SMILER Rod Stewart fanclubHere we go again… year two of my Festive Top 50 and a brand new list of tracks everyone should own. This year’s discovery for me has been 19 year old Jake Bugg. If you’ve not checked out his albums yet, I highly recommend them. He is a major talent,
I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter…
When it comes to missing believed wiped archive, ‘An Easter With Rod’ is a far bigger find than the celebrated David Bowie ‘Jean Genie’ Top Of The Pops clip…
Time provides as equally a strong example of Rod Stewart the Songwriter, Producer and Vocalist Extraordinaire as Every Picture Tells A Story did in 1971. And it may well be his greatest achievement since.
Many years from now there will be new sensations and new temptations (Noddy Holder / Jim Lea: How Does It Feel, 1974)
The greatest albums of all time are, of course, open to debate. A matter of opinion, usually depending on the year the compiler was born…
These are the songs I’ve been listening to as I wrap up the presents and nibble on mince pies. No particular order other than I poured myself a few beers and selected what I felt like at the time and one song led to another. Have a great Christmas…
Retro has arrived, and it’s about to get a whole lot bigger… welcome to John Gray’s first Retro Blog!
40 years on – legendary documentary is repeated on Sky Arts…
Rod is said to be enraged with music label bosses…