Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Ronnie Wood, Rod Stewart and Kenney Jones reunite for Faces performance...
Ronnie Wood, Rod Stewart and drummer Kenney Jones (the three surviving original members of the Faces)
reunited for a Rock'n'Horsepower charity concert at Hurtwood Park Polo
Club in Ewhurst, Surrey, England, on Sept. 5, 2015. As previously
reported, Jones and Stewart were the chief organizers of the annual
charity concert, which was a benefit for Prostate Cancer U.K.
During the nearly one-hour performance, the trio (backed by several unknown musicians) did seven songs, mostly cover tunes, such as Muddy Waters' “I Feel So Good,” Etta James' “I’d Rather Go Blind,” the Temptations’ “(I Know) I’m Losing You” and Chuck Berry's “Sweet Little Rock and Roller.” The band also did the Faces songs “You Can Make Me Dance, Sing or Anything” “Ooh La La” and "Stay With Me," the Faces' biggest hit.
Stewart later tweeted: "A perfect rockin' evening with my mates @RonnieWood @KenneyJones! #FacesReunion." Wood tweeted: "Had me a real good time tonight. THANK YOU!" Jones tweeted: "What an amazing night last night was! The biggest thank you to everyone involved."
Here is the entire set list, in the order that the songs were played:
I Feel So Good
You Can Make Me Dance, Sing or Anything
Ooh La La
I'd Rather Go Blind
(I Know) I'm Losing You
Stay With Me
Sweet Little Rock and Roller
The Faces reunion performance got mixed-to-positive reviews. Bruce Orwall of the Wall Street Journal commented: "It took awhile for Saturday night’s show to leap back in time. Stewart warned that the band had spent more time debating what to wear than rehearsing; he joked that he was going to wear a sequined jacket until Wood showed up in one of his own. Instead he wore trousers with a yellow marching-band stripe up the seam that matched the crest on his cream blazer. He and Wood hugged and mugged with their dueling rooster cuts, still intact four decades later ... Wood’s sobriety has a big upside, though: he is playing better these days than he has in years. And that eventually coaxed out some old magic."
The Faces were formed in 1969 with original members Stewart, Wood, Jones, bassist Ronnie Lane and keyboardist Ian McLagan. The Faces disbanded in 1975 when guitarist Wood joined the Rolling Stones. There have been very few reunion performances with Stewart and the rest of the band's original members since the breakup. Lane died of multiple sclerosis in 1997, at the age of 51. Stewart, Wood and Jones had not performed together on stage since 1993, when Stewart received the Lifetime Achievement award at the Brit Awards.
On Dec. 3, 2014, McLagan died in a hospital in Austin, Texas, after having a stroke the day before his death, according to the Associated Press. He was 69. McLagan was best known for being the keyboardist for the Faces (the band that also included future Rolling Stones guitarist Wood) and the Small Faces. McLagan also collaborated with the Rolling Stones; he played on the Rolling Stones' 1978 album "Some Girls" and was a keyboardist on the Stones' 1981-1982 tour.
McLagan, Wood and other original members of the Faces were inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012, along with the Small Faces. Stewart abruptly cancelled his appearance at the show due to an "illness." (Stewart claimed he had the flu.)
In 2010 and 2011, a revamped lineup of the Faces did tours that mostly went to Europe. McLagan, Wood and Jones were the original members of the revamped lineup of the Faces that included lead singer Mick Hucknall (who stepped in for Stewart, who has declined to do Faces reunion tours) and bassist Glen Matlock.
During the nearly one-hour performance, the trio (backed by several unknown musicians) did seven songs, mostly cover tunes, such as Muddy Waters' “I Feel So Good,” Etta James' “I’d Rather Go Blind,” the Temptations’ “(I Know) I’m Losing You” and Chuck Berry's “Sweet Little Rock and Roller.” The band also did the Faces songs “You Can Make Me Dance, Sing or Anything” “Ooh La La” and "Stay With Me," the Faces' biggest hit.
Stewart later tweeted: "A perfect rockin' evening with my mates @RonnieWood @KenneyJones! #FacesReunion." Wood tweeted: "Had me a real good time tonight. THANK YOU!" Jones tweeted: "What an amazing night last night was! The biggest thank you to everyone involved."
Here is the entire set list, in the order that the songs were played:
I Feel So Good
You Can Make Me Dance, Sing or Anything
Ooh La La
I'd Rather Go Blind
(I Know) I'm Losing You
Stay With Me
Sweet Little Rock and Roller
The Faces reunion performance got mixed-to-positive reviews. Bruce Orwall of the Wall Street Journal commented: "It took awhile for Saturday night’s show to leap back in time. Stewart warned that the band had spent more time debating what to wear than rehearsing; he joked that he was going to wear a sequined jacket until Wood showed up in one of his own. Instead he wore trousers with a yellow marching-band stripe up the seam that matched the crest on his cream blazer. He and Wood hugged and mugged with their dueling rooster cuts, still intact four decades later ... Wood’s sobriety has a big upside, though: he is playing better these days than he has in years. And that eventually coaxed out some old magic."
