One of the greatest bluesy rock bands to come out of the 70's - ok they didn't make it out of the 70's, but their music did...whatever. Anyway, the surviving members of Faces have planned a reunion and a tour.

I needed this news to get through the holidays. As grandma Wettner handed me yet another knitted sweater I thought, I wonder what 19 year old Ron Wood is banging and passing over to Rod Stewart right now. And then I wondered if they ever got sweaters with the Lil Rascals sewn into them. Probably not.

Original bassist Ronnie Lane died in 1997 due to a battle with Multiple Sclerosis. Who would replace Lane in the band? This got me excited. Could it be Duff McKagen? That would be a great match up, like my Christmas sweater and the trash. Then it was announced Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers was rehearsing with the band. I am not sure how performing with a tube sock will help this band, but it can't hurt.

Now come rumors that Ron Wood and Rod Stewart were collaborating and have new material. Ron and Rod took a Christmas trip to Costa Rica, Bermuda, and Miami attacking each cities sexually charged female youth like Hurricane Katrina making landfall. While they were probably banging like a screen door in Hurricane Katrina, they still had time to record.

"I had a great time. It wasn't so much a holiday but a mini-world tour." Ron Wood said about the recording.

I am as giddy as a school girl with anticipation for this matchup. Especially if it can produce material like this:




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***UPDATE***

No Faces tour this year says Rod.

“There’s no plans for a Faces reunion tour this year,” the spokesperson for Rod Stewart tells Rolling Stone. Ron Wood is working on a new solo project, but “Rod did not do any recording with him for that album,”

Now I have to go get that Christmas sweater out of the trash and wear in disgust and despair.

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