Ronnie Wood, legendary rhythm guitar player for the Rolling Stones said that he taught the young Slash some fine pointers in how to play the guitar when Slash was living in England as a kid.
I wonder what Ronnie charged Slash for lessons? It shows that you can never pay too much for a good, or in this case one hell of a good, guitar teacher!
I found this article both funny but interesting. It makes me wonder if Ronnie’s influence played a big part in Slash’s learning curve or just something trivial.
I see similar parallels in styles but nothing that jumps out at me and says, I can see a little bit of Ronnie’s style in what Slash in playing there!
Wood said, “I remember him as a kid spying on me when I was playing guitar and I’d teach him little licks, and now I’m learning licks off him, it’s really good.”
Now it seems that the teacher is no learning a thing or two from the student!
Keep on Jammin’
Seriously, lessons from Ronnie would be sweet. I wonder how much of an influence he had on Slashes guitar playing?
I can’t hear any direct influences that Ronnie had on Slash but I’m not a follower of Slash. Does anyone out there have any ideas? Please tell us!
I do not think that Ronnie had a direct influence on Slash.
Guitar lessons from Ronnie Wood would be unreal. That being said, unless he took extensive lessons, I don’t think Ronnie had an enormous impact on Slash’s skills. You’ve gotta figure that hes been playing so much and for so long that a few lessons wouldn’t necessarily define the player.
You got to admit Michael, imagine the licks you’d learn from RONNIE!!!