1 00:00:01,172 --> 00:00:04,332 (upbeat rock music) 2 00:00:04,412 --> 00:00:05,492 - [Journalist] It's a matter of seconds now 3 00:00:05,572 --> 00:00:06,572 and they'll be on stage. 4 00:00:06,652 --> 00:00:08,452 And just listen to that audience. 5 00:00:08,532 --> 00:00:11,572 (audience cheering) 6 00:00:11,652 --> 00:00:13,252 - [Announcer] Ladies and gentlemen, 7 00:00:13,332 --> 00:00:16,052 will you please welcome the Rolling Stones! 8 00:00:16,132 --> 00:00:17,892 (audience cheering) 9 00:00:17,972 --> 00:00:21,812 - [Ronnie] I was lured just into the atmosphere 10 00:00:23,052 --> 00:00:23,812 and that was it, 11 00:00:23,892 --> 00:00:24,772 it changed my life. 12 00:00:24,852 --> 00:00:27,852 (audience cheering) 13 00:00:33,812 --> 00:00:37,372 - [Narrator] The Rolling Stones exploded into the '60s, 14 00:00:37,452 --> 00:00:39,252 transforming everything they touched. 15 00:00:39,332 --> 00:00:44,332 ♪ I can't get no satisfaction ♪ 16 00:00:45,292 --> 00:00:48,452 Including a teenage boy called Ronnie Wood. 17 00:00:49,372 --> 00:00:52,412 - I was so taken back with the movement 18 00:00:52,492 --> 00:00:54,532 and the music which was so infectious. 19 00:00:54,612 --> 00:00:56,612 And the girls were incredible. 20 00:00:58,452 --> 00:00:59,532 - [Narrator] He watched them become 21 00:00:59,612 --> 00:01:03,212 the greatest rock and roll band in the world. 22 00:01:03,292 --> 00:01:07,092 - I was standing before my future. 23 00:01:07,172 --> 00:01:11,012 Yeah, I was standing before what I wanted to do. 24 00:01:11,092 --> 00:01:13,692 (audience cheering) 25 00:01:13,772 --> 00:01:16,052 This looks like a good job. 26 00:01:16,132 --> 00:01:18,612 This is the greatest job you could possibly have. 27 00:01:24,172 --> 00:01:27,532 And I thought one day I'll be in that band. 28 00:01:27,612 --> 00:01:30,252 - [Narrator] This is a story about destiny. 29 00:01:30,332 --> 00:01:33,372 About how one moment set Ronnie Wood on a path 30 00:01:33,452 --> 00:01:36,092 that would change not only his life, 31 00:01:36,172 --> 00:01:38,852 but those of the band that started it all. 32 00:01:41,612 --> 00:01:44,812 - Ronnie has always, or so he tells me, 33 00:01:44,892 --> 00:01:47,252 knew that he was gonna be in the Rolling Stones. 34 00:01:47,332 --> 00:01:48,692 (Keith laughs) 35 00:01:48,772 --> 00:01:53,332 - [Announcer] And on guitar, Ronnie Wood! 36 00:01:53,412 --> 00:01:55,052 (audience cheering) 37 00:01:55,132 --> 00:01:56,732 - Right from the get-go, 38 00:01:56,812 --> 00:01:59,412 right from, "Ladies and gentlemen, 39 00:02:01,372 --> 00:02:03,732 the greatest rock and roll band in the world, 40 00:02:03,812 --> 00:02:05,292 the Rolling Stones!" 41 00:02:05,372 --> 00:02:08,372 (audience cheering) 42 00:02:16,892 --> 00:02:19,812 (ethereal music) 43 00:02:19,892 --> 00:02:22,612 (birds chirping) 44 00:02:26,092 --> 00:02:28,012 - [Narrator] Deep in leafy Richmond, 45 00:02:28,092 --> 00:02:29,932 on a bend in the River Thames, 46 00:02:30,012 --> 00:02:33,732 stands a house that is the center of the London rock scene. 47 00:02:36,572 --> 00:02:38,612 It's called The Wick 48 00:02:38,692 --> 00:02:41,692 and it belongs to Mr Ronnie Wood, 49 00:02:41,772 --> 00:02:43,812 lead guitarist of the Faces. 50 00:02:44,732 --> 00:02:47,132 - [Keith] We were all well aware of Ronnie Wood. 51 00:02:48,492 --> 00:02:51,452 - [Mick J] He lived in a very nice house in Richmond 52 00:02:51,532 --> 00:02:53,532 with a beautiful view. 53 00:03:02,092 --> 00:03:05,692 - A penny went further in those days. 54 00:03:05,772 --> 00:03:09,012 I went in and I saw these beautiful fireplaces 55 00:03:09,092 --> 00:03:11,332 and beautiful oval rooms, 56 00:03:11,412 --> 00:03:14,092 and I went beyond my means to get it of course. 57 00:03:14,172 --> 00:03:16,252 I sort of, I didn't have the money for it at all, 58 00:03:16,332 --> 00:03:19,172 and I just bluffed my way in and suddenly I got The Wick. 59 00:03:20,092 --> 00:03:21,692 - [Rod] You know, he's never been one 60 00:03:21,772 --> 00:03:24,532 to look at the financial side. 61 00:03:24,612 --> 00:03:26,492 Ronnie is Ronnie, he's carefree. 62 00:03:26,572 --> 00:03:28,812 A proper old Bohemian he is. 63 00:03:28,892 --> 00:03:31,972 (audience cheering) (mellow rock music) 64 00:03:32,052 --> 00:03:35,172 - [Glyn] He's a really original guitar player. 65 00:03:35,252 --> 00:03:37,372 Mick and Keith were big fans of the Faces. 66 00:03:37,452 --> 00:03:40,572 In fact, I remember taking Mick to see the Faces play. 67 00:03:41,412 --> 00:03:43,732 It was the Rainbow on the North Circular. 68 00:03:44,652 --> 00:03:46,652 I remember him wanging on in the car on the way back 69 00:03:46,732 --> 00:03:48,732 about how marvelous they were. 70 00:03:50,172 --> 00:03:52,732 - Ronnie and I were very tight in the early '70s. 71 00:03:52,812 --> 00:03:55,972 We did a couple of albums with Ronnie. 72 00:03:56,052 --> 00:03:58,532 Living at his house free of charge. 73 00:03:58,612 --> 00:04:00,732 Very nice. Thanks, Ron. 74 00:04:00,812 --> 00:04:01,692 - [Narrator] Keith had moved in 75 00:04:01,772 --> 00:04:04,372 after his own house, Redlands, burned down, 76 00:04:04,452 --> 00:04:07,972 only confirming The Wick as the place to be. 77 00:04:08,052 --> 00:04:11,932 (dog barking) (mellow rock music) 78 00:04:12,012 --> 00:04:14,252 - And everyone that came round, 79 00:04:14,332 --> 00:04:15,892 would be in the snooker room with me, 80 00:04:15,972 --> 00:04:17,452 that's where the conversation was, 81 00:04:17,532 --> 00:04:19,492 that's where plans were made, 82 00:04:19,572 --> 00:04:21,892 that's where jokes were told, 83 00:04:21,972 --> 00:04:23,972 that's where stories were told. 84 00:04:24,572 --> 00:04:25,892 - [Rod] It was like one big pub 85 00:04:25,972 --> 00:04:27,652 that anybody could go to any time. 86 00:04:27,732 --> 00:04:29,932 It did get a little out of hand sometimes. 87 00:04:30,012 --> 00:04:32,612 There was just too many people staying overnight, 88 00:04:32,692 --> 00:04:34,132 sleeping on the floor. 89 00:04:34,212 --> 00:04:36,612 But some great music was made in that studio. 90 00:04:37,932 --> 00:04:39,492 - [Narrator] One of the first things Ronnie does 91 00:04:39,572 --> 00:04:40,812 when he buys The Wick, 92 00:04:40,892 --> 00:04:44,212 is to turn the basement into a recording studio. 93 00:04:44,292 --> 00:04:45,972 - Sound recording? - Yeah. 94 00:04:46,052 --> 00:04:47,932 (indistinct) 95 00:04:48,012 --> 00:04:50,892 - When I was making my first album, 96 00:04:50,972 --> 00:04:54,092 there were so many musicians coming and going. 97 00:04:54,172 --> 00:04:56,932 Paul had just come down the stairs with Linda, 98 00:04:57,012 --> 00:04:58,612 and suddenly George is there 99 00:04:58,692 --> 00:05:01,852 and Gregg Allman coming out of the shadows. 100 00:05:01,932 --> 00:05:03,532 Ahhh! You name it. 101 00:05:03,612 --> 00:05:06,412 There's Keith Moon and Ringo on the drums, 102 00:05:06,492 --> 00:05:08,932 and there would be Jim Capaldi. 103 00:05:09,012 --> 00:05:10,092 All these different drummers, 104 00:05:10,172 --> 00:05:11,572 all queuing up, all different, 105 00:05:11,652 --> 00:05:14,692 waiting for a chance to play on the next song. 106 00:05:15,612 --> 00:05:17,572 So yeah, it was like all this gathering 107 00:05:17,652 --> 00:05:19,212 of different musicians, 108 00:05:19,292 --> 00:05:21,292 and it was a real buzz in the air. 109 00:05:22,332 --> 00:05:24,452 - [Narrator] Even Mick likes to drop by, 110 00:05:24,532 --> 00:05:26,852 usually finding Ronnie in the studio. 111 00:05:29,052 --> 00:05:31,012 - [Mick J] He was making some sort of solo record. 112 00:05:31,092 --> 00:05:34,612 And I used to go in there and play guitar and do demos. 113 00:05:34,692 --> 00:05:36,412 - He'd always have a song, Mick. 114 00:05:36,492 --> 00:05:37,692 And we started playing around. 115 00:05:37,772 --> 00:05:40,412 ♪ If I should stick my pen in my heart. ♪ 116 00:05:40,492 --> 00:05:42,772 You know, we were writing the verses and stuff, 117 00:05:42,852 --> 00:05:45,772 but I was writing, "I Can Feel the Fire", 118 00:05:45,852 --> 00:05:48,012 and I said will you sing on this with me, Mick. 119 00:05:48,092 --> 00:05:49,612 You know, I've already got the track. 120 00:05:49,692 --> 00:05:51,532 He was going, "Yeah, come on.". 121 00:05:51,612 --> 00:05:55,172 ♪ I can feel the fire, aah, burning, burning ♪ 122 00:05:55,252 --> 00:05:56,172 Anyway, so we had that going, 123 00:05:56,252 --> 00:05:57,692 and in between songs, 124 00:05:57,772 --> 00:06:00,732 we'd work on this other song, "It's Only Rock and Roll". 125 00:06:03,812 --> 00:06:06,092 - [Kenney] Once he built the studio I gave him a drum kit, 126 00:06:06,172 --> 00:06:10,132 and it's the worst thing I ever did. 127 00:06:11,892 --> 00:06:14,532 - We'd worn out Andy Newmark, the drummer. 128 00:06:14,612 --> 00:06:15,932 He'd gone to sleep upstairs, 129 00:06:16,012 --> 00:06:17,732 and we wanted to cut the track. 130 00:06:17,812 --> 00:06:19,812 So I said I know, Kenney Jones will do it. 131 00:06:19,892 --> 00:06:21,892 So I rang up Kenney. 132 00:06:22,572 --> 00:06:23,412 - [Kenney] He always called up 133 00:06:23,492 --> 00:06:25,372 when I'd got one foot in the bed. 134 00:06:25,452 --> 00:06:26,732 - [Ronnie] You know, Mick's here, David. 135 00:06:26,812 --> 00:06:27,572 Blah, blah, blah. 136 00:06:27,652 --> 00:06:29,652 And he said, "I'll be right there". 137 00:06:31,772 --> 00:06:34,132 - [Kenney] And of course I've had a drink, 138 00:06:34,212 --> 00:06:35,412 so I had to go really carefully, 139 00:06:35,492 --> 00:06:37,492 avoiding all the police. 140 00:06:38,132 --> 00:06:40,732 - [Ronnie] So, about an hour later he arrives. 141 00:06:40,812 --> 00:06:42,212 - [Kenney] So, we were playing away at this, 142 00:06:42,292 --> 00:06:44,092 by this time it's about three in the morning, 143 00:06:44,172 --> 00:06:45,972 and we were working on this song, 144 00:06:46,052 --> 00:06:48,052 just jamming away. 145 00:06:48,932 --> 00:06:50,972 - [Ronnie] So it was Willie Weeks on bass, 146 00:06:51,052 --> 00:06:52,172 Kenney on drums. 147 00:06:52,252 --> 00:06:55,972 And then David Bowie saying, "It's only rock and roll". 148 00:06:56,052 --> 00:06:59,412 You know, singing the background vocals. 149 00:07:00,932 --> 00:07:02,692 ♪ If I could win ♪ 150 00:07:02,772 --> 00:07:04,532 ♪ If I could sing ♪ 151 00:07:04,612 --> 00:07:08,172 ♪ A love song so divine ♪ 152 00:07:08,252 --> 00:07:12,052 ♪ Would it be enough for your cheating heart ♪ 153 00:07:12,132 --> 00:07:13,972 ♪ If I broke down and cried ♪ - [Narrator] It's just a demo, 154 00:07:14,052 --> 00:07:16,772 but when Mick tries to re-record "It's Only Rock and Roll" 155 00:07:16,852 --> 00:07:17,972 with the Stones, 156 00:07:18,052 --> 00:07:21,132 they can't recreate the magic of The Wick, 157 00:07:21,212 --> 00:07:24,492 so the band decide to keep the original tracks. 