In
1965, Ronnie Wood was a 17-year-old guitarist playing with a group
called the Birds and soaking in the Swinging London scene. Moving in the
fashionable crowd around him were Jeff Beck, Pete Townshend, Eric
Clapton, Keith Moon, Marianne Faithfull and many other emerging
musicians of the era.
He wrote down everything he saw and experienced in his journal.
As
Wood's career took off, first with the Faces and later with the Rolling
Stones, he forgot about his journal and considered it lost.
Fifty years later, he’s found it, and he’s releasing it to the public.
Titled How Can It Be? A Rock & Roll Diary, Wood’s journal will be published by Genesis Publications in a new signed limited edition. “This diary shows what an amazing schedule I had,” Wood says. “We’d be traveling the length and breadth of the country every day. With youth on our side, it was a continuing adventure.
"Our
overspilling energy was enough to take care of work every night of the
week. It was enough to chase the girls, enough to write songs, enough to
rehearse and enough to travel. It was all go, all the time.
“I suppose my own private world is in the diary.”
The
book will reproduce the 1965 handwritten diary in facsimile, down to
its scuffs and scratches. It includes an extensive new manuscript in
which Wood shares his memories further and reflects on the words he
wrote 50 years ago.
In addition, Wood is creating a series of original and exclusive artworks to illustrate his words throughout the book. How Can It Be? A Rock & Roll Diary also uncovers rare and unseen photographs and ephemera.
The
book will be released in a limited edition of just 1965 copies. Each
copy will be signed by Ronnie Wood. No price has been provided, but you
can indicate your interest in pre-ordering the book at www.RonnieWoodBook.com. Add your name to the list and you will be contacted closer to publication date.
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