Wood has been in both bands. He, keyboardist Ian McLagan and the late bassist Ronnie Lane were kindred spirits in the Faces (which started life as the Small Faces).
October 8, 2006 (Press Release) --
The rain poured on the Rolling Stones last weekend during their historic concert at the Churchill Downs racetrack in Louisville, Ky. Mick Jagger was backstage changing expensive clothes when Keith Richards, Ron Wood and Charlie Watts huddled for a grungy version of "Little T&A," an overlooked Richards track from the Stones album "Tattoo You."
Now, the Stones were a band -- sloppy but true. But similar sparks ignited the music of Faces, the Stones' contemporaries and (ahem) the world's greatest rock 'n' roll band between 1969 and 1973.
Wood has been in both bands. He, keyboardist Ian McLagan and the late bassist Ronnie Lane were kindred spirits in the Faces (which started life as the Small Faces) -- the band where lead singer Rod Stewart morphed into the glamourous, swaggering Jagger role.
Where are they all now? This week answers all the questions.
• First, the Stones roll into Soldier Field at 7 p.m. Wednesday for the third Chicago stop on their juggernaut "A Bigger Bang" tour, this time with Elvis Costello & the Imposters opening.
• At 9 that same night, McLagan -- who first played with the Stones on stage in 1964, and who will open for them later this month in his adopted hometown of Austin, Texas -- brings his Bump Band to the Chicago area for a three-night residency at FitzGerald's in Berwyn.
• The day before, Tuesday, Rod Stewart hits the streets with a new CD of covers, "Still the Same: Great Rock Classics of Our Time" -- and hits movie theaters nationwide with a satellite broadcast concert.
There's a chance Wood could show up for one of McLagan's shows, McLagan says.
"The Stones were in Houston in December, and we were playing the Continental Club," McLagan said from his home in Austin. "They finish around 11, we start around 11:30. The place was packed. I started playing 'Mystifies Me' which is one of Woody's songs [from 1974], and Woody walked in. He and his security guards were pushing their way through the center of the crowd, and he's yelling, 'I'm here, you bastard!' I got halfway through the song, and next thing I know we're lifting him up on the stage."
Wood joined the band for four extended songs, including the Small Faces' "Whatcha' Going to Do About It" and McLagan's "Little Troublemaker."
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BY DAVE HOEKSTRA
Now, the Stones were a band -- sloppy but true. But similar sparks ignited the music of Faces, the Stones' contemporaries and (ahem) the world's greatest rock 'n' roll band between 1969 and 1973.
Wood has been in both bands. He, keyboardist Ian McLagan and the late bassist Ronnie Lane were kindred spirits in the Faces (which started life as the Small Faces) -- the band where lead singer Rod Stewart morphed into the glamourous, swaggering Jagger role.
Where are they all now? This week answers all the questions.
• First, the Stones roll into Soldier Field at 7 p.m. Wednesday for the third Chicago stop on their juggernaut "A Bigger Bang" tour, this time with Elvis Costello & the Imposters opening.
• At 9 that same night, McLagan -- who first played with the Stones on stage in 1964, and who will open for them later this month in his adopted hometown of Austin, Texas -- brings his Bump Band to the Chicago area for a three-night residency at FitzGerald's in Berwyn.
• The day before, Tuesday, Rod Stewart hits the streets with a new CD of covers, "Still the Same: Great Rock Classics of Our Time" -- and hits movie theaters nationwide with a satellite broadcast concert.
There's a chance Wood could show up for one of McLagan's shows, McLagan says.
"The Stones were in Houston in December, and we were playing the Continental Club," McLagan said from his home in Austin. "They finish around 11, we start around 11:30. The place was packed. I started playing 'Mystifies Me' which is one of Woody's songs [from 1974], and Woody walked in. He and his security guards were pushing their way through the center of the crowd, and he's yelling, 'I'm here, you bastard!' I got halfway through the song, and next thing I know we're lifting him up on the stage."
Wood joined the band for four extended songs, including the Small Faces' "Whatcha' Going to Do About It" and McLagan's "Little Troublemaker."
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BY DAVE HOEKSTRA
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