Ronnie Wood is set to publish his teen diaries dating back to 1965, charting his time in the Birds.
Released in May via Genesis Publications, the book will be entitled How Can It Be? A Rock & Roll Diary, and follows the guitarist’s early experiences in a band.
“I suppose my own private world is in the diary,” he explains. “This diary shows what an amazing schedule I had. We’d be travelling the length and breadth of the country every day. With youth on our side, it was a continuing adventure. Our overspilling energy was enough to take care of work every night of the week.”
“It was enough to chase the girls, enough to write songs, enough to rehearse and enough to travel. It was all go, all the time.”
According to ABC News Radio, the book covers a poignant period in the guitarist’s life, and includes “his adventures in the mid-60s London music scene, including his interactions with such celebrities as the Who’s Pete Townshend and Keith Moon, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Marianne Faithfull and many others.”
Limited to just 1,965 copies, the book follows Wood’s autobiography Ronnie, which came out in 2007.
Aside from his publishing ventures and the pending news of the Rolling Stones’
forthcoming US dates, the former headliner has taken the time to voice his concerns over Kanye West’s forthcoming performance at 2015’s Glastonbury. Speaking to the Mirror, Wood said that the rapper’s booking was the “wrong choice” for the event.
“It’s bloody ridiculous that Kanye is the headline act this year. It pisses me off, so I try not to think about it too much.”
“Glastonbury is the home of rock music and, look, Kanye isn’t rock. He’s a great entertainer and he knows how to captivate an audience with all his swearing, but when it comes to what that festival is about, it’s the wrong choice.”
