Songs I'd Forgotten Existed, Let Alone Loved (An Occasional Series): Special "Encounters with Greatness!!!" Edition

So Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood turned 79 last Monday, and when I heard the news I immediately flashed on this song from his 1974 solo debut album.

Now granted, that features Keith Richards singing lead, which seems a bit odd given that the name of the record is I've Got My My Own Album to Do, but hey -- it was the '70s, and we were all a little over the top.

In any event, it's a to-die for rocker, and as I can testify from personal experience, a ton of fun to cover live.

P.S.: I've told this story before, but it behooves repeating. The short version is that my '70s band The Hounds was recording at legendary Electric Lady studios sometime in 1974 or '75, and during a coffee break, I found myself in the studio lounge with none other than -- you guessed it -- Ron Wood. Who presumably was working next door in one of the studio's bigger rooms on what became IGMOATD.

I was utterly awestruck, as you can imagine, but Wood couldn't have been more of a nice regular guy, and while pouring himself a cuppa, he leaned over and said "Here, mate -- have one of these."

And gave me one of his custom guitar picks...

...which I never used either on-stage or in rehearsal, but rather left in a little ceramic dish on my coffee table, where it remained one of my most treasured possessions until I lost it during a traumatic move to a new apartment some two decades later.

I should add that the song we were working on the day Ronnie gifted it to me later became the A-side of our 1976 indie single. Available now on the fabulous 2026 bands that played at CBGBs boxset on Cherry Red Records.