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This week we start back in last week …While Rod was at The Cheltenham Festival he had this great photo taken with Tracey Sandalls and Lizzie Kelly. Tracey told SMILER this week “Rod was very approachable, he spoke to us lovely and was a very nice guy”
Is Blue The Colour ?
First bit of interesting news this week was a report at the weekend that
Legendary music PR guru Barbara Charone is poised to join the Chelsea board if Todd Boehly’s consortium successfully buys the club
Telegraph journalist Matt Law said Charone, who is a Chelsea season ticket holder and has an impressive roster of clients including the likes of Rod, Madonna, and Primal Scream, has a professional history with Chelsea having worked with Suggs on his 1997 hit ‘Blue Day’, which featured some of the club’s players.
Da Ya Think I’m Compliance ?
French bootlegger Rems79 has produced a new mash up of Rod’s ‘Da Ya Think I’m Sexy’ and ‘Compliance’ by Muse
Speaking to SMILER this week Rems79 explained what inspired it,
“Muse’s new single “Compliance” made me think of the rhythm of Rod Stewart’s famous song and so I put these two songs together”
To hear the track go to https://sowndhaus.audio/track/30471/rems79-da-ya-think-im-compliance-rod-stewart-x-muse
Touchline
While Rod was supporting the young Hoops at Hatfield Peverel Football Club he bumped into Dan Williams and little VW and had this great picture taken.
Hard Rock Cafe Memorabilia #1
Rod has donated many items to Hard Rock Cafe restaurants all over the world and this photo of one of Rod’s Blondes Have More Fun Tour shirts was taken in the Malaga, Spain branch by Ron Roxtar who told SMILER this week that his favourite albums are Every Picture Tells A Story and Out Of Order, and the Out Of Order tour was the best Rod tour he had seen.
Have you ever spotted a Rod item in a Hard Rock Cafe while you were visiting?..If you have send it in to [email protected] and tell us about it and I will post them in future ‘This week’s news and gossip’ posts
Auger Incorporated
Soul Bank Music has announced a back catalogue deal with legendary musician and jazz keyboard master Brian Auger – with the release of a career spanning compilation âAuger Incorporatedâ. Lauded and loved by artists as diverse as Mose Allison to The Brand New Heavies, his tracks have been sampled by Mos Def, Common, Air and Kid Loco, his original compositions covered by Sarah Vaughan, Richard ‘Groove’ Holmes and The Main Ingredient.
Auger Incorporated includes classics and rarities from Brian Augerâs ground-breaking, genre busting catalogue, and reaches back to his early 60âs debut as an award-winning jazz piano prodigy, his transformation into a swinging London Hammond Organ player via his groupsâ The Steampacket and Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity whose blend of jazz, R&B and pop idioms saw him credited as one of the earliest protagonists of jazz fusion, that reputation was further enhanced via his flagship 70s group Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express. The 90s saw Brian hailed as the âgodfather of acid jazzâ, this Grammy Nominee is also the proud recipient of a US Congressional Certificate of Special Recognition for his âcontribution to the American art form of Jazzâ and is championed by several generations of musicians and fans.
Soul Bankâs Greg Boraman; âThis is a once in a lifetime opportunity to fully re-issue nearly everything Brian has released, but to also finally unleash the vast number of musical gems from Brian’s own archive that have never been heard before, including live concerts and radio sessions, collaborative projects with equally legendary artists, alternate versions and out-takes – itâs a goldmine of sounds from across his entire 60-year careerâ.
Artist: Brian Auger
Title: Auger Incorporated
Year Of Release: 2022
Label: Soul Bank Music
Genre: Jazz
Quality: Mp3 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 02:09:30
Total Size: 314 / 757 MB
Rod Stewart is featured on tracks 3 and 5
Tracklist:
- The Preacher (9:06)
- Poinciana (3:37)
- I Just Got Some (3:11)
- The Sidewinder (5:21)
- Up Above My Head (2:38)
- Walking (3:09)
- In & Out (3:08)
- Red Beans & Rice (5:46)
- I Wanna Take You Higher (5:06)
- Indian Rope Man (3:23)
- Light My Fire (4:22)
- This Wheel’s On Fire (3:32)
- Save Me (3:38)
- Jeannine (2:08)
- Total Eclipse (11:35)
- A Better Land (5:29)
- Fill Your Head With Laughter (3:50)
- Whenever You’re Ready (6:20)
- Straight Ahead (5:08)
- Something out of Nothing (5:55)
- Freedom Jazz Dance (5:59)
- Planet Earth Calling (4:13)
- Night Train to Nowhere (3:38)
- Circles (7:28)
- Splatch (6:04)
- Freddie’s Flight (6:01)
https://soulbankmusic.bandcamp.com/album/auger-incorporated
Rolling ‘Art’ Stones
This weeks Rod art is another unusual gem done by stone painter Simon Lam
Talking to SMILER this week Simon said “I am a cosmetic dentist working in Puckeridge, near Hertford. I started stone painting 35 years ago when I was at university (Dundee). I then stopped after 2 years. During March 2020, I got Covid and was extremely ill in hospital for 12 days. Luckily I managed to recover and during my recovery, I started stone painting again (33 years later!). It was such a therapeutic way to get better. I have since painted over 150 stones and you can see most of them on my Instagram”.
Simon’s music legends series has 9 amazing stones here is the collection
To see Simon’s stones go to https://www.instagram.com/simonlam_art/
Spreading Rumours
The NEW Cregan & Co Video – “Spreading Rumours”, was premiered this week…Very good it is too!
Tales From The Tabernacle
Seven Miles Out Arts CIC in partnership with SITA – Stockport Independent Traders Association – Are Hosting a free event ‘Tales From The Tabernacle’, in Stockport, Cheshire this Saturday 26th March, The event is a day of music and memories about Stockport’s legendary Tabernacle Club (1966-69) and the music and fashion shops of Stockport’s fabulous Underbanks past and present. it is also the 55th anniversary of The Jimi Hendrix Experience playing The Tab!
They will be joined by Bernard Roberts, author of ‘The Day The Tab Was Fab’ book, a fantastic history of The Tabernacle, which will be on sale along with great limited edition poster artwork celebrating The Tabernacle including Rod’s appearance with The Jeff Beck Group on 28th May 1967 and The Small Faces gig from 27th January 1967
For full information about the event go to
https://www.facebook.com/events/485919336365584?active_tab=about
New York , New York
Rod flew to New York this week to attend The third in person Celtic FC Foundation event after they held a virtual event last year.
Rod posted a picture with the music of Sting’s Englishman in New York
And Finally..
Ronnie Wood may be thought of as The Rolling Stones perpetual ânew boyâ but has released 11 studio albums with the Stones since joining in 1976 â He was reportedly treated as a hired hand for more than a decade but despite that, in an assessment this week of all the current and ex band members he came in as the fourth richest with a net worth of US$200 million, largely from The Rolling Stonesâ mammoth tours.
Lets hope it’s not too long before we see him back doing his proper job..although I am not sure Jim Pietryga who is a big Stones fan and took the great photo above would agree with that statement 