158 00:07:25,332 --> 00:07:27,812 - [Ronnie] Mick had taken it over to Island Studios 159 00:07:27,892 --> 00:07:29,892 and was starting to mix it. 160 00:07:33,252 --> 00:07:36,772 And he said I've got Keith's down to put his parts on. 161 00:07:36,852 --> 00:07:39,172 And Keith said, "Yes, I've taken the precaution 162 00:07:39,252 --> 00:07:41,212 of wiping all your guitar parts." 163 00:07:41,292 --> 00:07:44,212 And I said, "Oh, thanks a lot, Keith." 164 00:07:44,292 --> 00:07:45,532 I said, "But you've missed one, 165 00:07:45,612 --> 00:07:47,652 you've left my 12th string on there." 166 00:07:47,732 --> 00:07:48,652 And he went, "Ah!" 167 00:07:48,732 --> 00:07:53,732 ♪ I said I know it's only rock 'n' roll but I like it ♪ 168 00:07:56,412 --> 00:08:00,652 ♪ I know it's only rock 'n' roll but I like it, like it ♪ 169 00:08:00,732 --> 00:08:02,212 - [Narrator] It's Ronnie's first appearance 170 00:08:02,292 --> 00:08:03,972 on a Stones recording, 171 00:08:04,052 --> 00:08:05,812 but he quickly realizes, 172 00:08:05,892 --> 00:08:08,412 he isn't about to get a Jagger/Wood writing credit. 173 00:08:09,372 --> 00:08:10,412 - [Ronnie] Mick said, "I tell you what, 174 00:08:10,492 --> 00:08:12,452 you keep 'I Can Feel the Fire'." 175 00:08:12,532 --> 00:08:14,932 Which, you know, it skyrocketed into oblivion 176 00:08:15,012 --> 00:08:16,012 in Keith's words. 177 00:08:16,092 --> 00:08:17,932 "And I'll keep, 'It's Only Rock and Roll'." 178 00:08:18,012 --> 00:08:20,412 You know, and I went, "Okay." 179 00:08:22,452 --> 00:08:24,372 - [Narrator] The single eventually reaches the Top 10 180 00:08:24,452 --> 00:08:25,892 in the UK. 181 00:08:25,972 --> 00:08:28,932 But Ronnie has his eyes on a bigger prize. 182 00:08:29,012 --> 00:08:31,132 - I still had my sights on the Stones, 183 00:08:31,212 --> 00:08:34,972 and stepping stones towards the Stones. 184 00:08:35,052 --> 00:08:36,252 - [Narrator] But in the meantime, 185 00:08:36,332 --> 00:08:38,412 there's plenty of fun to be had 186 00:08:38,492 --> 00:08:40,932 out on the road with the Faces. 187 00:08:41,012 --> 00:08:44,012 (upbeat rock music) 188 00:08:47,252 --> 00:08:49,772 - [Rod] We were a party band 'cause we were all drinking, 189 00:08:49,852 --> 00:08:52,052 so we were always in a bloody good mood all the time. 190 00:08:52,132 --> 00:08:54,092 So, it was sometimes too much of a good mood. 191 00:08:54,172 --> 00:08:57,012 (upbeat rock music) 192 00:08:57,092 --> 00:08:59,092 - [Narrator] The Faces had caught the tail wind 193 00:08:59,172 --> 00:09:01,132 of that first British invasion. 194 00:09:01,212 --> 00:09:02,812 And they were on a world tour 195 00:09:02,892 --> 00:09:05,372 to a rapturous reception. 196 00:09:05,452 --> 00:09:07,452 - [Rod] The crowd had never seen anything like this, 197 00:09:07,532 --> 00:09:08,732 especially me and Woody coming out 198 00:09:08,812 --> 00:09:10,692 in our crushed velvet trousers, 199 00:09:10,772 --> 00:09:13,732 big crosses, bouffant hair, and a little bit of make-up. 200 00:09:14,692 --> 00:09:17,252 What is all this? 201 00:09:17,332 --> 00:09:20,012 - [Bonnie] You know, the hairstyles of the Faces alone 202 00:09:20,092 --> 00:09:20,892 just slayed me, 203 00:09:20,972 --> 00:09:22,812 I couldn't separate the look and the vibe 204 00:09:22,892 --> 00:09:25,612 from how raw and sexy their music was. 205 00:09:25,692 --> 00:09:27,692 They turned me on. 206 00:09:28,092 --> 00:09:29,332 - [Kenney] The whole audience were full of color, 207 00:09:29,412 --> 00:09:30,772 it was like a party. 208 00:09:30,852 --> 00:09:32,092 It's like you're one of the audience 209 00:09:32,172 --> 00:09:32,932 while you're playing to them. 210 00:09:33,012 --> 00:09:35,092 ♪ In the morning ♪ 211 00:09:35,172 --> 00:09:36,812 ♪ Don't say you love me ♪ 212 00:09:36,892 --> 00:09:39,052 - [Rod] There's people sitting up on the stage with us 213 00:09:39,132 --> 00:09:40,972 and we never used to think anything of it. 214 00:09:41,052 --> 00:09:44,212 - Well, I fell in the audience on the last American tour. 215 00:09:44,292 --> 00:09:45,652 It seemed to go down alright. 216 00:09:45,732 --> 00:09:48,692 Mind you I always have a few before I go on. 217 00:09:48,772 --> 00:09:50,932 Number one is learn how to laugh at yourself 218 00:09:51,012 --> 00:09:53,452 because if you don't know how to do that, 219 00:09:53,532 --> 00:09:56,012 you are in schtuck, mate. 220 00:09:56,092 --> 00:09:57,892 - [Kenney] It was all about having fun in the Faces 221 00:09:57,972 --> 00:10:00,572 because we were so enjoying each other's company 222 00:10:00,652 --> 00:10:02,652 and each other's playing. 223 00:10:05,892 --> 00:10:08,492 On one of the early tours of the Faces, 224 00:10:08,572 --> 00:10:11,412 we all got given Super 8 cameras. 225 00:10:11,492 --> 00:10:13,572 - [Ronnie] We used to film each other all the time. 226 00:10:14,692 --> 00:10:17,092 - [Kenney] We were like putting on a show really, 227 00:10:17,172 --> 00:10:18,812 for each other. 228 00:10:18,892 --> 00:10:21,212 ♪ I guess you're a mean old Jezebel ♪ 229 00:10:21,292 --> 00:10:25,612 ♪ Lets go up stairs and read my Tarot cards ♪ 230 00:10:25,692 --> 00:10:27,772 - Yeah, incredible, baby! 231 00:10:31,612 --> 00:10:32,372 - [Newsreader] The Faces, 232 00:10:32,452 --> 00:10:35,292 Rod Stewart, lead singer in his Marcos. 233 00:10:35,372 --> 00:10:37,372 Ron Wood, lead guitar, with their ladies. 234 00:10:37,452 --> 00:10:39,172 - [Rod] I thought if I save up, 235 00:10:39,252 --> 00:10:40,652 buy myself a sports car, 236 00:10:40,732 --> 00:10:42,732 I'll be able to get a nice girlfriend 237 00:10:42,812 --> 00:10:44,092 and then it will all be over, 238 00:10:44,172 --> 00:10:45,572 'cause it won't last long. 239 00:10:45,652 --> 00:10:48,492 We didn't know where music or rock and roll was gonna go. 240 00:10:53,812 --> 00:10:56,892 (indistinct chatter) 241 00:11:00,372 --> 00:11:02,132 - [Narrator] The Rolling Stones also faced 242 00:11:02,212 --> 00:11:04,212 an uncertain future. 243 00:11:04,572 --> 00:11:06,412 Off the road for well over a year 244 00:11:06,492 --> 00:11:08,372 and strung out on drugs, 245 00:11:08,452 --> 00:11:10,452 a fog hangs over the band. 246 00:11:11,492 --> 00:11:13,052 - [Journalist] What do you see as the future now? 247 00:11:13,132 --> 00:11:14,572 - [Mick J] I don't know really. 248 00:11:14,652 --> 00:11:15,892 I've no idea. 249 00:11:15,972 --> 00:11:18,012 I don't know what to do 250 00:11:18,092 --> 00:11:19,012 until it becomes it. 251 00:11:19,092 --> 00:11:19,812 Really, I just don't... 252 00:11:19,892 --> 00:11:21,452 I can't even think about what I'm doing tomorrow. 253 00:11:21,532 --> 00:11:23,812 And I know I've got to go to London, 254 00:11:23,892 --> 00:11:25,172 but that's the extent 255 00:11:25,252 --> 00:11:28,812 of my being able to look into the future. 256 00:11:35,492 --> 00:11:38,492 (mellow rock music) 257 00:11:53,932 --> 00:11:57,012 ♪ Angie ♪ 258 00:11:57,092 --> 00:12:00,332 ♪ Angie ♪ 259 00:12:00,412 --> 00:12:05,412 ♪ When will those clouds all disappear ♪ 260 00:12:06,532 --> 00:12:07,292 - [Narrator] By now, 261 00:12:07,372 --> 00:12:10,052 Ronnie is firmly part of the Stones social scene. 262 00:12:11,532 --> 00:12:14,332 And fate provides him with a ringside seat 263 00:12:14,412 --> 00:12:16,812 for a defining moment in the band's history. 264 00:12:21,332 --> 00:12:23,292 - We're sitting on this sofa. 265 00:12:23,372 --> 00:12:24,172 In the middle, 266 00:12:24,252 --> 00:12:25,532 Mick Jagger was here 267 00:12:25,612 --> 00:12:27,612 and Mick Taylor was here. 268 00:12:30,052 --> 00:12:34,292 ♪ But you can't say we're satisfied ♪ 269 00:12:34,372 --> 00:12:37,332 - [Narrator] 25-year-old guitar virtuoso, Mick Taylor, 270 00:12:37,412 --> 00:12:42,092 had replaced founding member, Brian Jones, in 1969. 271 00:12:43,252 --> 00:12:44,132 - And I'll never forget it. 272 00:12:44,212 --> 00:12:46,252 We were all having a chat and a drink, 273 00:12:46,332 --> 00:12:49,732 and then at one point Taylor leans over to Jagger and says, 274 00:12:49,812 --> 00:12:53,252 "I'm leaving the band. I'm leaving right now." 275 00:12:54,132 --> 00:12:56,452 - [Narrator] To outsiders it seemed like a strange moment 276 00:12:56,532 --> 00:12:57,492 to quit. 277 00:12:57,572 --> 00:12:59,732 The band had just had one of the greatest runs 278 00:12:59,812 --> 00:13:01,172 in rock history, 279 00:13:01,252 --> 00:13:02,732 releasing "Let It Bleed", 280 00:13:02,812 --> 00:13:04,252 "Sticky Fingers", 281 00:13:04,332 --> 00:13:06,332 and "Exile on Main St". 282 00:13:07,012 --> 00:13:07,972 But behind the scenes, 283 00:13:08,052 --> 00:13:11,092 Mick Taylor is struggling with heroin addiction. 284 00:13:11,172 --> 00:13:14,212 And life as a Rolling Stone is starting to wear thin. 285 00:13:15,572 --> 00:13:16,332 - [Journalist] Personally, do you find 286 00:13:16,412 --> 00:13:19,132 that the Stones give all the musical outlets 287 00:13:19,212 --> 00:13:20,252 you would like to have? 288 00:13:20,332 --> 00:13:21,932 - Oh, no, no. 289 00:13:22,012 --> 00:13:23,772 There's lots of other things I'd like to do 290 00:13:23,852 --> 00:13:25,452 with other people, 291 00:13:25,532 --> 00:13:28,052 and I will do when I get the opportunity. 292 00:13:29,732 --> 00:13:32,732 It is frustrating on an individual level, 293 00:13:32,812 --> 00:13:34,812 but I think it is for everybody 294 00:13:34,892 --> 00:13:36,892 who's a part of a group. 295 00:13:38,132 --> 00:13:40,852 - [Narrator] After years of relentless touring and recording 296 00:13:40,932 --> 00:13:42,932 cracks are starting to appear. 297 00:13:43,452 --> 00:13:45,972 The Stones are now tax exiles. 298 00:13:46,052 --> 00:13:47,052 And on top of that, 299 00:13:47,132 --> 00:13:49,932 they're banned from touring in Japan, Australia, 300 00:13:50,012 --> 00:13:52,092 and North America. 301 00:13:52,172 --> 00:13:55,452 In France there's even a warrant out for Keith's arrest. 302 00:13:59,812 --> 00:14:04,492 (Journalist speaking in French) 303 00:14:04,572 --> 00:14:08,652 (Mick Jagger speaking in French) 304 00:14:21,332 --> 00:14:24,572 ♪ Angie ♪ 305 00:14:24,652 --> 00:14:29,012 ♪ Angie ♪ 306 00:14:29,092 --> 00:14:33,612 ♪ But ain't it time we said goodbye ♪ 307 00:14:33,692 --> 00:14:36,132 - We were all still roaming around the world, 308 00:14:36,212 --> 00:14:38,772 trying to find which bit that we liked. 