Fact #101207
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Short story:
British rock paper NME [New Musical Express] reports that Rod Stewart has joined The Faces as vocalist.
Full article:
Ron Wood (guitarist, Jeff Beck Group) : When Stevie Marriott left (The Small Faces) to form Humble Pie, it was a real disappointment. So I rang up Ronnie (Ronnie Lane). I said, What are you guys gonna do? He said, 'I don't know.' I says, Well, you've gotta keep playing. Funnily enough, The Jeff Beck Group split up a couple of weeks before Woodstock. And Ronnie said, 'Well, come over and let's have a play. ' I was very honoured. "And I went over there and Mac and Kenny and I played with our backs to each other for a while; we were all sort of shy. And then we just had a great feel. About six months later [actually around six weeks] we thought, Who's gonna sing? 'Cos we were doing all instrumental stuff like Booker T and The Meters. Rod was lurking upstairs and he liked the sound of it.
(Source : feature by Wayne Pernu. Mojo, September 1997)
Kenny Jones (Small Faces) : I said to the others, I've asked Rod to join the band and it didn't go down well at all. They didn't want another Steve Marriott, somebody else that would let us down. I'm a big fan of Ronnie's voice, but, from my point of view, it wasn't a frontman's voice. I felt, on one hand, like I was betraying Ronnie. . . I wasn't. I just didn't feel Ronnie could carry every single song and strut around the stage as a frontman.
(Source : feature by Wayne Pernu. Mojo, September 1997)
Rod Stewart : Me and Woody had a lot of fun in the Faces. It was the ultimate heavy-drinking band. Not because we had a mission in life to be a load of boozers. We were scared shit, and we didn't think we were very good. We were all big drinkers, so that is how we got our image. The truth is, I can't listen to those records. People must hear something I can't hear. The Faces sound so out of tune, so out of time. We never had the musicianship. Individually we were good, but we did not come together as a band. Don't get me wrong, it was a great band to be in. We did so many things. We were the first band to trash a hotel. We were womanizers. We came along at a point when everything was extremely serious.
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(Source : feature by Wayne Pernu. Mojo, September 1997)
Kenny Jones (Small Faces) : I said to the others, I've asked Rod to join the band and it didn't go down well at all. They didn't want another Steve Marriott, somebody else that would let us down. I'm a big fan of Ronnie's voice, but, from my point of view, it wasn't a frontman's voice. I felt, on one hand, like I was betraying Ronnie. . . I wasn't. I just didn't feel Ronnie could carry every single song and strut around the stage as a frontman.
(Source : feature by Wayne Pernu. Mojo, September 1997)
Rod Stewart : Me and Woody had a lot of fun in the Faces. It was the ultimate heavy-drinking band. Not because we had a mission in life to be a load of boozers. We were scared shit, and we didn't think we were very good. We were all big drinkers, so that is how we got our image. The truth is, I can't listen to those records. People must hear something I can't hear. The Faces sound so out of tune, so out of time. We never had the musicianship. Individually we were good, but we did not come together as a band. Don't get me wrong, it was a great band to be in. We did so many things. We were the first band to trash a hotel. We were womanizers. We came along at a point when everything was extremely serious.
(Source - unknown)