maybe that's why he's said there may be a volume 2.....

[2008-11-11] Ronnie Wood "Ronnie" paperback autobiography

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