309 00:14:38,852 --> 00:14:42,052 We were strictly really exiles for real now, 310 00:14:42,132 --> 00:14:44,252 you know what I mean. 311 00:14:44,332 --> 00:14:48,932 So, it was very difficult to communicate with each other. 312 00:14:49,012 --> 00:14:51,212 ♪ Angie ♪ 313 00:14:51,292 --> 00:14:54,052 - (chuckles) My god! 314 00:14:54,132 --> 00:14:54,852 I think we were... 315 00:14:54,932 --> 00:14:56,932 Everyone was taking far too many drugs then. 316 00:14:58,252 --> 00:15:00,212 Like, the band should have gone into fucking rehab 317 00:15:00,292 --> 00:15:02,132 like for a year. 318 00:15:02,212 --> 00:15:03,932 All of 'em, including me. 319 00:15:04,012 --> 00:15:07,172 ♪ Angie ♪ 320 00:15:07,252 --> 00:15:11,332 ♪ They can't say we never tried ♪ 321 00:15:11,412 --> 00:15:13,212 But you know, 322 00:15:13,292 --> 00:15:15,292 you take the rough with the smooth. 323 00:15:20,092 --> 00:15:21,092 - [Narrator] Back at the party, 324 00:15:21,172 --> 00:15:24,932 the impact of Mick Taylor quitting hits home. 325 00:15:25,012 --> 00:15:28,412 - And Mick said, "I think he was serious." 326 00:15:28,492 --> 00:15:30,972 And I said, "I think he was too." 327 00:15:31,052 --> 00:15:32,292 And he said, "What am I gonna do?" 328 00:15:32,372 --> 00:15:36,052 I said, "I don't know, Mick, what do you reckon?" 329 00:15:36,132 --> 00:15:38,572 And he said, "Would you join?" 330 00:15:38,652 --> 00:15:40,132 And I went, "I thought you'd never ask." 331 00:15:40,212 --> 00:15:42,732 You know, and it was so funny. 332 00:15:42,812 --> 00:15:46,092 He said, "But you're already in a band, aren't you?" 333 00:15:52,812 --> 00:15:53,812 - It was a big choice for Ronnie 334 00:15:53,892 --> 00:15:56,172 'cause Ronnie was in several bands, 335 00:15:56,252 --> 00:15:57,612 Ronnie's been in quite a few bands. 336 00:15:57,692 --> 00:16:00,252 - I said, "Well, I don't want to split the Faces up." 337 00:16:00,332 --> 00:16:02,332 I said, "But look, 338 00:16:03,852 --> 00:16:08,852 if you get desperate call me up." 339 00:16:09,172 --> 00:16:12,292 (upbeat rock music) 340 00:16:12,372 --> 00:16:14,692 - [Glyn] The day before we started "Black and Blue", 341 00:16:14,772 --> 00:16:17,212 Mick Taylor decided to leave the band. 342 00:16:17,292 --> 00:16:20,172 So we all met at Heathrow to go to Germany 343 00:16:20,252 --> 00:16:21,012 to make the record, 344 00:16:21,092 --> 00:16:22,492 to start the record. 345 00:16:22,572 --> 00:16:23,892 While we was there, 346 00:16:23,972 --> 00:16:25,852 they auditioned all kinds of guitar players. 347 00:16:25,932 --> 00:16:26,852 It actually drove me nuts. 348 00:16:26,932 --> 00:16:27,692 I'd have to... 349 00:16:27,772 --> 00:16:29,772 I'd be sitting there and waiting to get on with it 350 00:16:29,852 --> 00:16:32,572 and they'd be auditioning some bloody guitar player 351 00:16:32,652 --> 00:16:33,452 from Timbuktu. 352 00:16:33,532 --> 00:16:35,092 I don't know. 353 00:16:35,172 --> 00:16:37,572 - [Narrator] The music press lights up with speculation 354 00:16:37,652 --> 00:16:40,572 over who might become the next Rolling Stone. 355 00:16:40,652 --> 00:16:42,572 - [Journalist] Is it a problem for you? 356 00:16:42,652 --> 00:16:46,732 (Mick Jagger speaking in French) 357 00:17:09,132 --> 00:17:10,572 - [Keith] Jeff Beck was checked in there 358 00:17:10,652 --> 00:17:13,212 and Steve Marriott was a contender as well. 359 00:17:14,132 --> 00:17:15,452 - [Andy] They said, "Who could be in the Stones?" 360 00:17:15,532 --> 00:17:16,292 And I know I was... 361 00:17:16,372 --> 00:17:18,012 There was six of us. 362 00:17:18,092 --> 00:17:19,572 Ry Cooder was one, 363 00:17:19,652 --> 00:17:22,772 Mick who played with David Bowie was put up, 364 00:17:22,852 --> 00:17:27,212 me, I was at least recognized as being maybe someone 365 00:17:27,292 --> 00:17:29,292 who could be in that band. 366 00:17:29,652 --> 00:17:30,492 - [Joe] Well, for a while there, 367 00:17:30,572 --> 00:17:32,212 I was hoping that the phone would ring 368 00:17:32,292 --> 00:17:33,772 and it would be the Stones. 369 00:17:33,852 --> 00:17:35,972 I think all of us guitar players did. 370 00:17:36,052 --> 00:17:38,052 Waddy Wachtel did for sure. 371 00:17:40,812 --> 00:17:41,812 - [Narrator] One man down, 372 00:17:41,892 --> 00:17:43,852 the band decide to use the auditions 373 00:17:43,932 --> 00:17:46,012 to fill in the missing parts on the album. 374 00:17:47,772 --> 00:17:50,212 - [Mick J] First of all we tried people out. 375 00:17:50,292 --> 00:17:51,692 Little bit long process. 376 00:17:51,772 --> 00:17:54,332 I want to talk about all these other people that are mad. 377 00:17:54,412 --> 00:17:58,372 We had a proper organized kind of try to find people, 378 00:17:58,452 --> 00:18:00,452 and they appear on the album. 379 00:18:01,972 --> 00:18:04,252 - [Narrator] With a huge American tour on the horizon 380 00:18:04,332 --> 00:18:06,012 and the auditions a bust, 381 00:18:06,092 --> 00:18:08,252 Mick decides to call in a favor. 382 00:18:11,852 --> 00:18:14,572 - I was on my death bed in L.A. 383 00:18:14,652 --> 00:18:15,812 I was really ill. 384 00:18:15,892 --> 00:18:16,852 I couldn't move. 385 00:18:16,932 --> 00:18:17,652 And the phone rings and it's Mick. 386 00:18:17,732 --> 00:18:22,252 And he said, "Ronnie, I'm desperate, I need you." 387 00:18:22,332 --> 00:18:24,612 And I was going, "Alright." 388 00:18:24,692 --> 00:18:25,812 - [Narrator] Ronnie lands in Munich 389 00:18:25,892 --> 00:18:28,572 and heads straight to Musicland Studios. 390 00:18:28,652 --> 00:18:31,532 The foyer is still packed with other guitarists. 391 00:18:31,612 --> 00:18:33,732 - They said, "Okay, you're in the studio at 2 o'clock." 392 00:18:33,812 --> 00:18:34,772 You know, whatever. 393 00:18:34,852 --> 00:18:35,972 So anyway, I just walked in, 394 00:18:36,052 --> 00:18:38,532 and I said, "Hey guys, I've got this song." 395 00:18:38,612 --> 00:18:40,852 (mellow rock music) 396 00:18:40,932 --> 00:18:42,172 And I said, "It goes like this." 397 00:18:42,252 --> 00:18:43,652 (Ronnie vocalizing) 398 00:18:43,732 --> 00:18:46,292 And Charlie said, "He's only been here five minutes 399 00:18:46,372 --> 00:18:48,012 and he's bossing us around." 400 00:18:48,092 --> 00:18:50,012 Everybody started to join in, right. 401 00:18:50,092 --> 00:18:53,092 (mellow rock music) 402 00:18:54,132 --> 00:18:56,452 - [Mick J] I had a very good rapport with Ronnie 403 00:18:56,532 --> 00:18:58,812 when I was just jamming with him. 404 00:18:58,892 --> 00:19:01,492 - [Ronnie] Mick started shouting, "Whoo!", singing, 405 00:19:01,572 --> 00:19:04,012 and he put some words to it. 406 00:19:05,172 --> 00:19:07,772 (Mick singing) 407 00:19:13,692 --> 00:19:14,692 - [Keith] And I'm thinking, 408 00:19:14,772 --> 00:19:16,412 "Man, this is the guy, 409 00:19:16,492 --> 00:19:20,212 and I've already been working with him, yeah, 410 00:19:20,292 --> 00:19:23,572 we're already, you know, simpatico." 411 00:19:23,652 --> 00:19:26,652 (mellow rock music) 412 00:19:37,452 --> 00:19:39,532 - I mean we'd all played together a lot before, 413 00:19:39,612 --> 00:19:40,332 we knew each other, 414 00:19:40,412 --> 00:19:44,172 so that made it quite easy in a way to make that choice. 415 00:19:46,212 --> 00:19:48,892 - [Narrator] After months of trying out different guitarists 416 00:19:48,972 --> 00:19:50,972 Ronnie fits right in. 417 00:19:51,612 --> 00:19:53,412 - I mean there's not a lot of him, 418 00:19:53,492 --> 00:19:54,732 you can just fit him in anywhere. 419 00:19:54,812 --> 00:19:57,412 (Keith laughs) 420 00:19:57,492 --> 00:19:58,932 It is London 421 00:19:59,012 --> 00:20:01,052 and we've kind of all known... 422 00:20:01,132 --> 00:20:02,452 I knew him probably better 423 00:20:02,532 --> 00:20:04,012 because I'd been recording with him, 424 00:20:04,092 --> 00:20:08,532 which made the thing even more obvious. 425 00:20:09,612 --> 00:20:12,052 - [Narrator] Eventually released on "Black and Blue", 426 00:20:12,132 --> 00:20:13,892 the writing credits of "Hey Negrita" 427 00:20:13,972 --> 00:20:16,772 goes to Jagger/Richards as usual, 428 00:20:16,852 --> 00:20:20,252 but this time it also says inspired by Ron Wood. 429 00:20:21,172 --> 00:20:23,532 - Somebody else was gonna be flying in. 430 00:20:23,612 --> 00:20:25,972 And I said, "Well, cancel them. What's the point?" 431 00:20:26,052 --> 00:20:28,732 And they said, "Yeah, there's no point. 432 00:20:28,812 --> 00:20:31,012 It looks like we've found what we're looking for." 433 00:20:35,652 --> 00:20:38,252 - [Narrator] And that is that. 434 00:20:38,332 --> 00:20:40,572 Ronnie's fate is finally sealed. 435 00:20:42,252 --> 00:20:43,812 - [Andy] In a moment of peril, 436 00:20:43,892 --> 00:20:47,932 they didn't really want a preening virtuoso in the band. 437 00:20:48,852 --> 00:20:50,812 - Eric said, "I could have had that job." 438 00:20:50,892 --> 00:20:53,972 I said, "Eric, but you've got to live with them." 439 00:20:54,052 --> 00:20:56,532 - Tune out room session. - Ow. 440 00:20:56,612 --> 00:20:58,492 (all laugh) 441 00:20:58,572 --> 00:21:00,172 - [Crew] Slate 1. Take 3. 442 00:21:00,252 --> 00:21:03,212 - Ow! Always used to do that. 443 00:21:04,732 --> 00:21:07,732 (mellow rock music) 444 00:21:08,612 --> 00:21:11,012 I knew what I had to do, even then. 445 00:21:11,092 --> 00:21:14,092 I knew somebody had to kick them up the arse. 446 00:21:14,172 --> 00:21:15,612 And sure enough. 447 00:21:15,692 --> 00:21:17,332 - [Keith] Yeah, Ron's my great mate. 448 00:21:17,412 --> 00:21:20,092 And he's a funny fucker. 449 00:21:20,172 --> 00:21:21,012 (Keith laughs) 450 00:21:21,092 --> 00:21:24,092 (mellow rock music) 451 00:21:26,692 --> 00:21:27,652 - I've got to go on stage in a minute. 452 00:21:27,732 --> 00:21:28,972 If I don't got it up, 453 00:21:29,052 --> 00:21:29,852 they'll never know it's me then. 454 00:21:29,932 --> 00:21:32,052 - [Dan] I mean Ronnie is one of the greatest, 455 00:21:32,132 --> 00:21:33,812 naturally funny people alive. 456 00:21:33,892 --> 00:21:35,932 And, you know, don't take anyone too seriously, 457 00:21:36,012 --> 00:21:38,252 don't take anything too seriously. 458 00:21:38,332 --> 00:21:40,092 - [Chrissie] Ronnie's kind of a mischief-maker. 459 00:21:40,172 --> 00:21:41,732 You can just tell. 460 00:21:41,812 --> 00:21:44,412 Yeah, you know you're gonna have a good time 461 00:21:44,492 --> 00:21:46,492 when Ronnie walks in the room. 462 00:21:46,572 --> 00:21:48,372 - [Andy] He just had that right kind 463 00:21:48,452 --> 00:21:50,652 of London atmosphere about him. 464 00:21:50,732 --> 00:21:53,412 He was the perfect fit for the Stones, Ronnie Wood. 465 00:21:55,772 --> 00:21:57,532 - He was a very different player to Mick Taylor 466 00:21:57,612 --> 00:21:59,612 who was this rather, 467 00:22:00,372 --> 00:22:05,372 a brilliant sort of meticulous blues player. 