Ronny Wood: Rod's house made me uncomfortable.

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Ronny Wood: Rod's house made me uncomfortable.

Having recently visited his longtime friend in sunny southern California, Ronny Wood was less than pleased.

"I have no fucking idea what Rod is thinking, I've never been so uncorfortable in my life. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the aspect of living well, but sacrificing luxury for appropriate decorum is ridiculous. The chairs have no padding."

The longtime friends and former bandmates have made no comment regarding a possible Small Faces reuinion.

[DrMaddVibe]

Last I heard the Stones were thinking about touring again...that's good for about 3 years right there!

If the Small Faces were going to have done it...they would've already done it.

[DrMaddVibe]

The Rolling Stones recently concluded recording sessions for a new album in Paris with producer Don Was. The band will reconvene in the New Year for additional sessions for an album tentatively due in summer 2005, Was tells Billboard.com.

Was describes the Stones' new music as considerably different from their recent releases. "Mick [Jagger] and Keith [Richards] are writing songs together in a collaborative fashion that probably hasn't been seen since the late '60s," he says. "I would say that longtime fans of the Rolling Stones will be thrilled with these results, and new fans will understand why they're the greatest rock'n'roll band in the world."

Was recalls sessions in which Jagger and Richards composed spontaneously, sometimes with Richards playing bass and Jagger on drums. "He's a great drummer," Was confides. "He's also playing a lot of guitar, and he's a really good guitar player. He's been playing bass on some things, [and] Keith is playing bass on some things. They're just great -- there's a reason that they've been the Rolling Stones for so long.

"And they can do it four times a day, every day," Was says of the pair's writing sessions, "and they're really good songs. I've never seen anything like it."

Drummer Charlie Watts, who was recently treated for throat cancer, also attended the Paris sessions and is in excellent health, Was says. "And he's playing like a lion," he adds.

In 2002, the Stones recorded at Studios Guillaume Tell, also in Paris, with Was and engineer Ed Cherney. Four of the songs recorded there are featured on the 2-disc "40 Licks" compilation released in 2002. Additional material recorded at those sessions may appear on the Stones' next album, says Was, "but this all seems to be of a piece so far, and is substantially different than anything I've worked on with them. It's really collaborative.

"It's not done," Was adds. "We can still f*** it up a thousand different ways, you know? But what I'm hearing now is very much in the great Stones tradition."

Was has been active throughout 2004, producing the Stones' two-disc "Live Licks" set released last month, as well as upcoming albums by Solomon Burke, Jessie Coulter and Kris Kristofferson, the latter recorded specifically for release in a surround-sound format.

Meanwhile Don has regrouped with David Was to lead their R&B project Was (Not Was) through a 12-city tour launching Dec. 27 at House of Blues in Anaheim, Calif. The tour will mark the first performance of the group in 13 years.

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Originally posted by DrMaddVibe
Last I heard the Stones were thinking about touring again...that's good for about 3 years right there!

If the Small Faces were going to have done it...they would've already done it.

I'd love to see the Faces live, but does Rod even remember how to sing rock n roll, after doing disco crap for 20 years and then switching to big band covers??

[rustoffa]

Originally posted by FORD
I'd love to see the Faces live, but does Rod even remember how to sing rock n roll, after doing disco crap for 20 years and then switching to big band covers??

:D

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Rod Stewart and FACES could tour. It is a real possibility in the wake of Stones' decline, now obvious to everyone.

The reason Paris Hilton does shows the way she does is to introduce the kids she grew up with, two of whom are kids with ripoff daddy-poos.

That was why she did TWO versions of Simple Life, to show the both aspect of single, kinda clever. Kid buddy 1 Nicole Ritchie is getting married, so's Paris, but the next Simple will feature Paris' buddy from school, who I believe is Rod's kid. Then Paris gets hitched to Paris. It's a try 'both' then fuck yourself kind of production.

Rod duped a lot, and there is no more for him or for the Stones, or for their spawning based on punk rock frenzies. SO, don't be surprised if during or after Keith's more obvious decline, that we see FACES tour.