The Beat Goes On
Rod Stewart got his American start in Detroit, in a lot of little ways that count — the Faces could fill up any house in the city well before they could do it anywhere else — and, apparently, he's never forgotten those early standing ovations.
Rod Stewart: Gold Lame Heart to Match
Rod Stewart got his American start in Detroit, in a lot of little ways that count — the Faces could fill up any house in the city well before they could do it anywhere else — and, apparently, he�s never forgotten those early standing ovations.
On their most recent tour, Rod and the boys had never looked better: Rod walked out in gold lame�, with a matching bare-midriff top; Ron Lane was decked out in a white suit, like Dylan at Isle of Wight; the rest were dressed in their usual casual British foppery and finery.
They swung into a set of Faces/ Stewart songs that left everyone charmed, despite the fact that Ron Wood was playing with a set of broken ribs, and Rod had strained his voice a couple days before. (He went to Randy Newman�s father, a doctor in L.A.) Wood had broken his ribs in the bathtub: �I was standing in the shower, talking to somebody, leaned against the