Ronnie Wood played on the original recorded version of Maggie May.
1971.It featured on his album Every Picture Tells A Story and was originally released as a B-side of "Reason to Believe."
Maggie May is the girl that Rod Stuart sing about in his song Maggie May.
The mandolin playing throughout Rod Stewart's 1971 album 'Every Picture Tells A Story' - including on the songs 'Mandolin Wind' and 'Maggie May' - has been credited to Ray Jackson of Lindisfarne.
Rod Stewart has recorded around 1,000 songs on over 50 albums, selling in excess of 250 million copies worldwide. His most famous songs include Maggie May, Sailing, Da Ya Think I'm Sexy and Baby Jane.
Ground bass, also called basso ostinato or "obstinate bass," is a recurring, melodic bass pattern that provides a foundation for the rest of the musical piece. This part is generally played by a bass instrument with a lower pitch range, most often a bass, electric bass, double bass or a keyboard instrument such as a piano, organ or synthesizer. Ground bass in a choral piece would be sung by the bass and/or baritone voice parts. Bass horns and woodwinds also exist, and sometimes the ground bass may simply be played on the lower notes of a mid-range instrument, such as a guitar. It depends on the arrangement and style of each particular piece.