468 00:22:07,012 --> 00:22:11,612 And Ronnie was more of a good time English band, rock on. 469 00:22:14,332 --> 00:22:18,052 - [Joe] It's the energy you bring that makes the difference. 470 00:22:18,132 --> 00:22:20,972 Anybody can play it like the record, 471 00:22:21,052 --> 00:22:23,692 but when you go on stage 472 00:22:23,772 --> 00:22:25,212 and you bring it. 473 00:22:25,292 --> 00:22:29,852 And the band goes, "Yeah!" because of what you brought, 474 00:22:29,932 --> 00:22:31,452 that's what Ronnie did. 475 00:22:31,532 --> 00:22:34,532 (upbeat rock music) 476 00:22:36,252 --> 00:22:38,212 - [Narrator] Ronnie is announced as the new guitarist 477 00:22:38,292 --> 00:22:40,252 at a press event in Manhattan, 478 00:22:40,332 --> 00:22:43,332 the launch of the Rolling Stones Tour of the Americas. 479 00:22:45,172 --> 00:22:47,252 But unseen by the gathered journalists, 480 00:22:47,332 --> 00:22:48,812 the band set up their equipment 481 00:22:48,892 --> 00:22:51,932 on the back of the flatbed truck outside. 482 00:22:52,012 --> 00:22:54,132 They're about to take the Stones circus 483 00:22:54,212 --> 00:22:56,332 to the streets of New York City. 484 00:22:58,692 --> 00:22:59,812 - [Reporter] It was hard to believe, 485 00:22:59,892 --> 00:23:01,212 but there they were right smack 486 00:23:01,292 --> 00:23:03,292 in the middle of Lower 5th Avenue. 487 00:23:06,292 --> 00:23:07,932 - [Ronnie] You're suddenly out on the street 488 00:23:08,012 --> 00:23:11,012 and you're playing live music. 489 00:23:11,092 --> 00:23:13,092 It was crazy. 490 00:23:15,812 --> 00:23:17,572 We had all the press gathered in a restaurant 491 00:23:17,652 --> 00:23:19,252 and they thought the Stones were going in, 492 00:23:19,332 --> 00:23:21,572 and so we just drove by playing "Brown Sugar" 493 00:23:21,652 --> 00:23:23,652 and they were all there running out of the restaurant 494 00:23:23,732 --> 00:23:24,812 with their pads. 495 00:23:24,892 --> 00:23:27,892 (upbeat rock music) 496 00:23:30,332 --> 00:23:32,532 - [Mick J] It was more of a fun thing I thought. 497 00:23:32,612 --> 00:23:34,132 Not so dangerous. 498 00:23:34,212 --> 00:23:37,892 The feeling was that you were having a good time. 499 00:23:37,972 --> 00:23:40,052 It was a bit of a lark. 500 00:23:40,132 --> 00:23:42,412 And I think it was very much the Ronnie thing. 501 00:23:43,572 --> 00:23:45,932 Every time you change a member of the band, 502 00:23:46,012 --> 00:23:48,652 it's gonna take on another characteristic, 503 00:23:48,732 --> 00:23:51,092 and Ronnie was certainly a sense of fun. 504 00:23:54,252 --> 00:23:55,852 He was more of a showman 505 00:23:55,932 --> 00:23:58,492 and I think more of a humorist, 506 00:23:58,572 --> 00:24:00,572 and it really helped. 507 00:24:02,892 --> 00:24:05,012 - [Charlie] Well, he came from the Faces 508 00:24:05,092 --> 00:24:06,652 which used to jump about, 509 00:24:06,732 --> 00:24:08,092 and just very funny, 510 00:24:08,172 --> 00:24:09,852 'cause that's what he's like. 511 00:24:09,932 --> 00:24:11,892 - [Keith] And so in '75, 512 00:24:11,972 --> 00:24:15,852 what he brought was a whole new sense of purpose, 513 00:24:17,412 --> 00:24:20,372 and we felt a coherence as a band again. 514 00:24:23,172 --> 00:24:25,972 - [Jon] I think if you had five Mick and Keiths, 515 00:24:26,052 --> 00:24:28,172 it could have been overload, 516 00:24:28,252 --> 00:24:30,292 You needed that Ying and Yang. 517 00:24:34,532 --> 00:24:37,292 And so for me that's the magic of a band, 518 00:24:37,372 --> 00:24:39,372 is the chemistry. 519 00:24:42,012 --> 00:24:43,812 - [Narrator] Finally back in their groove, 520 00:24:43,892 --> 00:24:46,772 the Stones set out on a monster 46 show trek 521 00:24:46,852 --> 00:24:48,852 across the United States. 522 00:24:49,452 --> 00:24:50,652 - [Ronnie] I mean it's crazy. 523 00:24:50,732 --> 00:24:53,092 We'd have Annie Leibovitz following us everywhere 524 00:24:53,172 --> 00:24:55,372 and there'd be journalists and groupies 525 00:24:55,452 --> 00:24:57,892 and madness going on. 526 00:24:57,972 --> 00:24:59,852 All these different cultures. 527 00:24:59,932 --> 00:25:01,972 It's just a gathering of people, 528 00:25:02,052 --> 00:25:04,492 so many different personalities. 529 00:25:04,572 --> 00:25:07,572 (mellow rock music) 530 00:25:08,852 --> 00:25:10,652 - [Narrator] Ronnie had spent years touring the US 531 00:25:10,732 --> 00:25:11,932 with the Faces, 532 00:25:12,012 --> 00:25:14,412 but the sheer scale of a Stones tour 533 00:25:14,492 --> 00:25:15,692 is something to behold. 534 00:25:15,772 --> 00:25:18,252 - It was the first time I'd met a band 535 00:25:18,332 --> 00:25:20,332 with any kind of organization. 536 00:25:20,412 --> 00:25:21,772 We would get newsletters, 537 00:25:21,852 --> 00:25:22,972 we'd know what we were doing, 538 00:25:23,052 --> 00:25:24,052 when we were doing it 539 00:25:24,132 --> 00:25:26,932 and we'd know what we were gonna be playing, 540 00:25:27,012 --> 00:25:28,572 all the keys of the songs. 541 00:25:28,652 --> 00:25:31,292 And all this was foreign to me from the Faces, 542 00:25:31,372 --> 00:25:32,532 'cause I think, 543 00:25:32,612 --> 00:25:35,212 we might have just written down a few songs before, 544 00:25:35,292 --> 00:25:36,372 like, "Let's do this", 545 00:25:36,452 --> 00:25:38,172 just before we went on stage. 546 00:25:38,252 --> 00:25:40,972 "Oh, alright then. We'll have a go at that." 547 00:25:41,052 --> 00:25:43,292 And it was famous with the Faces 548 00:25:43,372 --> 00:25:44,972 who would be going, "What's next, Ron?" 549 00:25:45,052 --> 00:25:47,492 We'd be going, "What are we doing next, Ron?" 550 00:25:47,572 --> 00:25:48,812 (Ronnie laughs) 551 00:25:48,892 --> 00:25:51,892 It was so funny to go from that 552 00:25:51,972 --> 00:25:53,972 to the organization of the Stones. 553 00:25:57,052 --> 00:26:01,012 The whirlwind, the hurricane, the tornado, 554 00:26:01,092 --> 00:26:02,972 all the highs of being there 555 00:26:03,052 --> 00:26:05,412 and the highs of the dope and the drink. 556 00:26:05,492 --> 00:26:08,972 My feet never really touched the ground for many years. 557 00:26:09,052 --> 00:26:13,212 (audience cheering) - God loves you! 558 00:26:13,292 --> 00:26:15,212 It was like, I'm home. 559 00:26:15,292 --> 00:26:17,332 I had that feeling of coming home 560 00:26:17,412 --> 00:26:19,412 when I joined the band. 561 00:26:20,092 --> 00:26:21,652 - [Keith] All I knew when I first met Ronnie, 562 00:26:21,732 --> 00:26:23,732 is he could be my brother. 563 00:26:25,612 --> 00:26:27,012 - [Ronnie] He found his little brother. 564 00:26:27,092 --> 00:26:27,892 (Ronnie chuckles) 565 00:26:27,972 --> 00:26:29,972 Scene one. Act one. 566 00:26:32,092 --> 00:26:34,772 (both laughing) 567 00:26:38,092 --> 00:26:39,532 - [Narrator] Ronnie is well suited to the role 568 00:26:39,612 --> 00:26:41,532 of little brother in the Stones. 569 00:26:41,612 --> 00:26:44,692 Growing up, the youngest of three boys in Yewsley, 570 00:26:44,772 --> 00:26:47,492 a working class suburb of West London. 571 00:26:47,572 --> 00:26:49,452 - Aw, dear family. 572 00:26:49,532 --> 00:26:52,532 They were so broad-minded, really. 573 00:26:52,612 --> 00:26:54,332 Art, my eldest brother, 574 00:26:54,412 --> 00:26:57,292 and Ted, the middle bro, 575 00:26:57,372 --> 00:26:58,612 they were both artists, 576 00:26:58,692 --> 00:27:00,612 both musicians, 577 00:27:00,692 --> 00:27:01,972 both very encouraging, 578 00:27:02,052 --> 00:27:04,052 very proud of little Ronnie. 579 00:27:09,052 --> 00:27:12,492 My headmaster used to call me the artiste, 580 00:27:15,052 --> 00:27:17,092 and mum she used to love that. 581 00:27:19,212 --> 00:27:21,372 - [Kenney] He's a wonderful spirit, Ronnie. 582 00:27:21,452 --> 00:27:22,412 When he sees something 583 00:27:22,492 --> 00:27:25,012 and he wants to capture that moment for him. 584 00:27:29,492 --> 00:27:31,332 And he puts it down very beautifully 585 00:27:31,412 --> 00:27:33,612 and disguises it in his artwork. 586 00:27:37,572 --> 00:27:39,572 - I love painting. 587 00:27:40,452 --> 00:27:42,132 I like combining that with music 588 00:27:42,212 --> 00:27:43,612 and the other way round. 589 00:27:43,692 --> 00:27:47,572 And that's what keeps my cycle going. 590 00:27:47,652 --> 00:27:49,372 It's fabulous. 591 00:27:49,452 --> 00:27:52,212 And never a dull moment in my life. 592 00:27:56,892 --> 00:28:00,052 My family were so supportive. 593 00:28:00,132 --> 00:28:01,772 My dad, when I had long hair, 594 00:28:01,852 --> 00:28:05,172 used to say "You wanna look like that kid, go right ahead." 595 00:28:06,812 --> 00:28:10,172 And I said "Are you sure, Dad? 596 00:28:11,172 --> 00:28:12,772 People don't know if I'm a boy or a girl." 597 00:28:12,852 --> 00:28:15,172 And he said, "You're you." 598 00:28:18,012 --> 00:28:20,452 - [Narrator] Ronnie's family had a strong identity, 599 00:28:20,532 --> 00:28:22,532 all their own. 600 00:28:23,412 --> 00:28:25,732 - My mum was born on the boat called the Orient. 601 00:28:25,812 --> 00:28:27,812 My dad was born on the Antelope. 602 00:28:28,492 --> 00:28:33,492 My parents and all of my family going back to 1700s, 603 00:28:34,812 --> 00:28:35,932 they're all on the water, 604 00:28:36,012 --> 00:28:40,172 they were on the long boats and the barges, 605 00:28:40,252 --> 00:28:42,252 and water gypsies really. 606 00:28:43,332 --> 00:28:46,212 My mum told me granddad Wood, 607 00:28:46,292 --> 00:28:48,692 he had one family up North 608 00:28:48,772 --> 00:28:49,972 and one in Paddington. 609 00:28:50,052 --> 00:28:52,212 She said, "Dirty old sod." 610 00:28:52,292 --> 00:28:54,932 (Ronnie laughs) 611 00:28:58,092 --> 00:28:59,652 I'm a nomad. 612 00:28:59,732 --> 00:29:01,252 We live out of suitcases, 613 00:29:01,332 --> 00:29:03,332 that's what we do. 614 00:29:03,732 --> 00:29:06,772 Dad always used to tell me all of the different routes 615 00:29:06,852 --> 00:29:08,732 that he would take. 616 00:29:08,812 --> 00:29:10,212 If I was out of line, 617 00:29:10,292 --> 00:29:11,052 he'd always say, 618 00:29:11,132 --> 00:29:13,692 "Where do you think you are, on your father's yacht." 619 00:29:17,012 --> 00:29:18,732 There's definitely a flow there 620 00:29:18,812 --> 00:29:21,532 that comes with the nomadic lifestyle 621 00:29:21,612 --> 00:29:24,172 of mooring up somewhere. 