Ronnie Wood is an English musician, guitarist, bassist, songwriter and artist
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Ronnie Wood is an English musician, guitarist, bassist, songwriter and artist
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From 1971 to 1978 he was married to Krissy, a former model. Jesse is the biological son of the couple.
In 1985, he married Jo Wood with whom he has two biological children, son Tyrone and daughter Leah and also an adopted son Jamie from Jo’s previous marriage.
He left Jo for Ekaterina Ivanova in July 2008 and eventually Jo filed divorce that was granted in 2009.
He was born on June 1, 1947, in Hillingdon, England in a family of English water gypsies or bargees as the youngest of three boys. According to him, members of his generation were first in the family to be born on dry lands.
He is an enthusiast of art and displayed his skills from as early as 3 years of age.
When he was ten, he played his first gig with his father Arthur, who was an amateur musician, with the latter’s ‘Original London Skiffle Group’, held in Uxbridge’s ‘Regal’ cinema.
He was raised in Yiewsley and studied at different schools namely ‘St. Stephen's Infant School’, ‘St. Matthew's Church of England Primary School’ and ‘St Martin's C of E Secondary Modern School’. He later attended ‘Ealing College of Art’ in west London.
His two elder brothers Art and Ted were musicians and graphic artists.
He began his musical career during his teens in 1964 with a band called ‘The Birds’ as a guitarist. Many recorded songs of the group were written or co-written by him.
After ‘The Birds’ disbanded in 1967, he joined as a bassist in ‘Jeff Beck Group’. Two albums of the band, ‘Truth’ and ‘Beck-Ola’ were released that met with limited success. In between he also performed for a short while with the mod group called ‘Creation’.
He did cameo roles in films such as ‘The Deadly Bees’ (1967) and ‘The Wild Life’ (1984) and in TV programs like ‘The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash’ (1978).
Following the split of ‘Jeff Beck Group’ in 1969, he along with vocalist Rod Stewart left the band and joined a new band called ‘Faces’ that included former members of ‘Small Faces’ namely Kenney Jones, Ian McLagan and Ronnie Lane.
‘Faces’ garnered major success and toured the US and many parts of Europe including the UK and emerged as one of the top-grossing live performers during 1970 to 1975. Notable albums of the group include ‘First Step’ (1970), ‘Long Player’ (1971) and ‘Ooh La La’ (1973).