Ronald David Wood (born 1 June 1947) is an English rock musician, best known as an official member of the Rolling Stones since 1975, as well as a member of Faces and the Jeff Beck Group.
Wood began his career in 1964, playing guitar with several British rhythm and blues bands in short succession, including the Birds and the Creation. He joined the Jeff Beck Group in 1967 as a guitarist and bassist, playing on the albums Truth and Beck-Ola.
The group split in 1969, and Wood departed along with lead vocalist Rod Stewart to join former Small Faces members Ronnie Lane, Ian McLagan and Kenney Jones in a new group named Faces with Wood now primarily on lead guitar. The group found great success in the UK and mainland Europe, though it achieved only cult status in the US. Wood sang and co-wrote the popular title track from their final LP, Ooh La La, released in 1973. He also worked extensively on Stewart's first few solo albums.
As the group began to split, he started several solo projects, eventually recording his first solo LP, I've Got My Own Album to Do, in 1974. The album featured bandmate McLagan as well as former Beatle George Harrison and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones, a longtime friend of Wood. After the departure of Mick Taylor from the Stones, Richards soon invited Wood to join them; he did so in 1975, initially temporarily, but became an official member in 1976; however, he was not officially inducted as a financial partner until bassist Bill Wyman's departure in 1993.
Besides I've Got My Own Album to Do, Wood has recorded several other solo efforts. Now Look was released in 1975 and peaked at No. 118 on Billboard; he also collaborated with Ronnie Lane for the soundtrack album Mahoney's Last Stand. Wood also released Gimme Some Neck in 1979, which hit No. 45 in the US; 1234 was released in 1981, peaking at No. 164. He released Slide on This in 1992, Not for Beginners came out in 2002. and I Feel Like Playing in 2010. As a member of the Rolling Stones, Wood was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989 and was inducted a second time, as a member of Faces, in 2012.
1974 Ronnie Wood - I've Got My Own Album to Do (Cancel Everything )
1975 Ronnie Wood - Now Look
1976 Ron Wood & Ronnie Lane - Mahoney's Last Stand [1998]
1976 Ron Wood & Ronnie Lane - Mahoney's Last Stand [2018]
1979 Ron Wood - Gimme Some Neck
1981 Ronnie Wood - 1234
1988 Ronnie Wood & Bo Diddley - Live At The Ritz
1992 Ronnie Wood - Slide On This
1993 Ronnie Wood - Slide On Live Plugged In And Standing
2000 Ronnie Wood - Live And Eclectic
2001 Ronnie Wood - Not For Beginners
2010 Ronnie Wood - I Feel Like Playing
2019 Ronnie Wood & His Wild Five - Mad Lad A Live Tribute To Chuck Berry
2021 The Ronnie Wood Band - Mr Luck - A Tribute To Jimmy Reed Live At The Royal Albert Hall