622 00:29:24,252 --> 00:29:27,172 And having vague memories as a kid 623 00:29:27,252 --> 00:29:29,972 of sweet milk, 624 00:29:30,052 --> 00:29:31,012 the condensed milk, 625 00:29:31,092 --> 00:29:35,972 down in the cabin with my dad on his boat. 626 00:29:40,332 --> 00:29:42,572 It was the end of a legacy, really. 627 00:29:43,932 --> 00:29:47,692 My brothers and me being the first to be born on dry land. 628 00:29:49,572 --> 00:29:51,692 My parents had this way about them 629 00:29:51,772 --> 00:29:54,492 of connecting and adapting 630 00:29:54,572 --> 00:29:57,492 that I'm sure I've inherited you know. 631 00:30:03,172 --> 00:30:06,412 - [Keith] In this band, it worked on two guitars. 632 00:30:06,492 --> 00:30:09,052 And it's very important who they are. 633 00:30:09,132 --> 00:30:11,172 It's the basis of the band, 634 00:30:11,252 --> 00:30:14,812 how these two guitars work together. 635 00:30:14,892 --> 00:30:15,652 - [Narrator] In Ronnie, 636 00:30:15,732 --> 00:30:18,492 the Stones finally find a guitarist perfectly suited 637 00:30:18,572 --> 00:30:20,212 to life on the road, 638 00:30:20,292 --> 00:30:22,292 and playing with Keith. 639 00:30:24,252 --> 00:30:26,692 - [Joe] And Ronnie had to learn every Stones song, 640 00:30:26,772 --> 00:30:28,532 so we know that, 641 00:30:28,612 --> 00:30:31,092 but how do you fit in, 642 00:30:31,172 --> 00:30:36,172 what part of you has to be exactly 643 00:30:36,252 --> 00:30:38,252 like the record. 644 00:30:42,172 --> 00:30:44,092 - [Ronnie] Keith had run me through a few things 645 00:30:44,172 --> 00:30:46,932 of what he could remember of the arrangements and stuff. 646 00:30:49,212 --> 00:30:50,852 - [Keith] Because Ronnie had been boning up, 647 00:30:50,932 --> 00:30:53,292 he knew it better than I did. 648 00:30:53,372 --> 00:30:54,412 - And I would correct him. 649 00:30:54,492 --> 00:30:56,772 I'd say, "No, that song fades out on the album. 650 00:30:56,852 --> 00:30:57,692 You haven't got an ending, 651 00:30:57,772 --> 00:30:58,852 we're gonna have to find one." 652 00:30:58,932 --> 00:31:00,132 And he'd go, "Oh, yeah, you're right." 653 00:31:00,212 --> 00:31:02,652 He said, "Just because I wrote them, 654 00:31:02,732 --> 00:31:05,132 doesn't necessarily mean I know them." 655 00:31:08,292 --> 00:31:10,772 - [Narrator] Ronnie is dropped in at the deep end. 656 00:31:11,852 --> 00:31:13,972 - It's just navigation. 657 00:31:14,052 --> 00:31:17,332 The ancient mariners used to use the stars. 658 00:31:17,412 --> 00:31:18,532 (Ronnie chuckles) 659 00:31:18,612 --> 00:31:21,652 We use the upcoming break, 660 00:31:26,532 --> 00:31:29,172 or where everyone knows they've got to stop, 661 00:31:33,612 --> 00:31:35,612 or look a fool. 662 00:31:40,052 --> 00:31:41,212 - [Narrator] Navigating a live show, 663 00:31:41,292 --> 00:31:43,292 is all about reading the signs, 664 00:31:44,252 --> 00:31:46,452 and the odd bit of verbal communication. 665 00:31:50,132 --> 00:31:51,572 - "I love you." 666 00:31:51,652 --> 00:31:53,772 (Ronnie laughs) 667 00:31:53,852 --> 00:31:57,052 Or, "What the hell do you think you're doing?" 668 00:31:57,932 --> 00:32:00,012 "What the hell was that." 669 00:32:03,652 --> 00:32:05,652 "What is he doing 670 00:32:07,172 --> 00:32:08,372 or what are you doing?" 671 00:32:08,452 --> 00:32:10,572 Like, "What!" 672 00:32:10,652 --> 00:32:12,652 Oh, it's so funny. 673 00:32:14,332 --> 00:32:16,932 (film rolling) 674 00:32:24,852 --> 00:32:27,852 - [Joe] And Ronnie's other assignment, 675 00:32:27,932 --> 00:32:29,812 was to be Keith's buddy, 676 00:32:29,892 --> 00:32:31,452 a buddy he could play with, 677 00:32:31,532 --> 00:32:34,052 'cause that's where the ideas come from, 678 00:32:34,132 --> 00:32:36,172 with acoustic guitars. 679 00:32:36,252 --> 00:32:40,412 (mellow guitar strumming) 680 00:32:40,492 --> 00:32:41,532 - And there'd be beautiful girls 681 00:32:41,612 --> 00:32:43,332 and Keith and I would forget that they were there, 682 00:32:43,412 --> 00:32:44,852 'cause we'd be playing and playing, 683 00:32:44,932 --> 00:32:46,252 and there'd be these beautiful girls 684 00:32:46,332 --> 00:32:48,372 looking at their watches going and yawning, 685 00:32:48,452 --> 00:32:50,052 "Oh, fuck, I've been here three days, 686 00:32:50,132 --> 00:32:51,412 he ain't even said hello." 687 00:32:51,492 --> 00:32:54,212 Like, "I'll be right there, I've just got to do this." 688 00:32:55,132 --> 00:32:56,932 I think the music was so powerful 689 00:32:57,012 --> 00:32:59,292 that it just overrode everything. 690 00:33:01,652 --> 00:33:04,612 - [Narrator] It's an obsession that started at a young age. 691 00:33:05,612 --> 00:33:07,492 - [Ronnie] When I was in short pants, 692 00:33:07,572 --> 00:33:10,652 the household was always throbbing, 693 00:33:10,732 --> 00:33:13,252 everyone was a performer. 694 00:33:13,332 --> 00:33:14,532 When they played, 695 00:33:14,612 --> 00:33:16,052 they used to include me, 696 00:33:16,132 --> 00:33:20,652 whether it was on the comb and paper or kazoo, or... 697 00:33:20,732 --> 00:33:22,772 My first instrument was the washboard. 698 00:33:22,852 --> 00:33:24,492 ♪ I don't care what mamma don't allow ♪ 699 00:33:24,572 --> 00:33:26,892 ♪ I'm gonna play that music any old how ♪ 700 00:33:26,972 --> 00:33:29,292 ♪ Mama don't allow no washboard played in here ♪ 701 00:33:29,372 --> 00:33:30,652 (Ronnie vocalizing) 702 00:33:30,732 --> 00:33:32,732 And then you take off into a solo. 703 00:33:36,852 --> 00:33:39,532 You'd have to do a 12-bar solo on your own. 704 00:33:39,612 --> 00:33:41,372 And it was like, "Oh, my God." 705 00:33:41,452 --> 00:33:43,212 It was like the camera's on me. 706 00:33:43,292 --> 00:33:45,652 And then I'd try my luck on the comb and paper 707 00:33:45,732 --> 00:33:47,732 and I'd try and play the trumpet. 708 00:33:50,212 --> 00:33:51,692 - [Charlie] He's a good drummer as well actually, 709 00:33:51,772 --> 00:33:53,212 a maniac type. 710 00:33:53,292 --> 00:33:55,172 I mean he's had a go at everything, actually. 711 00:33:55,252 --> 00:33:57,532 Suddenly he turns up with a cornet. 712 00:33:57,612 --> 00:33:59,452 Then he was going to be a saxophone player, 713 00:33:59,532 --> 00:34:01,092 had to put up with him walking about 714 00:34:01,172 --> 00:34:03,412 honking all over the place. 715 00:34:05,172 --> 00:34:08,092 - [Don] Ronnie Wood is one of the most inspired, 716 00:34:08,172 --> 00:34:09,532 brilliant musicians, 717 00:34:09,612 --> 00:34:10,772 I've ever encountered. 718 00:34:10,852 --> 00:34:13,692 You can put any instrument in his hands. 719 00:34:17,652 --> 00:34:20,372 - [Chuck] I love the fact that Ronnie is the catalyst. 720 00:34:20,452 --> 00:34:22,132 He's the guy that can bring it altogether, 721 00:34:22,212 --> 00:34:24,892 and he's the guy that can sit down and figure it out 722 00:34:24,972 --> 00:34:26,692 and make it work. 723 00:34:26,772 --> 00:34:28,292 - My ego has to stand aside. 724 00:34:28,372 --> 00:34:30,092 I'm too busy concentrating. 725 00:34:30,172 --> 00:34:32,812 I'm too busy learning and going like, 726 00:34:32,892 --> 00:34:36,012 "Okay, this needs a pedal steel guitar, 727 00:34:36,092 --> 00:34:38,092 I'll learn how to play it." 728 00:34:41,492 --> 00:34:44,212 - [Don] For Ronnie I think joining an existing band 729 00:34:44,292 --> 00:34:45,492 like the Rolling Stones, 730 00:34:45,572 --> 00:34:49,332 was something of an artistically Faustian bargain 731 00:34:49,412 --> 00:34:50,292 that he made, 732 00:34:50,372 --> 00:34:53,812 which is you get to be a part of the greatest band ever, 733 00:34:53,892 --> 00:34:55,692 and that's exhilarating. 734 00:34:55,772 --> 00:34:58,732 But, you also aren't gonna be allowed 735 00:34:58,812 --> 00:35:01,052 to do all the things that you're capable of 736 00:35:01,132 --> 00:35:03,132 for the sake of fitting into this band. 737 00:35:06,012 --> 00:35:07,772 ♪ It's over there ♪ 738 00:35:07,852 --> 00:35:09,412 ♪ Over there ♪ 739 00:35:09,492 --> 00:35:12,052 ♪ What's that ♪ - [Keith] We cha-cha and off. 740 00:35:13,052 --> 00:35:14,332 - Keith, rub your face against mine, 741 00:35:14,412 --> 00:35:15,932 I forgot to put make-up on. 742 00:35:16,012 --> 00:35:17,532 Hi, Peter. - Yeah, sure. 743 00:35:17,612 --> 00:35:20,812 - [Jane] I think Keith had a friendship with Ronnie, 744 00:35:20,892 --> 00:35:25,932 more so than he had with Mick or with Brian. 745 00:35:26,012 --> 00:35:28,852 Of course, there was a lot of drugs involved at the time. 746 00:35:30,652 --> 00:35:32,052 - [Mick J] Anyone going to go with Keith, 747 00:35:32,132 --> 00:35:34,212 there's always gonna be a problem there. 748 00:35:34,292 --> 00:35:35,172 - It's true, Ronnie. Look. 749 00:35:35,252 --> 00:35:38,252 (upbeat rock music) 750 00:35:39,212 --> 00:35:41,052 - [Narrator] And back on the American tour, 751 00:35:41,132 --> 00:35:43,892 the Keith and Ronnie double-act is about to put on a show 752 00:35:43,972 --> 00:35:46,452 for the residents of Fordyce, Arkansas. 753 00:35:50,852 --> 00:35:53,052 - [Reporter] Can you tell us what happened? 754 00:35:53,132 --> 00:35:54,572 - If I could I would, 755 00:35:54,652 --> 00:35:56,412 but I just don't believe it. 756 00:35:56,492 --> 00:35:59,812 (indistinct chatter) 757 00:35:59,892 --> 00:36:04,052 - The police observed the car swerving on the road 758 00:36:04,132 --> 00:36:08,172 and the police stopped him as a result. 759 00:36:08,252 --> 00:36:12,092 - We stopped in a roadside café 760 00:36:12,172 --> 00:36:15,172 and Keith and I were in the bathroom, 761 00:36:15,252 --> 00:36:17,212 high and stuff for a couple of hours. 762 00:36:17,292 --> 00:36:18,652 And people had reported this, 763 00:36:18,732 --> 00:36:20,932 "These two guys still haven't come out." 764 00:36:21,012 --> 00:36:24,612 In those little hick towns it can cause a big stir. 765 00:36:28,532 --> 00:36:30,612 When the police came in, 766 00:36:30,692 --> 00:36:33,532 and we were juggling different kinds of dope 767 00:36:33,612 --> 00:36:35,452 and different kinds of smoke, 768 00:36:35,532 --> 00:36:39,292 doing sleight of hand and, "Oh, look over there." 769 00:36:39,372 --> 00:36:42,412 - [Keith] EMG is everything must go. 770 00:36:42,492 --> 00:36:44,372 That's when you're coming up to a border. 771 00:36:44,452 --> 00:36:45,212 Let's smoke a bit 772 00:36:45,292 --> 00:36:46,372 and then open a window 773 00:36:46,452 --> 00:36:48,212 and chuck the rest of the stash out. 774 00:36:48,292 --> 00:36:50,292 It's a rule. 775 00:36:51,412 --> 00:36:52,252 Toss it all. 776 00:36:52,332 --> 00:36:54,332 EMG, everything must go. 777 00:36:55,172 --> 00:36:57,052 - The police have been very good to us here 778 00:36:57,132 --> 00:36:59,012 and they've treated the group with respect 779 00:36:59,092 --> 00:37:00,972 and been very courteous to us. 780 00:37:01,052 --> 00:37:03,212 And they were not placed in a jail cell, 781 00:37:04,292 --> 00:37:06,172 they were just detained in the office 782 00:37:06,252 --> 00:37:09,052 for a short period of time while the vehicle was searched. 