Keepin' It Real - Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers

Advantages: Great Singer
Disadvantages: Bit of a Poser

...Rod Stewart…..30 Years Of Memories!!! It was July 1971 that Rod hit No.1 with Maggie May, and he has gone on to turn out hit after hit in the thirty years after. I remember the first time I heard Maggie May, I was in Glasgow at the time training with my first job. I was staying in a bed & breakfast and I turned on the television to watch “Top of the Pops” when this guy came on with a long scarf and feathered hair. He had a long stand up microphone, which he held in the one spot then strutted across the stage with it. He was just brilliant and with that single Rod Stewart had arrived on the pop scene . Of course that feathered hair cut was to be copied by everyone in the latter part of 1971, that and the Ziggy cut of David Bowie. Rod released an album that year as well called “Every Picture Tells... Read review

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Advantages: Ron Wood
Disadvantages: Hot Legs

...It's hard for non-babyboomers to believe that Rod Stewart was a cutting-edge R&B troubadour in his time. He was though, and it wasn't until the early eighties that he really became a conversational embarrassment. What happened to the poor sod? LA basically, and too long a separation from Ronnie Wood. Jagger has Keith to keep him on the 'Bent & Wide', Rod has Ron. Both have Ron actually but that's another story. So it was, that after a particularly liquid lunch in Oporto, I found myself in a multi-media store. I saw this CD. I thought 5 euros (3 quid) can't be bad, added to which I saw Ron Wood on the cover. I did, of course, wonder why in the hell I'd bought it on the Sunday morning, but it turned out to be not such a bad buy. I've done much worse after a liquid lunch! This is a discount pressing of one of those unplugged MTV... Read review

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Advantages: Mellow Rod at his best
Disadvantages: You may cry

...This is a compilation album from 1999 of some really mellow Rod tracks. Demonstrating Rods unique singing voice that is racked with emoutions these songs are a little move away from the rockier songs of the faces days. It is an album that is great for relaxing too and in truth a great sing along too! It has all the classics for someone who is looking for a rod album Maggie May and You wear it well and some covers of some classic tracks. Hand Bags and Glad Rags - The theme to Ricky Gervais' "The Office" In case you didn't know it is a song to a young girl who cares about nothing but her looks and attention she gets and asks what is she going to do when all the clothes are out of fashion. An oldie but goodie. Man of Contant Sorrow - This song was covered in the Cohen brothers film "Oh Brother where art thou". This is a much... Read review

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