Mad lad: a live tribute to Chuck Berry

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Artist, songwriter, producer and “storyteller” Ronnie Wood returns to his greatest love: music, with the release of this new album Ronnie Wood with His Wild Five - 'Mad Lad: A Live Tribute to Chuck Berry'. 11 tracks recorded live at Wimborne's Tivoli Theatre last year, Rod pays a true tribute to his lifelong musical hero Chuck Berry. It features guests such as Imelda May on vocals and Ben Waters, as well as artwork painted by Rod himself. This album will be the first in a trilogy recorded by Wood, a tribute to Ronnie’s musical heroes. Ronnie was honored in October at the London Film Festival during the premiere of Somebody Up There Likes Me, a true documentary film about Ronnie’s life directed by Mike Figgis (in theaters in 2020). About Ronnie Wood: “At 17, I founded the Birds with some friends from the neighborhood. We signed a contract and released a few singles, but no hits. In 1967, I became the bassist for the Jeff Beck Group and the singer was called Rod Stewart. Two years later, Rod and I joined forces with some members of the Small Faces to form Faces. In 1973, I worked with Mick Jagger on the song ‘It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It)’, and I grew closer to the Stones over the following years before joining them. Keith and I became partners, and we quickly developed ‘the ancient art of communion’ which describes our completely seamless playing. Painting and music have a well-defined place in my life. They regularly collide and make me who I am. Sometimes, I have a burst of inspiration and I have to paint. At other times, music calls me, and I take the painting with me, or vice versa. But most often it happens at the same time. I paint to music, and sometimes, when I play, I have a painting in my head. I have illustrated record sleeves, including one for Eric Clapton, and I turn the Stones’ set lists into little works of art.”