783 00:37:09,132 --> 00:37:12,132 - I got rid of all the stuff out the window. 784 00:37:12,212 --> 00:37:14,892 So by the time we got there they said, 785 00:37:14,972 --> 00:37:15,852 "Right, we're looking in there." 786 00:37:15,932 --> 00:37:17,532 I said, "Well, you won't find anything." 787 00:37:17,612 --> 00:37:18,892 'Cause it had all gone. 788 00:37:18,972 --> 00:37:22,012 And then we were in the courtroom, unbelievable. 789 00:37:22,092 --> 00:37:23,572 The whole town came out. 790 00:37:23,652 --> 00:37:24,892 We took over the courtroom. 791 00:37:24,972 --> 00:37:27,332 Keith and I got up on the judge's thing, 792 00:37:27,412 --> 00:37:29,212 and we had the gavel. 793 00:37:29,292 --> 00:37:30,612 We were swapping. 794 00:37:30,692 --> 00:37:31,852 We were doing autographs 795 00:37:31,932 --> 00:37:34,572 and swapping hats with people and stuff. 796 00:37:43,492 --> 00:37:44,972 - [Slash] All the shit that we take for granted 797 00:37:45,052 --> 00:37:45,932 when we're touring. 798 00:37:46,012 --> 00:37:48,052 And all that red carpet shit in hotels 799 00:37:48,132 --> 00:37:48,892 and this, that and the other. 800 00:37:48,972 --> 00:37:49,932 When those guys did it, 801 00:37:50,012 --> 00:37:52,492 the only people that liked them were the fans. 802 00:37:52,572 --> 00:37:56,372 Nobody catered to rock bands on the road back then. 803 00:37:56,452 --> 00:37:57,652 Nobody wanted them around, 804 00:37:57,732 --> 00:37:58,692 they were dirty, 805 00:37:58,772 --> 00:38:00,532 they did drugs. 806 00:38:00,612 --> 00:38:05,612 - Public Enemy No.1 in the United States is drug abuse. 807 00:38:07,212 --> 00:38:09,492 - [Slash] They went totally against the grain 808 00:38:09,572 --> 00:38:10,732 back in those days. 809 00:38:10,812 --> 00:38:12,812 They were the fucking real deal. 810 00:38:16,092 --> 00:38:19,092 - [Narrator] The drug-fueled misadventures of the '75 tour 811 00:38:19,172 --> 00:38:21,492 only sealed the bond between Keith and Ronnie. 812 00:38:24,052 --> 00:38:27,412 (audience cheering) 813 00:38:27,492 --> 00:38:29,572 - [Keith] I started this group with the Rolling Stones 814 00:38:29,652 --> 00:38:33,052 with Brian Jones, a certain kind of guitar player, 815 00:38:33,132 --> 00:38:35,492 and we developed a sort of sound there. 816 00:38:35,572 --> 00:38:39,972 Then came Mick Taylor, a totally different guitar player. 817 00:38:40,052 --> 00:38:42,652 We had to separate the rhythm from the lead. 818 00:38:42,732 --> 00:38:45,452 And then I start to work with Ronnie 819 00:38:45,532 --> 00:38:48,972 and I'm thinking, "Oh, man, this is the guy." 820 00:38:50,612 --> 00:38:51,772 - [Jon] You know, when you think about Ronnie 821 00:38:51,852 --> 00:38:55,932 and his ability to intertwine 822 00:38:56,012 --> 00:38:58,492 with what it is that Keith does, 823 00:38:58,572 --> 00:39:00,732 I think that that's a great gift. 824 00:39:02,412 --> 00:39:05,452 If God himself created the perfect foil for Keith, 825 00:39:05,532 --> 00:39:07,532 it had to have been Ronnie Wood. 826 00:39:12,612 --> 00:39:13,372 - [Narrator] Ronnie's ability 827 00:39:13,452 --> 00:39:15,212 to play both rhythm and lead, 828 00:39:15,292 --> 00:39:18,132 creates endless possibilities for Keith. 829 00:39:18,212 --> 00:39:20,892 And their friendship becomes part of their sound. 830 00:39:23,452 --> 00:39:24,612 - [Chrissie] You know, you still think of Ronnie 831 00:39:24,692 --> 00:39:25,412 as the new guy, 832 00:39:25,492 --> 00:39:28,252 and I'm sure that it's just the way it is with the band. 833 00:39:29,452 --> 00:39:31,012 But when Ronnie came into it, 834 00:39:31,092 --> 00:39:33,852 I think he pushed Keith back out into the front again. 835 00:39:33,932 --> 00:39:37,332 I think he inspired Keith to start playing again. 836 00:39:42,132 --> 00:39:43,612 - [Charlie] They play very well together. 837 00:39:43,692 --> 00:39:46,292 Keith loves Ronnie playing because he could... 838 00:39:46,372 --> 00:39:48,372 It's like interchanging. 839 00:39:49,972 --> 00:39:50,732 I don't know, 840 00:39:50,812 --> 00:39:52,292 I don't listen to either of them. 841 00:39:52,372 --> 00:39:54,052 (Charlie laughs) 842 00:39:54,132 --> 00:39:57,132 (mellow rock music) 843 00:40:01,852 --> 00:40:04,492 - We are the ax men and we cometh. 844 00:40:04,572 --> 00:40:07,572 (audience cheering) 845 00:40:08,452 --> 00:40:11,452 - [Bernard] That relationship is really special. 846 00:40:11,532 --> 00:40:12,692 It's really special 847 00:40:12,772 --> 00:40:17,252 because they are actually feeding off each other. 848 00:40:17,332 --> 00:40:21,172 It's kind of a call and a response. 849 00:40:21,252 --> 00:40:24,012 Keith calls, Ronnie responds. 850 00:40:24,092 --> 00:40:26,532 Ronnie calls, Keith responds. 851 00:40:27,372 --> 00:40:28,092 - [Stewart] When you hear them, 852 00:40:28,172 --> 00:40:30,892 I'm not sure which guitarist I'm hearing at any given time, 853 00:40:30,972 --> 00:40:34,212 it's all chords hitting guitar rhythms, guitar riffs. 854 00:40:34,292 --> 00:40:35,652 And good old Ronnie, 855 00:40:35,732 --> 00:40:38,052 probably played a lot of the stuff 856 00:40:38,132 --> 00:40:40,132 that Keith gets credit for. 857 00:40:40,572 --> 00:40:43,852 - [Bernard] They become one person with four arms. 858 00:40:43,932 --> 00:40:47,412 They are weaving this guitar web. 859 00:40:48,492 --> 00:40:49,972 - The ancient art of weaving, 860 00:40:50,052 --> 00:40:53,012 it is a matter of give and take. 861 00:40:53,092 --> 00:40:56,452 It's the space between what you play, 862 00:40:56,532 --> 00:40:58,812 it's the meaning of what you play 863 00:40:58,892 --> 00:41:01,372 and no over-indulgence. 864 00:41:01,452 --> 00:41:06,212 And when you get two basket cases working with each other, 865 00:41:06,292 --> 00:41:08,452 you have an early form of weaving. 866 00:41:11,012 --> 00:41:15,092 - [Lisa] I love watching Ronnie and Keith weave. 867 00:41:15,172 --> 00:41:17,412 It's so interesting to me the way that they rehearse. 868 00:41:17,492 --> 00:41:19,292 It's not like they're looking at charts, 869 00:41:19,372 --> 00:41:21,172 they're not chart guys, 870 00:41:21,252 --> 00:41:22,972 that is not what they do. 871 00:41:23,052 --> 00:41:26,452 They are feeling, breathing, 872 00:41:26,532 --> 00:41:30,652 living through the fingers' guise, 873 00:41:30,732 --> 00:41:32,452 and so they are free enough 874 00:41:32,532 --> 00:41:37,532 to not care about making what would be considered a mistake 875 00:41:38,052 --> 00:41:39,252 with normal human beings. 876 00:41:39,332 --> 00:41:42,332 (mellow rock music) 877 00:41:55,932 --> 00:41:57,892 - We have a knack of 878 00:41:57,972 --> 00:41:59,652 if one goes this way, 879 00:41:59,732 --> 00:42:01,132 the other one will slide in this way. 880 00:42:01,212 --> 00:42:05,092 It's like if a solo comes up on a certain number, 881 00:42:05,172 --> 00:42:07,652 we don't even look at each other. 882 00:42:07,732 --> 00:42:08,772 If I wanna take the solo, 883 00:42:08,852 --> 00:42:09,892 I'll take it, right. 884 00:42:09,972 --> 00:42:11,332 And if he wants to take it, he'll take it. 885 00:42:11,412 --> 00:42:13,572 - [Journalist] Really, you leave it as late as that? 886 00:42:13,652 --> 00:42:14,412 - Oh, yeah. 887 00:42:14,492 --> 00:42:15,532 - [Journalist] Are there ever any nights 888 00:42:15,612 --> 00:42:17,492 when neither of you take it? 889 00:42:17,572 --> 00:42:19,412 - Yeah. That's when he's knocked me out, 890 00:42:19,492 --> 00:42:22,372 or I've knocked him out. 891 00:42:23,652 --> 00:42:27,812 - [Bernard] The beauty of the Stones is that you never know. 892 00:42:27,892 --> 00:42:29,892 They're always walking a tightrope. 893 00:42:30,852 --> 00:42:32,852 Expect the unexpected. 894 00:42:36,372 --> 00:42:37,492 - [Narrator] But that high-wire act, 895 00:42:37,572 --> 00:42:39,692 isn't just down to natural chemistry. 896 00:42:46,452 --> 00:42:47,212 - When the drugs worked, 897 00:42:47,292 --> 00:42:50,332 you had a line of really good pharmaceutical, 898 00:42:50,412 --> 00:42:52,852 you had a great song coming out of it, 899 00:42:53,892 --> 00:42:55,892 or a great painting. 900 00:42:56,692 --> 00:42:58,332 A lot of it was the ritual, 901 00:42:58,412 --> 00:42:59,572 the rolling of the joint, 902 00:42:59,652 --> 00:43:01,372 the filling of the pipe. 903 00:43:01,452 --> 00:43:04,652 And then that would be set against the ritual 904 00:43:04,732 --> 00:43:07,452 of the way the music was structured. 905 00:43:07,532 --> 00:43:11,772 That gave you the feeling of invincibility, 906 00:43:12,932 --> 00:43:14,932 that you could tackle anything. 907 00:43:18,652 --> 00:43:21,532 - [Narrator] But off-stage some start to refer to Ronnie 908 00:43:21,612 --> 00:43:23,612 as the sorcerer's apprentice. 909 00:43:25,732 --> 00:43:28,812 - I think sorcerer's apprentice is quite a compliment 910 00:43:30,052 --> 00:43:31,332 because I was, in a way, 911 00:43:31,412 --> 00:43:34,652 I was being broken in to a really dangerous ground 912 00:43:35,652 --> 00:43:37,732 where people really were dying 913 00:43:37,812 --> 00:43:40,532 to try and keep up with Keith's drug intake. 914 00:43:44,212 --> 00:43:45,572 We used to party heavy. 915 00:43:45,652 --> 00:43:48,252 There was that whole series of decades 916 00:43:48,332 --> 00:43:50,332 where we were all really high. 917 00:43:51,412 --> 00:43:54,412 Even in our most spaced out days, 918 00:43:54,492 --> 00:43:55,972 there was like a little switch that would go, 919 00:43:56,052 --> 00:43:58,732 "Okay, I'm gonna go on stage now, 920 00:43:58,812 --> 00:44:00,812 like I've got to get it together." 921 00:44:01,772 --> 00:44:04,692 I think that's what saved my life a lot 922 00:44:04,772 --> 00:44:08,292 and all of our lives during the heavy using years, 923 00:44:08,372 --> 00:44:11,292 was the actual focus of having to get it together 924 00:44:11,372 --> 00:44:12,932 to be in front of an audience 925 00:44:13,012 --> 00:44:15,012 and give them what they wanted. 926 00:44:15,572 --> 00:44:17,492 - Obviously the downside, the top of it, 927 00:44:17,572 --> 00:44:19,532 it depends what drugs you're talking about. 928 00:44:19,612 --> 00:44:22,052 It depends how they react on you. 929 00:44:22,132 --> 00:44:25,012 The hard stuff, it ain't called the hard stuff for nothing. 