The Beautiful Ladies Of Palm Beach
It was valentines day this week [Hope you all got plenty of cards..If not here’s one from Rod] and Rod spent the night with 7000 fans at the Hard Rock Live Hollywood, Florida but he started the weekend with a great snap with this young lady who told SMILER ‘Sandy Sialom is my name and the photo was taken on a night out on Palm Beach‘
On Sunday Rod had his photo taken with Jennifer L. Kinsman and her glamorous party who were out celebrating a double nickel Birthday
Speaking to SMILER this week Jennifer said…
‘I’m a life Long Palm Beach girl. My Mom is from here.. Rod sat next to me and my girls last night…
We ended up chatting, I told him his music got me though my early 20’s as I took the train all around Europe! I listened on my “ Cassette player “ back in the day .
He then said… Can I hug you, that story makes me happy ! Naturally I said sure… I then asked about Penny his wife & we kept chatting..
As we said good bye, he wanted a pic and a selfie !! He was just fun’
When Rod went to Buccan he had a photo taken with Kerry McAuley
Suzanne Scherer called in Bice Ristorante and spotted Rod with another beautiful lady… Band member Holly Brewer!
Suzanne said ‘I ran into my high school crush, Rod Stewart! Wonderful way for this society girl to end the evening‘
And while at Bice Ristorante Rod also photo bombed Christine Mignanelli in this brilliant shot
Christine said she Hoped the photo makes for a nice SMILER wrap-up!
Rod also bumped into Fatih Türkmenoğlu from Istanbul at the start of the weekend, Fatih told SMILER It was an honor to meet Rod and be in our news round up , ‘Not in a million years; I wouldn’t imagine dining at the same restaurant, chatting with the legend Rod Stewart, All those unforgettable songs and long nights of my youth: Forever Young, Hot Legs, Maggie May…‘
The Hitman and Him
While in Palm Beach Rod also met boxing legend Tommy Hitman Hearns ..Twice!
The great photos are courtesy of Mark Zarkin who said ‘What a great time hanging out with Rod Stewart two nights in a row‘
Quick quiz question …Name the boxing film that Rod made a cameo appearance in from 1999..I will give you the answer at the end if you don’t know…
TikTok
For fans who couldn’t get to Rod’s valentines night concert he posted a special version of ‘You’re In My Heart’ on TikTok ..If you haven’t done already, check it out and you do a duet with Rod!
Hard Rock Live
Rod played Hard Rock Live, Hollywood, Florida on Tuesday 14th and again on Wednesday 15th, Jim Pietryga was on hand to get some superb photos for SMILER including our main picture
Watch for more photos from Jim in issue 101 of SMILER later this year and also the 2023 calendar
Spotted in the crowd enjoying the show was original RSG drummer Carmine Appice with fellow drummer Nicko McBrain from Iron Maiden and of course a good friend of SMILER Leslie ‘Radio Chick’ Gold.
You’re In My Art..Rod Art valentine’s special
A new digital painting of Rod has been created by London musician artist Stella Tooth.
The artwork forms part of ‘Art & Sol’ an artistic collaboration with Getty rock photographer Solomon N’jie. Working on her iPad pro with Apple pencil, using Procreate, Stella has spent the last few months transforming four of Sol’s classic 80s stadium rock images into affordable artworks.
Each original digital painting of Rod, Freddie Mercury, Madonna and Sting are 12″x12″ – album cover size. Framed in black, the images are designed to be bought separately or build into a rock collection on the walls of music lovers everywhere.
All can be purchased online on https://stellatooth.co.uk (£199 each). Some, including the painting of Rod, can also be purchased from the walls of legendary music venue the Half Moon Putney, where Stella is resident artist.
Stella told SMILER this week, “Although born and raised in London, Rod Stewart is of Scottish and English ancestry. The saltire in the background of my digital painting symbolises his pride in his Scottish roots. As he supports Celtic, which he mentions in ‘You’re in my heart’, and, on the English side, follows Manchester United, I have reflected Celtic’s green and white in the stage lights and the red of Manchester United in his jacket. Red, of course, also symbolises love, which features in many of Rod Stewart’s songs.”
Rock photographer Solomon N’Jie says: “Rod Stewart is a song writer who produced unique observations of everyday life with profound lyrics, self-effacing humour and a unique singing voice that is instantly recognisable. His love of football and support for Celtic, flamboyant stage presence and a good-time rocker heritage are all captured in this picture.”
To see the Rod painting in progress, follow the link https://youtu.be/XEdRAudzC9Y
To read more about Stella’s digital paintings check out her blog https://stellatooth.co.uk/blogs/news-1/winter-newsletter
You Wear It Well…
1stYou Wear It Well
On Monday a horse called You Wear It Well ran in the 3.50 at Catterick, I know some SMILER members had a flutter [Unfortunately not me as no one gave me the tip!] and it came in at 2/1
After the win Berkshire based owner Jamie Snowden sent us this screen shot
And Finally..The Answer To The Quiz Question
The boxing film Rod Rod made a cameo appearance in 1999 was Play It To The Bone
