Happy Birthday Rod Stewart

Roderick David Stewart aka Rod the Mod was born January 10, 1945 somewhere in England. Young Rod loved soccer and music. He thought about becoming a professional soccer player but decided to become a singer since it was easier and he could get drunk and make music.

Sir Roderick David Stewart aka Rod the Mod is one of the best selling artists of all time. With his distinctive raspy voice, and his trademark rooster haircut, Rod took the world by storm with The Jeff Beck Group, The Faces and as a solo artist!

Rod is a big fan of soccer, drinking, birds and playing with model trains. In the early 1960’s Stewart pretended to be interested in nuclear disarmament marches as a way of meeting and bedding down girls.

Rod Stewart – Illustration By Paul King Art

During the 1970’s Rod and The Faces drank their way across the world, and conquered every woman in their path. In December 1975, Ron Wood was on tour with The Faces, when Keith Richards asked him to join The Stones. During a Faces concert at Madison Square Garden in NYC, Woody told Rod Stewart that he would be right back. Woody left and joined The Rolling Stones. Rod Stewart still has no idea what happened.

Maggie May

Did you know ‘Maggie May’ was written about how Rod Stewart lost his virginity to his big boned nanny at age 14. The nanny, ‘Grunhilde’ was 46 at the time, but looked 52. “She was a large buxom woman with a mole on her face and an aching in her heart” said Stewart. “Grunhilde made a man out of me in the woodshed.”

In recent news, Rod was given a great honor. Jann Wenner announced that Rod Stewart’s prostate will be inducted into the Rock n Roll HOF in Cleveland. “That prostate has seen more action than any other” commented Wenner. “That prostate has been going strong for over 50 years and over 50,000 women. It deserves a break and deserves to be honored.” Cheers Rod!