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Stooges to reunite with Raw Power guitarist
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 27 May 2009
Iggy Pop has announced that he plans to reunite with James Williamson, the guitarist who played on and co-wrote The Stooges’ (then known as Iggy & The Stooges) third album, ‘Raw Power’.
Williamson replaced original Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton (who rejoined in 1972 on bass) in 1971 and played with the band until 1974. The band reformed in 2003 with Asheton on back on guitar and later recorded their fourth album, ‘The Weirdness’ with that line up. The announcement that Pop is working with Williamson again comes five months after the death of Asheton from a heart attack.
Pop told The Australian: “There is always Iggy & The Stooges, the second growth of the band. I had a meeting in LA last week with James. It was the first time we had seen each other in 30 years. So we talked about doing something together. ‘Raw Power’ would be the repertoire”.
As well as the only other remaining original member of the band besides Iggy, drummer and brother of Ron, Scott Asheton, it is expected that the latest incarnation of the Stooges will be completed by saxophonist Steve McKay and former Minutemen bassist Mike Watt, all of whom were involved in the previous reunion.
