February 15, 2011

The ALBUM OF THE DAY
ROD STEWART...The Rod Stewart Album (1969)
(CD, Allmusic Review)

Two days ago I mentioned that I wanted to keep having debut albums as the AOTD for a little while, and then yesterday I mentioned I wished Rod would do some more rock albums, so today I had to dig this one out. It had been a very long time since I played this record, and it was much better than I remembered. This Rod Stewart solo debut album reached number 139 on the U.S. Billboard charts. Here is Stewart young, vibrant, being a rocker, giving us a bare rock 'n'roll album, using drums, bass, guitar, piano and organ (no synths used here) and that familiar voice. The highlights for me are his version of the Rolling Stones "Street Fighting Man", the beautiful "Handbags And Gladrags" and "An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down". This isn't the beginning of RS's career but a good start to his solo recordings. Check this one out, I recommend it


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ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR FEBRUARY 15
Mick Avory from The Kinks is 67; John Helliwell from Supertramp is 67; Stevie Benton from Drowning Pool is 40; Brandon Boyd from Incubus is 35;

ON THIS DATE
1947 David Brown, who was a member of Santana twice, is born. Brown died in 2000
1977 Rumours by Fleetwood Mac is released
1998 The Rolling Stones wrap up their Bridges To Babylon tour in Las Vegas
2006 The National Trust heritage organization declares the gravesite of Bon Scott of AC/DC in Fremantle, Australia a historic site
2007 It is announced that Audioslave has officially called it quits
2008 Don Henley of the Eagles and his wife donate $4,000 a piece to Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue of North Carolina, who is running for governor. Her rival, Richard Moore, holds a press conference apologizing for using "Life In The Fast Lane" in commercials without permission

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