When a band is in its earliest days, it’s always the hardest part. Some members can’t hack it and quit the rock and roll lifestyle, while others get too deeply entrenched in it. This is something most, if not all, bands come across. On the odd occasion, the lifestyle gets the best of them,… Continue reading 94: Parties, Drugs, and Bathtubs
Category: Rod Stewart
47: Disco, Demolition, and Baseball
There is one sport I have never been into. I’ve tried to take an interest in it, but it’s never gripped my attention. Baseball. I can watch a five-day cricket test or a 24-hour motor race, but when a game of baseball is on the TV I can’t wait to turn the channel over. It… Continue reading 47: Disco, Demolition, and Baseball
29: Wood, Black and Blue, and Finding A Replacement
In 1975 the Rolling Stones were the biggest band in the world. Millions of albums sold, selling out world tours and names constantly in the tabloids you couldn’t go anywhere without hearing of the band’s exploits. So, when at the end of 1974 Mick Taylor decided to quit the band the biggest job in music… Continue reading 29: Wood, Black and Blue, and Finding A Replacement
23: Faces, Small Faces, and Humble Pie
In music, it’s not uncommon that many bands are intertwined with others. When bands toured in the beginning there are normally two or three others that are on the same local circuit. Like most people who are into the same hobbies, you befriend them. This is one of those stories where not only one of… Continue reading 23: Faces, Small Faces, and Humble Pie