Main photo thanks to palmbeachwatches
ROD STEWART AND THE FACES NIGHT (TRIBUTE)
2Faced (Rod Stewart and the Faces Homage) +DJs
On Wednesday 18th October, 2023 BugBear Bookings are presenting a Rod Stewart and The Faces tribute night at The Dublin Castle in London
Event Information
2Faced—The premier Homage to the Faces really tore the Dublin Castle apart when they played here 5 months ago for Rock And Roll Book Club. The atmosphere in the room was absolutely supercharged, beaming faces everywhere, a stonking 2 sets of classic British Boogie…a truly remarkable night.
No book angle tonight, but a special occasion for some Monster partying anyway. If you know, you know! Tonight 2Faced present 2 sets of live (Rod &) Faces favourites and maybe some surprises, including no doubt a few special guests , definitely some great music and maybe a drink or two!!
Matt Pearce (Guitar) , Harry Armstrong (vocals) , Patrick Kenneally (drums) , StefTower (keys) , Ghost (bass)
For tickets and more information go to https://www.wegottickets.com/event/591663#
Sandbags and Gladrags
It never ceases to amaze us how slow the British press can be to catch on to things, I know you will all have seen pictures of the WW2 pillbox that looks like Rod, even Rod himself posted a picture of it back in September 2022
Well this week our amazing press picked up on the story after a guy named Aynsley Dickinson came across it while walking his dogs along Embleton beach in Northumberland and instantly thought it looked just like Rod Stewart…The story made the pages of the local The Telegraph And Argus, North Wales Live, Essex Live and even The Daily Record and Daily Express… It is a good likeness though!
Billy Sloan One Love, One Life.
AFTER 45 years as a music journalist and broadcaster Billy Sloan has written his first book, It’s called One Love, One Life and was released this Thursday, September 28 by Black & White Publishing.The title is taken from a lyric in the song One by U2 … a track on their album, Achtung Baby in 1992.Billy has also got an endorsement from Bono who he has known since his first interview with the singer in 1981.
The very moving foreword is written by Jim Kerr of Simple Minds and it also includes messages of support from Rod, Ricky Ross of Deacon Blue, Midge Ure, Lulu, Paul Buchanan of The Blue Nile (Official), Peter Capaldi, Gary Numan, The Proclaimers and Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel.
One Love, One Life is a collection of Billy’s crazy adventures in the line of duty such as interviewing Grace Jones in the bath, blagging his way into The White House with Paolo Nutini and becoming the lead singer of Coldplay.He also revisits some of his favourite interviews including Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Tina Turner and many, many more.
One Love, One Life is available from Amazon.com, Waterstones and all good book shops.
For more information go to https://www.facebook.com/billysloanshow·
Sing It Again Rod update
The next batch of our ‘Sing it Again Rod’ statues have been sent out ..thank you for letting us see where they are going on show
Artist Tim Jeffs only has two left out of our limited edition of 50 figures if you have any questions please email me [email protected]
SMILER Calendar
The SMILER Calendars are selling fast ..don’t miss out, get yours here https://www.rodstewartfanclub.com/product/smiler-2024-calendar/?swcfpc=1
Shake! Sixties Brit Mod Nuggets, Various Artists, Double Vinyl Edition An essential mix of 34 mod favourites and rarities from 1964-1967.
A double album of mod rarities including Rod is released this week..
Modernists loved the latest R&B, blues and soul sounds coming from US cities such as Chicago, Memphis and Detroit and when British groups started playing their own interpretations in clubs and dancehalls they gained their own mod followings, their music remaining popular on the mod scene today.
Side 1 of this bespoke collection spotlights the British R&B scene and features a founding father of British blues Alexis Korner with the rare ‘Taboo Man’ alongside ace mod tracks from The Bo Street Runners, The Others, Mickey Finn and The Blue Men (featuring a youthful Jimmy Page on harmonica) and more.
Side 2 starts with British R&B groups developing their own sound by turning up their guitars, employing distortion, feedback and fuzz pedals to take the music in a new direction. Highlights include the Joe Meek produced ‘Crawdaddy Simone’ by The Syndicats (described as proto punk because of its ferocity), The In Crowd’s snarling ‘Things She Says’ and The Artwoods’ fuzz drenched mod favourite ‘I Take What I Want’ featuring future Deep Purple organist Jon Lord on organ. Denny Laine (later of Wings) sings with The Moody Blues calming things down with some soulful beat.
