![]() “It’s like when I first saw Jagger playing at Eel Pie Island in 1963, I thought: ‘I can do that’ and that’s the spirit of the whole thing with all those bands.” Stewart recalls how Mick Jagger had assured him he would never take Wood from The Faces. I’m flattered beyond belief that all these bands were influenced by the Faces because the Pistols hated us at the time but it has since come out that we were an influence. ![]() “Oasis hate each other, I’ve had some good times with Noel, he’s a good lad and he’s been here. We were fair to each other, adored each other and were all close mates. “There was no greed or jealousy with the Faces, with the songs we’d say: ‘anyone got anything to do with this?’, and count one, two, three and split it like that. “I think with all of those bands it’s about the spirit to go out there and make the best music you can and to love each other as a band,” says Stewart. Their cocky rock’n’roll swagger, laced with good humour, was a hit on both sides of the Atlantic. The likes of the Sex Pistols, Guns N’ Roses and Oasis have all name-checked the London five-piece as an influence. If any rock’n’roll band deserve a fond farewell, it’s the Faces. Rod Stewart at Pairc Ui Chaoimh, Cork, in 2019. I told him we can tune down and suggested he get me, him and Kenny in the studio with a really good bass player.” I said: ‘Ronnie I can’t sing them anymore’. You can hear it’s the Faces but as you get older your voice gets a little lower. “I was with Ronnie, we were playing the old Faces songs and they were brilliant. “Six months ago we were close to having something special,” admits Stewart. For that event, the sense of connection between Rod and his original bandmates Ronnie Wood and Kenney Jones was still very much alive. I’ve also done a fantastic swing album with Jools Holland which is more Louis Prima than Frank Sinatra I just want to make a change.” In recent years, there have also been rumours of a reunion of the Faces – the fondly remembered band he joined in 1969 - particularly following a successful one-off charity concert in 2015. “I want to move on and I’ve always wanted to do the Great American Songbook live, it sold 38 million copies. He suggests the next phase of live concerts will showcase the best of those recordings. Twenty years ago he released It Had to Be You: The Great American Songbook, the first in a series of five albums of material of classic US tunes. He has a new album in the can, and tentative plans are already being made for 2023. The rooster hair, jovial laugh and mischievous demeanour are all present when he affirms: “This is the last big tour for me, absolutely right, it will be the last time I’ll play Maggie May at all these venues.”ĭespite the news, Stewart is still a long way from retirement. He’ll be back soon, with two nights in Dublin, and another in Belfast, performances as part of a tour that the 77-year-old says will be his final “rock'n’roll arena shows”. Stewart is discussing his previous visits to Ireland over a pre-match lunch at the Walfrid restaurant in Celtic Park.
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