Bobby Womack, left, and Ronnie Wood speak in the backstage after Womack was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the 2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Saturday, April 4, 2009 in Cleveland
Ron Wood of the Rolling Stones introduced Womack as "the voice that has always killed me. He brings me to tears." Wood then recalled a night in New York when he and Womack hid as some Hells Angels gang members were roughing up Wilson Pickett.
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Bobby Womack time. We see young Bobby on Soul Train. He started singing in the '50s with his four brothers, and played guitar with Sam Cooke. Booby, wrote, sang, produced, played guitar on his recordings. Ronnie Wood inducts Bobby, "an inspiration to my band." Womack co-wrote "It's All Over Now" (Stones' first #1) for his first band, the Valentinos. Wood relates that Womack visited Jackie Wilson on his deathbed, sang some of Jackie's songs for him, and for a time he revived, with tears in his eyes. Bobby comes out.
Bobby, from Cleveland, says with his mother and God in the house, all is well. He remembers the Sam Cooke song "A Change Is Gonna Come" - a change has come, he says. "Father time has changed the words to 'HAS come.'" Gives a shout out to Barack O. "Now I'm gonna play a few songs."
He plays guitar left-handed. They rock "Wait Until Tonight," segues into "I Used to Love Her." (Valentinos third of five brothers) horns blowing, Ron Wood takes on the guitar solo.
