Rolling Stones Confirms New Album We cut 11 blues tracks in two days
The Rolling Stones‘ Ronnie Wood has confirmed that the rock legends, who just completed their historic trip to Cuba, are now focusing on the long-awaited follow-up to 2005’s A Bigger Bang. In a new interview with The Associated Press, Wood revealed that the band recently spent a few days in the studio, where they recorded some new originals alongside nearly a dozen blues covers.
“We went in to cut some new songs, which we did,” Wood said. “But we got on a blues streak. We cut 11 blues in two days. They are extremely great cover versions of Howlin’ Wolf and Little Walter, among other blues people. But they really sound authentic… When we heard them back after not hearing them for a couple of months, we were, ‘Who’s that? It’s you.’ It sounded so authentic.”
Wood added that the album would tentatively arrive “this year.” Wood made the new album remarks in London at the group’s “Exhibitionism” exhibit at the city’s Saatchi Gallery. The event was also attended by Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts and Keith Richards, who wasn’t as forthcoming as Wood when it came to new album details. “There’s one coming,” Richards admitted. “I can’t say no more. My lips are sealed.”
In a Rolling Stone interview in October, following the release of Richards’ solo LP Crosseyed Heart, the guitarist said he hoped the Stones would soon reconvene in the studio.
“I don’t know where, and I don’t know when yet, but yeah,” Richards said. “I was in London last week, and all the boys, we had a little chat. We’re playing South America in February of next year. We were just talking and were like, ‘Well, we’ve got to get back in the studio. That’s agreed? Agreed. Right, OK boys. Where? When?’ We scratch our heads. That I don’t know quite yet. I would say off the top of my head, I would say after the South America thing, but you never know. We might try and get in the studio before Christmas, maybe. I think that’s sort of doubtful, because Christmas, and you know, that build up. But hopefully it’s in the works.”
The Rolling Stones are planning to release a new album, possibly this year, guitarist Ronnie Wood said Monday.
The British rockers last released a studio album in 2005, but Wood said they have been in the studio and recorded some new material and some blues covers.
“We went in to cut some new songs, which we did,” the 68-year-old Wood said. “But we got on a blues streak. We cut 11 blues in two days.
“They are extremely great cover versions of Howlin’ Wolf and Little Walter, among other blues people. But they really sound authentic.”
When asked when the new material would be released, Wood said only: “This year.”
“When we heard them back after not hearing them for a couple of months, we were, ‘Who’s that? It’s you,'” Wood said. “It sounded so authentic.”
The Rolling Stones, which started as a blues band in 1962, just wrapped a tour of Latin America with a free show in Cuba on March 25. The band then headed to London for Monday’s opening of “Exhibitionism,” a vast exhibition of the group’s history at the Saatchi Gallery.
Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Wood arrived together at the gallery, but Richards wouldn’t go into any detail on the recent recording sessions.
“There’s one coming,” the 72-year-old guitarist said of a new album. “I can’t say no more. My lips are sealed.”
The Stones have released 22 studio albums in Britain and 24 in the United States. “A Bigger Bang” was the last, and the band toured the album in 2005, ’06 and ’07.
They resumed touring in 2012 to mark the band’s 50th anniversary, but have only released a couple of new songs since then.
“We’re a working band,” Wood said. “We’ll be working again before the end of the year.”
