Ron Wood tells all like a Rolling Stone

By Robert Gibbons

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood tells just about all in his new memoir, from how Keith Richards urged him to sober up at knifepoint, to a possible Faces reunion with Rod Stewart and a "sort of a warped rock star wife swap."

But one thing the book is not is a signal that the Rolling Stones are about to retire.

"This is not an indication of the band never doing anything again," Wood, 60, told Reuters in an interview for the release of "Ronnie: The Autobiography," from St. Martin's Press.

"We don't know," he said about any plans for another Stones CD or tour. "We're still coming down from the last one."

The next band project is the promotion of "Shine a Light," the documentary by filmmaker Martin Scorsese set to open in theaters on April 4. Wood said it would be followed by "a little board meeting early next year" to determine the next step.

In his book, Wood chronicles a drug- and booze-laced journey filled with "dodgy" managers, financial woes and playing with the Jeff Beck Group and the Faces, both with pal Rod Stewart, before joining the Rolling Stones in the mid-1970s.

Wood reveals that his wife, Jo Wood, and Mick Jagger both intervened to convince him to go into substance abuse rehabilitation before the Stones tour of 2002.

"It was pure friendly thing, like 'Would you go?' I said, 'Of course.' I didn't think I was out of whack, but most people that are don't realize it anyway," he said. "I really did enjoy playing focused the last few tours sober."