Side 3 focuses on UK soul music – Rod ‘the mod’ Stewart backed by The Brian Auger Trinity takes on Sam Cooke’s ‘Shake’, the godfather of ska Laurel Aitken proves he’s also a natural soul man with his floor filling version of The Mar-Keys’ ‘Last Night’ and the amazing Barry St. John sings the funky ‘Gotta Brand New Man’. Popular club acts Lucas & The Mike Cotton Sound and Carl Douglas & The Big Stampede would regularly bring the house down at mod clubs and also feature.
Side 4 includes mod club dancefloor smashes from The Spencer Davis Group and Rupert’s People (AKA mod group Fleur De Lys) while mod heroes The Action go psychedelic with ‘Look At The View’. A moonlighting Jeff Beck of The Yardbirds plays on John’s Children’s ‘But She’s Mine’ and there are brilliant singles revered by freakbeat and psych collectors such as Double Feature’s ‘Baby Get Your Head Screwed On’ and The Drag Set’s ‘Day And Night’.
Rarities from The Trendbender Band and The Union (featuring Elmer Gantry) appear on vinyl for the first time.
Big Wolfie’s Whisky news for SMILER’s in Ireland and Holland
Wolfie’s Whisky has brilliant news for Rod’s fans in Ireland and Holland – it’s now even easier for them to pick up a bottle of Wolfie’s within their own country rather than it being shipped from Scotland.
Fans in Ireland can buy from https://www.winesoftheworld.ie/spiritsoftheworld/p/wolfies-whisky-40-70cl?rq=wolfie
Fans in Holland can buy from https://drankdozijn.nl/artikel/fles-wolfies-blended-whisky-70cl?mc_cid=958ed4be70&mc_eid=UNIQID
And if you live in the UK, this weekend is a good time to stock up as there is free shipping within the UK on Wolfie’s this weekend – until 9pm on Sunday!! https://wolfieswhisky.com/
As Wolfie’s continues to arrive in America Wolfie’s Whisky fans from accross the pond Barbara Holland and Maureen Gale sent us this photo holding their Wolfie’s bottles and wearing their Wolfie’s shirts
What’s your poison Ivy?
To celebrate the launch of the new Ivy Premier Rewards App, Rod has curated a collection of rockin’ cocktails, all available at https://www.instagram.com/the_ivy_collection/?hl=en
Rod and Wolfie’s Whisky have picked The Ivy Collection as the first restaurant group to stock the recently-launched Scotch whisky.
To mark the collaboration, and the launch of the new The Ivy Premier Rewards App, Rod has created three cocktails.
The Wolfie’s Smash is made with lemon juice, pear syrup, 30&40 Double Jus and mint leaves, while the Wolfie’s Boulevardier is mixed with Antica Formula, Cherry Heering and Campari. His third cocktail is the Wolfie’s Highball – Wolfie’s Whisky topped up with grape and apricot soda and a dash of absinthe.
Decanter
Remember a couple of weeks ago we told you about Anna Maria Giambanco DiPietro who had met up with Rod to write an article about Wolfie’s Whisky for Decanter
The article is now published and you can read it at https://www.decanter.com/spirits/wolfies-whisky-from-sir-rod-stewart-launches-in-the-us-511745/?fbclid=PAAabDI0EtvkMZcSCMbdlTkvNXtgD_fangf-d2TEx0ufID-kzZO9odQfx3HWw
This Week’s Rod Art
This week we feature a fantastic digital painting by Angel Francisco Garcia Iñiguez who told SMILER this week “The technique I used to make the portrait is digital in the form of watercolor, and my inspiration is the retro aesthetic that it represents, mainly.. Rod’s hair is great”
To see more of Angel’s work go to https://www.instagram.com/angel_garciez/
A photo with Rod..with a twist..
Here’s something different from photographer Andy Barnes who posted a great photo of himself taking a photo of Rod, Penny and Alastair at the recent House of Toby event..how cool is that?
https://www.instagram.com/andybarnes.photos/
And Finally ..
palmbeachwatches of Worth Ave, Palm Beach Island posted a great photo of Rod wearing his iced out on Worth Ave on Wednesday, see our main photo
And if any of our members are attending tonights show in Ribeirao Preto, Brazil or Saturday’s Legends in concert 2023 with Ivete Sangalo at Allianz Parque, São Paulo, Brazil have a brilliant time and please keep us posted with any photos and thoughts on the shows…and we’ll see you next week..