Ronnie Wood: Second life
There’s the young girlfriend, the Hoxton flat, the new veneers, the radio show… At 63, Ronnie Wood is starting again
If there’s one thing more surprising than Rolling Stone Keith Richards surviving into his 60s, it’s that his bandmate Ronnie Wood has done so, too. After all, this is a man so debauched, so obliterated by drink and drugs, and such an all-round pain in the arse that Richards put a gun to his head and threatened to kill him. And that was before things got really bad. Three years ago the Stones guitarist walked out on his wife Jo, who appeared to be the one stabilising influence in his life, and moved in with a teenage girl, and the drink, the drugs, the mood swings all got worse. Many feared the worst.
Yet today he is 15 months clean, has a sensible girlfriend (still young enough to be his grand-daughter, of course), has released a fine solo album and been nominated as radio personality of the year and best newcomer. What went right?
We’re at the studio in central London where ...
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