“Gasoline Alley”Ī homesick young man dreams of going back to “where I started from,” which in this case is Gasoline Alley. The lead guitar is even looser than the vocal (also in the best way possible). It sounds like Stewart and assorted Faces breaking curfew in a rock club in the best way possible. He even re-recorded this one in the ’80s for the soundtrack to a film called “Innerspace.” But the raucous recording on 1972’s “Never a Dull Moment” is the way to go. It’s not the only Sam Cooke song he’s tackled, but it is the one that feels the most like a Rod Stewart song. with his version, featured on 1972’s “Never a Dull Moment.” His delivery really nails the pathos of these beer-drenched lyrics as a man resigns himself to staying in the bar to drink his life and happiness away until it drives his woman to desert him.
This honky-tonk weeper, written by Glenn Sutton, was a Top 10 country hit for Jerry Lee Lewis in 1968. It clearly suits him better than Sinatra songs. You may not think of country when you think of Stewart, but maybe you should. “What’s Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)” But this list doesn’t get into the group stuff, just the solo years.
And those Python Lee Jackson recordings with Stewart on vocals are great. He also made plenty of awe-inspiring records as a member of the Faces and the Jeff Beck Group. These songs capture Stewart in his misspent youth, when he took one of rock and roll’s most soulful voices and applied to classics as timeless as Tim Hardin’s “Reason to Believe” and “Maggie May.” Here’s a look back at Rod Stewart's greatest songs - not one of which, it should be noted, is found on an album of standards.
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