930 00:44:25,092 --> 00:44:28,692 And you'd better be hard enough to deal with it, that's all. 931 00:44:30,412 --> 00:44:31,972 - [Narrator] In 1978, 932 00:44:32,052 --> 00:44:34,892 Keith narrowly escapes a heavy prison sentence in Canada 933 00:44:34,972 --> 00:44:36,492 for heroin possession 934 00:44:36,572 --> 00:44:38,572 and decides to clean up. 935 00:44:38,932 --> 00:44:41,692 But just as he's turning away from hard drugs, 936 00:44:41,772 --> 00:44:43,812 Ronnie sinks further into addiction. 937 00:44:47,052 --> 00:44:48,572 - In the crazy days, 938 00:44:48,652 --> 00:44:53,452 it got out of hand when it was the base pipe. 939 00:44:54,892 --> 00:44:56,332 - [Narrator] Freebasing crack cocaine 940 00:44:56,412 --> 00:44:59,332 became a dangerous obsession in the L.A. music scene 941 00:44:59,412 --> 00:45:01,092 in the late 1970s. 942 00:45:01,172 --> 00:45:02,252 - [Ronnie] I used to quite innocently think 943 00:45:02,332 --> 00:45:03,772 it was the best thing going. 944 00:45:03,852 --> 00:45:05,012 I used to take it to parties and go, 945 00:45:05,092 --> 00:45:07,092 "Everybody, you've got to try this." 946 00:45:07,932 --> 00:45:09,252 - [Narrator] But within a few years, 947 00:45:09,332 --> 00:45:11,972 freebasing becomes an epidemic. 948 00:45:12,052 --> 00:45:13,372 - [Newsreader] Crack cocaine, 949 00:45:13,452 --> 00:45:15,412 it's as innocent-looking as candy, 950 00:45:15,492 --> 00:45:18,132 but it's turning our cities into battle zones. 951 00:45:19,932 --> 00:45:23,332 - Then it got to the point where it wasn't funny anymore. 952 00:45:23,412 --> 00:45:26,812 It's just that getting high with that pipe was frightening, 953 00:45:26,892 --> 00:45:28,892 you'd do anything for it. 954 00:45:29,412 --> 00:45:30,452 When it came to freebasing, 955 00:45:30,532 --> 00:45:33,372 like this is nuts. 956 00:45:34,692 --> 00:45:36,572 It had to stop. 957 00:45:36,652 --> 00:45:39,652 (audience cheering) 958 00:45:41,052 --> 00:45:43,212 - [Narrator] Easier said than done. 959 00:45:43,292 --> 00:45:44,972 By the summer of 1981, 960 00:45:45,052 --> 00:45:47,092 the Stones are preparing for another huge tour 961 00:45:47,172 --> 00:45:49,172 of the United States. 962 00:45:49,812 --> 00:45:51,532 There's only one problem, 963 00:45:51,612 --> 00:45:52,972 finding an insurance company 964 00:45:53,052 --> 00:45:56,172 that will cover an increasingly out of control Ronnie. 965 00:45:57,132 --> 00:45:58,892 Faced with a very real prospect 966 00:45:58,972 --> 00:46:01,452 of his side man being left behind, 967 00:46:01,532 --> 00:46:03,812 Keith makes an offer. 968 00:46:03,892 --> 00:46:06,612 - There was some problems with Ronnie. 969 00:46:07,812 --> 00:46:10,692 "I'll cover it and leave it at that." 970 00:46:10,772 --> 00:46:13,052 Because to me, Ronnie's now a Rolling Stone, 971 00:46:13,132 --> 00:46:16,692 I need that man like I need breathing. 972 00:46:16,772 --> 00:46:19,772 (upbeat rock music) 973 00:46:21,012 --> 00:46:22,932 - [Narrator] The '81 tour starts well, 974 00:46:23,012 --> 00:46:24,172 but 10 days in, 975 00:46:24,252 --> 00:46:26,692 Keith gets news that Ronnie is freebasing crack 976 00:46:26,772 --> 00:46:28,372 in his hotel room. 977 00:46:28,452 --> 00:46:30,492 - Ronnie was on the other side of the hotel 978 00:46:30,572 --> 00:46:33,652 and somebody had come in saying, 979 00:46:33,732 --> 00:46:35,572 "He's doing the stuff up there." 980 00:46:35,652 --> 00:46:36,972 And he'd promised me he wouldn't 981 00:46:37,052 --> 00:46:40,132 because I'd been guaranteeing that he wouldn't. 982 00:46:40,212 --> 00:46:42,972 So, he was sort of letting me down a bit. 983 00:46:43,052 --> 00:46:44,092 - I was just up there getting high 984 00:46:44,172 --> 00:46:45,812 in the way he didn't like it, 985 00:46:45,892 --> 00:46:47,452 he didn't agree with the pipe. 986 00:46:47,532 --> 00:46:50,532 (upbeat rock music) 987 00:46:54,172 --> 00:46:55,572 And he thought I had another woman. 988 00:46:55,652 --> 00:46:57,652 Because he's terribly moral. 989 00:46:59,292 --> 00:47:01,292 - I flew into a rage 990 00:47:03,372 --> 00:47:06,652 and sort of zoomed through the hotel. 991 00:47:06,732 --> 00:47:09,612 - There's a whole posse of people going round the corridors, 992 00:47:09,692 --> 00:47:11,692 searching for me. 993 00:47:13,852 --> 00:47:17,972 - So I get to Ronnie's room and knock on the door. 994 00:47:18,052 --> 00:47:19,612 - I finally came out. 995 00:47:19,692 --> 00:47:21,532 - I smell the stuff coming out. 996 00:47:21,612 --> 00:47:24,932 "You cunt." Bam. (laughs) 997 00:47:25,012 --> 00:47:27,012 - So, I gave him some back. 998 00:47:31,252 --> 00:47:33,212 - We all fall into Ronnie's room. 999 00:47:33,292 --> 00:47:34,612 He tries to land one on me, 1000 00:47:34,692 --> 00:47:36,892 the couch goes over. 1001 00:47:36,972 --> 00:47:38,572 Ronnie's about to fall out the window, 1002 00:47:38,652 --> 00:47:40,012 so I grab him, 1003 00:47:40,092 --> 00:47:42,132 and then everything stops, 1004 00:47:42,212 --> 00:47:43,612 and then laughter. 1005 00:47:43,692 --> 00:47:45,132 And that was that. 1006 00:47:45,212 --> 00:47:48,572 Yeah, that was the one bundle. 1007 00:47:48,652 --> 00:47:49,972 - We laughed it off. 1008 00:47:50,052 --> 00:47:51,252 And I went into the next room 1009 00:47:51,332 --> 00:47:55,412 and there's Mick and Charlie on the floor there, 1010 00:47:55,492 --> 00:47:57,012 they're playing some game on the floor. 1011 00:47:57,092 --> 00:47:59,932 And I went, "Will you look at me, I'm covered in blood." 1012 00:48:00,012 --> 00:48:02,012 And they just sort of went like, 1013 00:48:02,572 --> 00:48:04,572 "Okay. Right, it's your move." 1014 00:48:04,652 --> 00:48:06,852 (upbeat rock music) 1015 00:48:06,932 --> 00:48:08,212 - [Bernard] And that's brothers. 1016 00:48:08,292 --> 00:48:09,292 They are brothers. 1017 00:48:09,372 --> 00:48:12,932 Like it or not, that is your brother. 1018 00:48:13,012 --> 00:48:15,452 Keith can talk shit about Ronnie, 1019 00:48:15,532 --> 00:48:16,932 but you can't. 1020 00:48:17,012 --> 00:48:19,692 "No, I'll do that, that's my place." 1021 00:48:19,772 --> 00:48:21,932 Nobody's place but his. 1022 00:48:24,532 --> 00:48:27,532 (audience cheering) 1023 00:48:30,412 --> 00:48:31,772 - [Narrator] Ronnie eventually manages 1024 00:48:31,852 --> 00:48:33,452 to quit smoking crack 1025 00:48:33,532 --> 00:48:36,292 but his drug-taking and drinking will go on 1026 00:48:36,372 --> 00:48:38,692 for another 30 years. 1027 00:48:38,772 --> 00:48:41,492 - The pot calling the kettle black is one thing, 1028 00:48:41,572 --> 00:48:45,452 but sometimes I thought he was a little reckless with it. 1029 00:48:46,532 --> 00:48:49,652 - [Charlie] Mick and Keith stuck up for Ronnie 1030 00:48:49,732 --> 00:48:50,732 through a lot. 1031 00:48:50,812 --> 00:48:53,492 When Ronnie was drinking as like we all were, 1032 00:48:53,572 --> 00:48:55,372 but Ronnie was more, 1033 00:48:55,452 --> 00:48:57,532 as everything's more with Ronnie. 1034 00:48:57,612 --> 00:49:00,892 - Mick said, "Do you think you might need a little help? 1035 00:49:00,972 --> 00:49:02,452 Do you think you would do that?" 1036 00:49:02,532 --> 00:49:04,932 And I said, "Sure, I'll give it a go." 1037 00:49:05,012 --> 00:49:08,052 He said, "When do you wanna do it?" 1038 00:49:08,132 --> 00:49:09,692 And I said, "Oh, in a couple of weeks." 1039 00:49:09,772 --> 00:49:11,452 He said, "What about tomorrow?" 1040 00:49:11,532 --> 00:49:14,812 And I said, "Okay, I like a challenge. Let's start." 1041 00:49:14,892 --> 00:49:17,852 That was my first rehab. 1042 00:49:17,932 --> 00:49:20,652 (guitar strumming) 1043 00:49:20,732 --> 00:49:21,932 - [Charlie] He had so many goes 1044 00:49:22,012 --> 00:49:24,892 at kicking whatever it was, drinking. 1045 00:49:24,972 --> 00:49:27,572 I mean he must have had so many counselors. 1046 00:49:27,652 --> 00:49:30,172 Being Ronnie of course, "Come in." 1047 00:49:30,252 --> 00:49:32,412 And you'd meet this bloke you'd never met, 1048 00:49:32,492 --> 00:49:34,972 and then there'd be another one three months later. 1049 00:49:35,052 --> 00:49:37,852 "Come in." And you'd all have to say hello. 1050 00:49:38,892 --> 00:49:40,332 - After doing it for so many years, 1051 00:49:40,412 --> 00:49:42,652 your body thinks it needs it. 1052 00:49:42,732 --> 00:49:45,492 Well, your body is saying give me some, 1053 00:49:45,572 --> 00:49:47,572 but I can't handle it anymore. 1054 00:49:49,692 --> 00:49:52,892 Which is the beginning of me seeing the light. 1055 00:49:53,972 --> 00:49:57,972 - [Mick J] You know, he really wanted to be a sober person, 1056 00:49:58,052 --> 00:49:59,372 but it was very difficult to do. 1057 00:49:59,452 --> 00:50:00,652 And it is difficult to do 1058 00:50:00,732 --> 00:50:03,132 if you've been doing it all your life. 1059 00:50:03,212 --> 00:50:06,692 (mellow guitar strumming) 1060 00:50:12,092 --> 00:50:12,852 - It's very difficult. 1061 00:50:12,932 --> 00:50:15,332 You go through a dry period and you go, 1062 00:50:15,412 --> 00:50:19,852 "I've done it. I've cleaned up. So, now I can have just one" 1063 00:50:19,932 --> 00:50:23,892 And that's a big mistake 'cause you can't have just one. 1064 00:50:24,972 --> 00:50:29,972 - [Narrator] But in 2010 Ronnie finally gets clean, age 63. 1065 00:50:32,892 --> 00:50:34,252 - I did it with the help of people, 1066 00:50:34,332 --> 00:50:35,732 with the Fellowship, they call it. 1067 00:50:35,812 --> 00:50:36,972 It's a wonderful thing. 1068 00:50:37,052 --> 00:50:39,132 I did 90 meetings in 90 days. 1069 00:50:39,212 --> 00:50:42,332 And I did 90 meetings in 90 days again. 1070 00:50:42,412 --> 00:50:44,412 I loved every minute of it. 1071 00:50:45,092 --> 00:50:47,932 I've never come down from the serenity 1072 00:50:48,012 --> 00:50:50,372 that I got from that since. 1073 00:50:50,452 --> 00:50:51,932 I don't think I ever will. 1074 00:50:52,012 --> 00:50:53,932 I mean it's a good feeling. 1075 00:50:54,012 --> 00:50:56,372 (audience cheering) 1076 00:50:56,452 --> 00:51:01,092 - And now Keith Richards is gonna sing for you "Little T&A". 1077 00:51:01,172 --> 00:51:06,172 (audience cheering) (upbeat rock music) 1078 00:51:07,452 --> 00:51:12,452 ♪ She's my little rock 'n' roll, oh ♪ 1079 00:51:13,332 --> 00:51:17,052 ♪ Oh, she's my little rock 'n' roll ♪ 1080 00:51:17,132 --> 00:51:17,932 - [Narrator] But in the aftermath 1081 00:51:18,012 --> 00:51:20,172 of Ronnie's fight with Keith, 1082 00:51:20,252 --> 00:51:21,412 it's the other relationship 1083 00:51:21,492 --> 00:51:23,332 at the heart of the Rolling Stones 1084 00:51:23,412 --> 00:51:25,412 that's in need of rehab. 