Ron Wood w/Mick Taylor: "Fancy Pants"

Without much fanfare, current Rolling Stone Ron Wood released his solo album I Feel Like Playing at the end of September. Last night he turned up at London's 100 Club for a benefit performance, hoping to help save the venerable small venue which has been the site of early gigs for groups like The Stones, The Sex Pistols and Oasis.

Joining him on stage was his predecessor on guitar for The World's Greatest Rock 'n Roll Band, Mick Taylor. After being in the shadows for a number of years, Taylor seems to be coming back into the light, albeit slowly. Earlier this year, Mick & Keith brought Taylor into the studio to record new guitar overdubs on the Exile On Main St. outtakes included in the deluxe reissue. Here's a video of the two jamming on "Fancy Pants," a track off of the new Woody record.

The Rolling Stones - "Plundered My Soul"

To coincide with Britain's Record Store Day this past Saturday, the Rolling Stones' famed hype machine has started to go into overdrive. With the deluxe version of the band's venerated Exile On Main St. set to be released on 18 May (complete with ten never released tracks and a DVD of the infamous Cocksucker Blues), we've been sneaked "Plundered My Soul," featuring a fiery Mick Jagger vocal and some tasty blues guitar from Mick Taylor. Apparently recorded during the 1972 Exile sessions, "Plundered" was passed over for inclusion on the double-LP, as well as a B-side or candidate on other albums. [We will pass on discussing how much overdubbing or rerecording may have been involved with the final result; both Jagger and producer Don Was have hinted there may have been some of both.]