ROD. The Autobiography
New York: Crown, (2012). First edition. Hardcover. Rod Sterwart was born the working-class son of a Scottish plumber in north London. Despite some early close shaves with a number of diverse career paths ranging from gravedigging to professional soccer, it was music that truly captured his heart, and he never looked back. Rod started out in the early 1960s playing the clubs on London's R & B scene before his distinctively raspy voice caught the ear of the iconic front man Long John Baldry, who approached him while he was busking one night on a railway platform. Stints with pioneering acts like the Hoochie Coochie Men, Steampacket, and the Jeff Beck Group soon followed, paving the way into a raucous five years with the Faces, the rock star's rock band, whose onstage and offstage antics with alcohol, wrecked hotel rooms, partying, and groupies have become the stuff of legend. Illustrated from photographs. With discography and index. 394 pages. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Item #14772
ISBN: 9780307987303
Price: $50.00