Ronnie Wood

Ronnie Wood


Dans "Selon les Rolling Stones" au sujet des auditions après le départ de Bill Wymann :

"Dès qu'ils ont entendu dire qu'on auditionnait, il en est sorti de partout, depuis Noel Redding jusqu'à tous ces petits malins."

We shared a house in Holland Park – Pat [PP] Arnold’s house – and he gave me a basset hound called Snoopy that used to shit everywhere. Pat said: “Either the dog goes or you two go.”

So Jimi said: “Why don’t I go and you keep my dog? I’ve got to move on anyway.” He was quite quiet as a flatmate: Quaaluded-up all the time. And spliffed. Very laid back. He’d just sit back and play right-handed or left-handed guitar – that ambidextrousness blew my mind. If I try to play left-handed it’s like giving a child a guitar.

We used to get out the acoustics and swap blues licks, sometimes for him to warm-up before a show. He always said: “I don’t like my voice.” And I’d say: “Don’t worry, your guitar playing takes care of that.”

He was a very sweet man. I remember him walking out of Ronnie Scott’s on the night he died. He had his arm around a girl and I shouted after him: “Oi, Jimi, say goodnight!” I was in tears when I found out the next day. I couldn’t believe it.

Source : https://www.loudersound.com/features/ronnie-wood-interview-hendrix-belushi

Je n'aime pas trop Ron Wood (sans raison objective), mais ce qu'il dit de Jimi est très sensible, très émouvant.

Jimi n'était pas au Ronnie Scotts le 17 septembre. Le jam avec Eric Burdon & War était le 16.