Ron Wood

Biography

Ron Wood is a London guitarist, born 1 June 1947 in Hillingdon, who played with *The Birds* and *The Creation* before finding fame as bassist in *The Jeff Beck Group* and guitarist in *Faces* with *Rod Stewart*. He joined *The Rolling Stones* in 1975 and remains their guitarist, while maintaining a solo career begun with 'I’ve Got My Own Album to Do' (1974) and continued on albums including 'Gimme Some Neck' (1979). He is also a noted painter.