Ronnie Wood described an impromtu jam with John Lennon, Yoko Ono and Charlie Watts

Wednesday September 7,2011

By Lizzie Catt with Lisa Higgins and Jack Teague

HANGING out with John Lennon, Yoko Ono and Charlie Watts in a New York hotel room was never going to be boring but Ronnie Wood admits he was surprised when the famous four were booted out because Charlie was quietly playing jazz on a gramophone.

“Charlie had an old record player with a horn and a little quiet old jazz record and he wound it up and played it. Then the hotel reception rang up and said, ‘Could you turn the noise down in that room?’ We all went, ‘This is unbelievable, it’s Charlie Watts’ room, he never makes a noise’. They said ‘You’re disturbing the neighbours.’ We just couldn’t believe it. We were getting thrown out of the room.”

Ronnie Wood reveals on his Absolute Radio show that their eviction led to an impromptu Lennon/Ono/Wood/Watts jamming session but he has no idea what happened to the tapes.

“We all went down to Atlantic Recording Studios and recorded mad stuff. I’d love to find out what