Gimme Some Neck
Gimme Some Neck is the third solo album by English musician Ron Wood, released in 1979. It was a minor hit and his best performance on the US charts to date, peaking at number 45 on Billboard during a 13-week chart run. The album artwork features illustrations drawn by Wood, with a self-portrait in the center of the front side.
To tour the United States in support of the album, Wood formed The [New Barbarians (band)|the New Barbarians] with musicians including Keith Richards, Ian McLagan and Bobby Keys, all of whom contributed to the recording. The Landover concert from this tour was recorded and released as Buried Alive: Live in Maryland in 2006.
Critical reception
Newsday wrote that "there is no first-rate rock and roll playing of any kind... the songs are mostly bland filler."Track listing
All tracks composed by Ron Wood; except where noted.;Side one
- "Worry No More" – 2:34
- "Breakin' My Heart" – 4:17
- "Delia" – 0:42
- "Buried Alive" – 3:37
- "Come to Realise" – 3:52
- "Infekshun" – 4:03
- "Seven Days" – 4:10
- "We All Get Old" – 4:09
- "F.U.C. Her" – 3:15
- "Lost and Lonely" – 4:14
- "Don't Worry" – 3:26
Personnel
- Ron Wood – lead vocals, guitar, pedal steel, Dobro, bass
- Keith Richards – guitar, backing vocals
- Dave Mason – guitar
- Robert Popwell – bass
- Harry Phillips – piano
- Jerry Lynn Williams – piano and backing vocals on "Worry No More"
- Ian McLagan – keyboards
- Bobby Keys – tenor saxophone on "Don't Worry"
- Mick Jagger – backing vocals
- Jon Lind – backing vocals
- Charlie Watts – drums
- Mick Fleetwood – drums on "Seven Days"
- Jim Keltner – percussion
- Geoff Workman – engineer
- Tony Lane – design
- Ron Wood – paintings
Charts
Studio and road crew
- Royden "Chuch" Magee
- Gary Schultz
- Ernest Cain Salgado
- Johnny Starbuck