1085 00:51:26,692 --> 00:51:27,452 - [Journalist] Keith, tell me a little bit 1086 00:51:27,532 --> 00:51:28,812 about your relationship with Mick. 1087 00:51:28,892 --> 00:51:29,852 - Um. 1088 00:51:29,932 --> 00:51:31,212 - [Journalist] You're celebrating the 25th anniversary 1089 00:51:31,292 --> 00:51:32,052 of the band. 1090 00:51:32,132 --> 00:51:36,212 - Yeah, I have known him since he was about four or five 1091 00:51:36,292 --> 00:51:38,572 when we first went to school. 1092 00:51:38,652 --> 00:51:39,892 - The most recent information, 1093 00:51:39,972 --> 00:51:42,772 is the pair of them last night in his room, 1094 00:51:42,852 --> 00:51:44,572 that's fantastic, I left them alone. 1095 00:51:44,652 --> 00:51:48,012 I thought if you can get on this well, 1096 00:51:48,092 --> 00:51:50,972 you've known each other from four and now you're both 80. 1097 00:51:51,052 --> 00:51:54,132 I mean that's an amazing... (Keith laughs) 1098 00:51:54,212 --> 00:51:56,212 No, they get on great. - Oh, you are a wit. 1099 00:52:00,972 --> 00:52:03,212 - [Kenney] Ronnie's a great mediator between the two. 1100 00:52:03,292 --> 00:52:05,172 He notices frictions and things, 1101 00:52:05,252 --> 00:52:08,372 he likes to heal the wounds. 1102 00:52:08,452 --> 00:52:10,532 Ronnie's always been emotionally sensitive. 1103 00:52:10,612 --> 00:52:12,412 Ronnie doesn't like confrontation, I don't think, 1104 00:52:12,492 --> 00:52:13,492 he don't like aggro. 1105 00:52:13,572 --> 00:52:16,892 - There's all kinds of girlfriend/management rumors, 1106 00:52:16,972 --> 00:52:18,572 people putting their spoke in saying, 1107 00:52:18,652 --> 00:52:20,652 "He said this about you." 1108 00:52:21,532 --> 00:52:23,692 You have to let all that ride. 1109 00:52:23,772 --> 00:52:27,012 You can't be affected by all that. 1110 00:52:30,532 --> 00:52:32,332 - Bill, come in a little bit. 1111 00:52:32,412 --> 00:52:35,492 - [Narrator] The band had been together for 60 years. 1112 00:52:35,572 --> 00:52:38,092 But there were moments when the Stones came very close 1113 00:52:38,172 --> 00:52:40,172 to breaking up. 1114 00:52:42,212 --> 00:52:43,572 - Yeah, there had been a couple of spots 1115 00:52:43,652 --> 00:52:46,052 where it was quite possible. 1116 00:52:46,132 --> 00:52:49,132 There was a possibility, I suppose, 1117 00:52:49,212 --> 00:52:52,012 when around the time Ronnie joined, 1118 00:52:52,092 --> 00:52:53,372 when Mick Taylor had left. 1119 00:52:53,452 --> 00:52:56,332 And there was a possibility in the '80s 1120 00:52:57,572 --> 00:53:00,012 when Mick wanted to do solo work. 1121 00:53:00,092 --> 00:53:01,852 Thanks brother, I love yer. 1122 00:53:01,932 --> 00:53:04,492 (Keith laughs) 1123 00:53:08,332 --> 00:53:10,852 - [Narrator] Mick releases his first solo album, 1124 00:53:10,932 --> 00:53:11,972 "She's the Boss", 1125 00:53:12,052 --> 00:53:14,332 in February 1985. 1126 00:53:14,412 --> 00:53:16,692 A few weeks later the Stones go into the studio 1127 00:53:16,772 --> 00:53:18,172 to start sessions for the album 1128 00:53:18,252 --> 00:53:20,132 that would become "Dirty Work". 1129 00:53:20,212 --> 00:53:22,492 - Remember tempo because it's the second only on the album, 1130 00:53:22,572 --> 00:53:23,852 it's love. 1131 00:53:23,932 --> 00:53:25,852 (guitar strumming) 1132 00:53:25,932 --> 00:53:27,572 - Hold it down. Let's take it easy. 1133 00:53:27,652 --> 00:53:28,932 We ain't trying to cut a track now. 1134 00:53:29,012 --> 00:53:29,772 All we're trying to do, 1135 00:53:29,852 --> 00:53:31,852 is keep an idea on tap. 1136 00:53:32,892 --> 00:53:33,852 - [Narrator] This time, 1137 00:53:33,932 --> 00:53:36,452 even Ronnie isn't able to lighten the mood. 1138 00:53:37,332 --> 00:53:40,252 - [Bernard] When I got there it was bad. 1139 00:53:40,332 --> 00:53:42,332 It was bad. 1140 00:53:43,372 --> 00:53:45,292 - Stop passing the buck, Wood. 1141 00:53:45,372 --> 00:53:48,092 Speed it up right away and you fuck my notes up. 1142 00:53:48,172 --> 00:53:49,252 - [Journalist] Do you have the desire 1143 00:53:49,332 --> 00:53:50,812 to go back on tour for a while? 1144 00:53:50,892 --> 00:53:53,132 - I'd love to go on the road but right now, I think, 1145 00:53:53,212 --> 00:53:54,692 to be perfectly honest, 1146 00:53:54,772 --> 00:53:57,292 after a year in the studio with the Rolling Stones, 1147 00:53:57,372 --> 00:53:59,172 I could do with a little time away from them. 1148 00:53:59,252 --> 00:54:00,772 - [Journalist] Right. 1149 00:54:00,852 --> 00:54:03,052 - I mean, I think it's a little bit... 1150 00:54:03,132 --> 00:54:04,772 The relationship's a little bit fragile, 1151 00:54:04,852 --> 00:54:08,212 and I think to go on the road that would show on stage. 1152 00:54:08,292 --> 00:54:09,012 - Okay. 1153 00:54:09,092 --> 00:54:10,732 - [Bernard] I've heard them have arguments. 1154 00:54:10,812 --> 00:54:14,052 I could hear them screaming through the door. 1155 00:54:14,972 --> 00:54:18,572 - Yeah, there was hatred from Keith that was really severe. 1156 00:54:18,652 --> 00:54:19,932 Didn't want his name mentioned, 1157 00:54:20,012 --> 00:54:21,292 didn't want to ever see him again. 1158 00:54:21,372 --> 00:54:23,372 And blah, blah, blah... 1159 00:54:24,932 --> 00:54:26,012 And it was just bad vibes. 1160 00:54:26,092 --> 00:54:31,092 And the pair of them were not gonna make up this time. 1161 00:54:33,492 --> 00:54:36,212 - [Narrator] The Stones are off the road indefinitely. 1162 00:54:37,132 --> 00:54:38,532 Those around the band wonder 1163 00:54:38,612 --> 00:54:41,412 if this might finally be the end of it all. 1164 00:54:42,612 --> 00:54:43,372 - [Journalist] We've read a great deal 1165 00:54:43,452 --> 00:54:45,172 about your relationship with Mick. 1166 00:54:45,252 --> 00:54:46,972 Recently, that you want to go on tour 1167 00:54:47,052 --> 00:54:48,652 and Mick doesn't want to go on tour, 1168 00:54:48,732 --> 00:54:49,972 and that's the cause of tension. 1169 00:54:50,052 --> 00:54:50,852 Is that the case? 1170 00:54:50,932 --> 00:54:52,012 - Yeah. But I mean it's... 1171 00:54:52,092 --> 00:54:54,772 I mean you don't do a gig like this 1172 00:54:54,852 --> 00:54:56,172 without having fights occasionally. 1173 00:54:56,252 --> 00:54:58,612 This one just happens to pop out into public. 1174 00:55:02,692 --> 00:55:05,452 - [Narrator] It's another moment of destiny for Ronnie. 1175 00:55:08,052 --> 00:55:10,532 - I've got to keep this institution going. 1176 00:55:11,652 --> 00:55:12,652 I've got to act now. 1177 00:55:12,732 --> 00:55:14,652 So, I rang up Mick and I had said, 1178 00:55:14,732 --> 00:55:18,172 "If I got Keith in 15 minutes, would you talk to him?" 1179 00:55:18,252 --> 00:55:21,652 And he said, "Yeah, I would." 1180 00:55:21,732 --> 00:55:23,492 And so I prepared the ground, 1181 00:55:23,572 --> 00:55:25,172 and I said, "Okay." 1182 00:55:25,252 --> 00:55:26,012 - Before I know it, 1183 00:55:26,092 --> 00:55:26,972 I'm calling Mick saying, 1184 00:55:27,052 --> 00:55:28,332 "Surely we could do something now", 1185 00:55:28,412 --> 00:55:30,052 you know what I mean. 1186 00:55:30,132 --> 00:55:32,932 And suddenly it all falls back into place again. 1187 00:55:33,012 --> 00:55:36,612 And it's almost as if you're... 1188 00:55:36,692 --> 00:55:37,572 I hate this, 1189 00:55:37,652 --> 00:55:42,652 with saying it all about the authority and everything, 1190 00:55:43,092 --> 00:55:45,092 but it's as if some higher authority is, 1191 00:55:46,172 --> 00:55:49,292 "Ah-ah, Keith. In. Go on." 1192 00:55:49,372 --> 00:55:52,132 - That was a higher power moving there. 1193 00:55:52,212 --> 00:55:53,452 (audience cheering) 1194 00:55:53,532 --> 00:55:54,972 - [Announcer] Ladies and gentleman, 1195 00:55:55,052 --> 00:55:57,892 would you please welcome the Rolling Stones! 1196 00:55:57,972 --> 00:56:00,972 (audience cheering) 1197 00:56:03,532 --> 00:56:07,252 - After a deep, cold winter, spring will come. 1198 00:56:10,852 --> 00:56:13,412 - [Bernard] I think they love him for that. 1199 00:56:13,492 --> 00:56:15,612 They probably hated him at times too, 1200 00:56:15,692 --> 00:56:17,652 because they want to be mad at each other. 1201 00:56:17,732 --> 00:56:19,332 And then Ronnie comes in 1202 00:56:19,412 --> 00:56:21,292 and makes them laugh about something. 1203 00:56:21,372 --> 00:56:23,492 It's like, "Get outta here, Ronnie!" 1204 00:56:26,132 --> 00:56:29,372 - [Ronnie] So, I've got to keep this thing going in motion, 1205 00:56:29,452 --> 00:56:31,452 whatever it takes. 1206 00:56:33,172 --> 00:56:34,572 - [Narrator] Over 60 years, 1207 00:56:34,652 --> 00:56:38,092 Ronnie Wood has never let that spark die. 1208 00:56:38,172 --> 00:56:40,972 From first sight of the Stones as a teenager 1209 00:56:41,052 --> 00:56:43,172 to still touring with them into his 70s. 1210 00:56:48,252 --> 00:56:50,252 - [Kenney] Did Ronnie save the Stones? 1211 00:56:51,012 --> 00:56:53,532 Of course he did. (laughs) 1212 00:56:53,612 --> 00:56:54,892 - [Joyce] No matter what's going on, 1213 00:56:54,972 --> 00:56:57,652 he'll say, "We'll be alright, we'll get through that. 1214 00:56:57,732 --> 00:56:59,732 It'll be fine." 1215 00:57:00,212 --> 00:57:02,092 And I really would go so far as to say, 1216 00:57:02,172 --> 00:57:05,332 "No Ronnie, no Rolling Stones. Not now." 1217 00:57:05,412 --> 00:57:09,332 He's amazing. He is the glue that binds them. 1218 00:57:11,772 --> 00:57:16,772 ♪ 'Cause the wild horses ♪ 1219 00:57:17,252 --> 00:57:22,252 ♪ Couldn't drag me away ♪ 1220 00:57:23,492 --> 00:57:28,492 ♪ 'Cause the Wild, wild horses ♪ 1221 00:57:28,852 --> 00:57:32,092 ♪ Couldn't drag me away ♪ 1222 00:57:32,172 --> 00:57:33,772 - [Chrissie] Ronnie's the MSG. 1223 00:57:33,852 --> 00:57:36,892 He's the sticky stuff that's keeping it altogether. 1224 00:57:40,892 --> 00:57:43,612 ♪ A dull aching pain ♪ 1225 00:57:43,692 --> 00:57:45,372 - There was a tough glue 1226 00:57:45,452 --> 00:57:47,212 with two horses trying to pull it apart. 1227 00:57:47,292 --> 00:57:49,292 That's what it reminds me of. 1228 00:57:50,212 --> 00:57:51,772 There's a bond anyway, 1229 00:57:51,852 --> 00:57:53,852 there's a bond that can't be broken. 1230 00:57:54,692 --> 00:57:56,852 - [Interviewer] Araldite. - Araldite! 1231 00:57:56,932 --> 00:57:59,572 (Ronnie laughs) 1232 00:58:01,052 --> 00:58:06,172 ♪ 'Cause the wild, wild horses ♪ 1233 00:58:06,252 --> 00:58:11,252 ♪ We'll ride them some day ♪ 1234 00:58:12,572 --> 00:58:17,492 ♪ Wild horses ♪ 1235 00:58:17,572 --> 00:58:22,572 ♪ Couldn't drag me away ♪ 1236 00:58:23,932 --> 00:58:28,932 ♪ Wild, wild horses ♪ 1237 00:58:29,012 --> 00:58:32,852 ♪ We'll ride them some day ♪ 1238 00:58:32,932 --> 00:58:34,692 - Yeah! 1239 00:58:34,772 --> 00:58:37,772 (audience cheering) 1240 00:58:41,932 --> 00:58:42,692 Thank you. 1241 00:58:42,772 --> 00:58:45,772 (upbeat rock music)