Rod: The Autobiography

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His parallel solo career attempts continued on EMI's Columbia label with the November 1965 release of "The Day Will Come", a more heavily arranged pop attempt, and the April 1966 release of his take on Sam Cooke's " Shake", with the Brian Auger Trinity. Whether these two performances can be considered concerts or just shows is debatable, just as whether this book is all that good is really a matter of opinion.

Rod Stewart Net Worth 2023, Age, Height, Weight, Biography, Wiki Rod Stewart Net Worth 2023, Age, Height, Weight, Biography, Wiki

The album sold modestly; Jeff Beck Group fans considered it too subdued, but critics were impressed by Stewart's overall sound. Beck's wild and visionary guitar against the hoarse and insistent shouting of Rod Stewart," [71] and New Musical Express reporting that the group was receiving standing ovations and pulling receipts equal to those of Jimi Hendrix and The Doors.Over the years, considerable backstory has accumulated about Stewart's involvement with Brentford F. In 1961, he went to Denmark Street with The Raiders and got a singing audition with well-known record producer Joe Meek, but Meek stopped the session with a rude sound.

Rod: The Autobiography - Penguin Books UK

Stewart began his career in 1961 and worked with a great variety of brands like Hoochie Coochie Men, Shotgun Express, Five Dimensions, and many more. When reading memoirs of rock stars, I know certain elements are prevalent: drugs, alcohol, being unfaithful, many wives, etc. In the Sixties and Seventies, Rod Stewart was a jet-setting bon vivant and blond sex symbol with a grizzled-yet-buoyant voice. A two-time cancer survivor, the energetic musician is an inspiration to millions of people who fight cancer around the world today.These albums have been released on Clive Davis's J Records label and have seen Stewart enjoy album sales equal to the 1970s. Not a bad memoir from a rock star type of book, but still, the vacancy I feel after I read it feels so large in my head and heart.