The Faces were formed in 1969 with original members Stewart, Wood, Jones, bassist Ronnie Lane and keyboardist Ian McLagan. The Faces disbanded in 1975 when guitarist Wood joined the Rolling Stones. There have been very few reunion performances with Stewart and the rest of the band's original members since the breakup. Lane died of multiple sclerosis in 1997, at the age of 51. Stewart, Wood and Jones had not performed together on stage since 1993, when Stewart received the Lifetime Achievement award at the Brit Awards.
On Dec. 3, 2014, McLagan died in a hospital in Austin, Texas, after having a stroke the day before his death, according to the Associated Press. He was 69. McLagan was best known for being the keyboardist for the Faces (the band that also included future Rolling Stones guitarist Wood) and the Small Faces. McLagan also collaborated with the Rolling Stones; he played on the Rolling Stones' 1978 album "Some Girls" and was a keyboardist on the Stones' 1981-1982 tour.
McLagan, Wood and other original members of the Faces were inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012, along with the Small Faces. Stewart abruptly cancelled his appearance at the show due to an "illness." (Stewart claimed he had the flu.)
In 2010 and 2011, a revamped lineup of the Faces did tours that mostly went to Europe. McLagan, Wood and Jones were the original members of the revamped lineup of the Faces that included lead singer Mick Hucknall (who stepped in for Stewart, who has declined to do Faces reunion tours) and bassist Glen Matlock.
Monday, September 7, 2015
Keith Richards Blasts Bill Wyman...

Original guitarist and founder Brian Jones was finally ousted from the band in 1969, just one month before his death, after ostracizing himself from its self-elected leaders, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.
The Glimmer Twins themselves even fell victim to the ruthless chemistry that bound them together - escaping from under the clouds of heroin addiction that consumed his attentions in the late-’70s, Keith Richards’ attempt to wrestle back control of the Stones in the ’80s led to a serious feud when Jagger launched a solo career in 1985, which threatened the group’s future, and revealed an open wound that would prove difficult to heal through the years.
Even as recent as 2013, the pair displayed the more volatile side of their relationship; Mick was most displeased by Keith’s reference to the singer’s “tiny todger” in his 2010 autobiography, Life, and only agreed to embark on the Stones’ 50th anniversary tour if the guitarist apologised. But, it seems now that even leaving the group doesn’t save you from the snipes of rock ‘n’ rolls greatest songwriting duo.
Bill Wyman formally quit as the Stones’ bass player in 1993 after serving since their 1962 inception. In the years since, he has pursued an active life as an author, photographer and archeologist, while leading his acclaimed blues band, The Rhythm Kings. In 2012, he joined his former bandmates for four dates to perform on their retrospective 50th anniversary tour. Most recently, however, he released his fourth solo album, ‘Back To Basics’, his first in 33 years.
Clash spoke with Bill around the time of its release, and it appears that what he had to say has ruffled the feathers once again of his former allies.
When our conversation turned to his thoughts on the treatment of Brian Jones, Wyman went on to comment on Mick and Keith’s apparent appropriation of his role as founder of the group. “Do you know that in Dartford Railway Station where [Mick and Keith] met, they’ve just put up a plaque now saying they created The Rolling Stones, which is totally out of order,” Bill told us. “Brian Jones created The Rolling Stones, not Mick and Keith. They were invited into his band at later times,’ and they completely ignore it, because they want the accolade for Dartford.”
“But it’s so wrong,” he continued, “and I hate stuff like that, where people try to rewrite history for themselves. It’s so wrong. I was thinking of getting a couple of heavies and going down there and just ripping it off, and getting back on the train back to London.”
According to a new interview with Keith Richards for the latest issue of Esquire, ahead of the release of his new solo album, ‘Crosseyed Heart’, word on Bill’s thoughts has reached the Stones camp, and they’re none too happy.
“Mick just the other day came up to me and says, "Do you believe this shit, man? Bill Wyman is complaining about the plaque at Dartford station." I said, "A plaque? I thought we had a statue,” Keith told the magazine’s Scott Raab.
“I know [Bill] took umbrage with that, but I can't understand why,” he goes on. “Bill wasn't there when the band was formed. Ian Stewart formed the band—we gravitated around him. Bill was a quirky, funny old fucker, but why he should make some kind of public 'do about it. . . . I think Mick sent a note saying— because Bill comes from a town called Penge—"Bill, if a plaque went up in Penge station that said you were the founding member of the Rolling Stones, do you think we'd complain?" But Bill—oh, we love him dearly, and he was a hell of a bass player. We didn't tell him to leave.”
Clash has ‘No Expectations’ that all this ‘Doom And Gloom’ will lift soon - after all, what would the Stones be without a bit of friction to liven things up? But we’ve ‘Mixed Emotions’ at having stirred up the hornet’s nest again, so let’s hope the old pals kiss and make up before ‘Too Much Blood’ is spilled.
Sunday, September 6, 2015
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