This week’s news and gossip

News At Magnificent Seven

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This week started with an apearance on the ITN evening news at 7pm on Friday night with Rod and Johnny Mac telling the story of how they met and how Rod came to sing on Johnny’s brilliant new single ‘Me Oh My’

Midnight Glasgow Rodeo
The long awaited Johnny Mac and the Faithful album Midnight Glasgow Rodeo will be released today [November 11th] and features two songs with Rod singing vocals, the brilliant new single ‘Me Oh My’ and fans live favourite ‘Pay My Me My Money Down’ plus a great cover of Rod’s 1974 hit ‘Farewell’.

Track listing
Track 1 Me Oh My (Feat. Rod Stewart)
Track 2 Joey Ramone
Track 3 Seven Sirens of the Sea
Track 4 Little Fire
Track 5 Took a Train
Track 6 Will You Wait for Me
Track 7 Midnight Glasgow Rodeo
Track 8 Galway Girl
Track 9 Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
Track 10 Junkyard Fairytale
Track 11 Ship of Fools
Track 12 You Make My Monday Mornings Feel Like Saturday Night
Track 13 Pay Me My Money Down (Feat. Rod Stewart)
Track 14 The Last Shanty
Track 15 Farewell

You can order the album now at https://hmv.com/store/music/cd/midnight-glasgow-rodeo And https://www.amazon.co.uk/Midnight-Glasgow-Rodeo/dp/B0BJ89HLS7

Rod sees good Celtic win

Image Helen Collins

On Saturday afternoon Rod watched on as Celtic took an impressive 4-2 win against Dundee United and go 7 points clear of Rangers who lost 2-1 at St.Johnstone before he signed autographs for lucky fans.

Image Helen Collins

The Specsavers Scottish Music Awards

Image Yvonne Morrison

On Saturday night Rod attended The Specsavers Scottish Music Awards at Glasgow’s Barrowland Ballroom and recieved the outstanding achievement in music award from Specsavers co-founder Dame Mary Perkins, On collecting his award, Rod said “I’ve received many awards before, but none from the land of my beloved father, so this is very special to me. I’d love to think that despite my English accent that I’m one of yous”. Rod also sang ‘Maggie May’ live with Johnny Mac and The Faithful.

Photo Jo Delbridge

Photo Nicola Walker

The photo above was taken by Nicola Walker who got to have a chat with Rod when he held open the door for her ‘Rod was lovely and a proper gentleman’ said Nicola.

Image Yvonne Morrison

The event saw over £170,000 raised with proceedes from the evening went to The Nordoff Robbins charity

Sir Rod and Dame Mary photo thanks to Jo Delbridge

Main photo thanks to Scottish Music Awards

https://www.facebook.com/scottishmusicawards/ And Jack Geddes.

A full report from the night with some amazing photos will feature in issue 102 of SMILER magazine out next year.

PARTY O’ CLOCK

Penny was not with Rod on this trip as she was leading the stars at Geri Horner’s extravagant 50th birthday party on Saturday night at her Oxfordshire mansion.

Penny Lancaster Instagram

This weeks Rod Art

This week we feature a very special Rod art from International Artist Tom Noll was born and raised in the midwest of America on the outskirts of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Tom paints in acrylics and oils as he enjoys the thick paints and builds of color that can be applied to so many varied surfaces, In his rock series captured in oils & acrylic on canvas, he incorporates his bold abstract strokes and vibrant colors into moving pieces that capture the essence of the music and the musicians.

Speaking to SMILER this week Tom said “I’ve always been a fan of Rod’s raspy voice, and grew up listening to the Jeff Beck group and Faces,. In this painting I wanted to portray the early Rod and fell in love with the image shot in 1975 by Barry Schultz.
I doesn’t hurt that when my hair’s short, people joke that I remind them of Rod!”

To see more of Tom’s stunning work go to https://www.facebook.com/tom.noll.18 or https://tomnoll.com/?fbclid=IwAR1jF0v710XlO7Mp1SRPRXeOj4o5XMOPnXhTXmyEycd_5Fe89tQ3XCZMMfM

Barry Schuitz who took the fantastic photograph that inspired Tom is well worth checking out if you have not done already https://www.barryschultzphotography.com/?fbclid=IwAR2l302Dk_Tff4IrKR-3I1yaQwxAbtTkCnRHw480p0gJ5iyOgyIk-E4poyA

Christmas Gifts in Glasgow

Anyone in the Glasgow area looking for Christmas gift ideas will love these Rod crates that include a place mat, mug, coaster and small jar of Sweet’s.

Catherine-Elizabeth who specialises in handmade and prsonalised gifts is producing them and told SMILER ‘They are £29 but unfortunately I don’t know how much it is to post as most of my stuff is picked up, from where they are made in Glasgow’

For more information check out https://www.facebook.com/CatherineElizabethMemoryPatch/about_details

Don’t Miss Rod On BBC Radio Scotland

In a no-holds-barred interview Rod joins Billy Sloan to preview his forthcoming Scottish concert dates and talk about his incredible 60-year career.

Rod reveals how he was inspired to become a singer after being taken to see Bill Haley and The Comets by his older brother.

He recalls his early days – both as a solo artist and fronting The Faces – and of his enduring friendship with Ronnie Wood of The Rolling Stones.

The singer shares the crucial career advice given to him by Ol’ Blue Eyes, Frank Sinatra … and tells how Tom Waits felt when he recorded his song, Downtown Train.

Rod also talks frankly about his knighthood, the immense wealth which has made him one of wealthiest people in the UK music industry AND why he never wants to sing classic hits like Maggie May and Hot Legs ever again.

So join Billy Sloan in conversation with Sir Rod – on BBC Radio Scotland this Saturday at 10pm.

Yet another Calendar

For any members wanting a calendar Hollywood Idols have produced yet another Rod calendar this like the others it is A3 in size and wirobound

Again it is 100% unofficial and available to buy from Amazon but features nothing you have not already seen many times before.

Come On Sugar Let Me Know

Kristin Wylie from Sugar Coated says ‘I love sugar! And I LOVE decorating sugar cookies’ and her latest sugar coated gems are these fantastic Rod themed cookies.