ROD STEWART

The English oldman rocker featured in JEFF BECK's 'Truth' and 'Beckola' along with the (then bassist) guitarist Ron Wood. After Jeff sacked Ron Wood, Stewart came following him. They joined FACES (priorly SMALL FACES ). After a few albums in FACES, Stewart rose to great fame as a vocalist. He neglected the band's practices, so Ronnie Lane (guitarist and composer of 'FACES') split the group. Rod had begun his solo career 6-7 years before the fission of the group, after 1976 he was all on his own (FACES splitted in 1976) . Rod Stewart's raspy voice has always been a discussion. I think his voice is very different, and pleasant and disturbing. In his years with JEFF BECK the album back covers wrote of him 'vocale extraordinaire'.

DISCOGRAPHY: 1969 An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down 1969 The Rod Stewart Album 1970 Gasoline Alley 1971 Every Picture Tells a Story 1972 Never a Dull Moment 1973 Overture and Beginners [live] 1974 Smiler 1975 Atlantic Crossing 1976 A Night on the Town 1977 Foot Loose & Fancy Free 1978 Blondes Have More Fun 1980 Foolish Behaviour 1981 Tonight I'm Yours 1982 Absolutely Live 1983 Body Wishes 1984 Camouflage 1986 Rod Stewart 1988 Out of Order 1991 Vagabond Heart 1993 Unplugged...And Seated [live] 1995 Spanner in the Works 1998 When We Were the New Boys 2000 Every Beat of My Heart 2000 Human 2001 Human [Japan Bonus Track] Musical Biography with Alison Steele

Albums (i've got)

EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY(1971)
The title track is of Ron Wood and Stewart. "every picture tells a story" verse is repeated 23 times towards the end of the song. A nice one. ' That's All Right' is a great RnR song. This one was sung also by the GRATEFUL DEAD. 'Maggie May, one of Stewart's hits (by Stewart/Quittenton) is just before the Stewart penned 'Mandolin Wind'. Tim Hardin's 'Reason To Believe' ends the album. The album is well organized and ranks among Stewart's early classic rock albums. Might be a good place to start listening to some classic rock. Stewart not only as the singer, but as a song-writer shows one of his best.

PLAYLIST: 1. Every Picture Tells A Story 2. Seems Like A Long Time 3. That's All Right 4. Tomorrow Is Such A Long Time 5. Maggie May 6. Mandolin Wind 7. (I Know) I'm Losing You 8. Reason To Believe