Author: Lloyd Bradley
Year: 1999
ISBN: 1-85410-6579
Price: £16.99
Aurum, UK
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PERHAPS
WORD got round the book industry that should anyone dare to
write a book about Rod Stewart, they faced the wrath of management,
as this followed a lengthy five year gap since Ray Colemans'
'The Biography'.
This is a lavish affair containing fine photographs, even if
one of the most interesting is somewhat misleading. The photograph
of Rod with Jimmy Powell and the Five Dimensions is clearly
false and it is quite obvious that Rod has been superimposed
onto the photograph. The book also contains several annoying
errors, the first in the opening sentence, where it announces
the Faces played at the Oval on 18 September 1972! As a little
research would have revealed, it was actually 1971. This mistake
could be forgiven had the author not gone on to claim that 'You
Wear It Well' had been No. 1 the week before the gig!
However, the book looks at things from a refreshingly different
angle and does not claim to be a straight forward biography.
It documents Rod's fashion sense, the photograph captions are
excellent and it gives long overdue credit to recent triumphs
such as 'A Spanner In The Works'. So all in all, it's well worth
the price.
John Gray
Smiler rating: B
Reader rating:  (33 votes) |
