You want my body and you think I’m sexy come Su let me know it’s Sunday morning on CBS and here again is Mo Rocca that’s just one of the many hits that put Rod Stewart in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice now he’s exploring another musical genre that has
Him with the help of a friend back in the swing here’s Mark Phillips here we go it’s a rare and beautiful thing when two passions shared by two people come together so happily look at that Chicago Detroit New York and when the results produce two kinds of
Fun rod Stewart Rock star Legend trains train trains trains and model train Enthusiast Jools Holland big band leader and model train Enthusiast the bigger the room the more happy it will make you how much of this did you actually build W I’d say 75%
Of it nearly all the buildings anyway it turns out Rod called Jools a while back back to talk about trains and maybe arrange a play date and this happened rod and jools decided to get together to make an album of old swing era Jazz Classics
From the 30s and 40s what a day has been what a rare mood I’m in what it’s all most the old rocker meets the oldies but goodies and they shot this little teaser video at a London train station
Naturally we were very aware of each other’s love of model railroads don’t you laugh people yeah when we meet up with each other to talk about music is always trains first so what’s happened with your layout well I’m building this and then we get right okay down to the
Music but I think we should keep it all this on track I’m getting a signal from over there and there’s a lot of platforms this is going to go out stor it also turned out that when
They finally got to the music they were yes on the same track actually I think maybe the first one was oh marie actually yep Y and I said well it’s like Jerry Lee Lewis and it’s like you
Know Mar oh Mar I long it to be it to be in your m in your w w yeah see the connection between 50s rock and roll and swing is very very close they they they they merge into each other there’s a couple of tracks on the album tracks track very close to
Rock and roll in fact they are rock and roll it’s in your face show your and Rod should know since his breakthrough hit Maggie May in 1971 Rod has sold more than 120 million records and a career that has spanned six decades and is still going he’s not
Only a Survivor from the age of rock he’s a knight of the realm Sir Rock you want my body and you think I’m sexy come I let me know that distinctive look and sound somehow hasn’t grown
Old or too old the spiky hair the raspy I’ve been out all night voice they were choices he made you know I worked on it I I wanted to sound like Sam Cooke and all the great great
R&B singers and this is how it came out it wasn’t for Sam Cooke it wouldn’t be a Rod Stewart maybe so you worked on that that kind of raspy almost hoarsey no I didn’t I didn’t you try to make it
Really rasp it’s just the way it came out it’s something to do with my nose and my throat and it’s just a big accident in fact you know I’ve got a broken nose here that I did when I was
19 when I was playing football and recently a doctor said you if we straighten this out let me give you a nice straight nose you made you lose your voice it don’t touch it you know leave
That Al mate I I’ll do with a bent nose the point was not to look in sound like everybody else I am sa I am sa home again cross the sea yet the Rod Stewart act that now seems so iconic was not in
The beginning an easy oh blimy yeah yeah the first time I went to a record company it was Decca records way back I was on 19 and I said you’re far too rough and you look really odd
Cuz I had a hair and a nose and but you know they were all after pretty boys pretty little boys you know singers you were the kind of antithesis of the Pretty Boy rocker at the time me no I the anti you were the opposite the opposite yeah yeah yeah yeah but deliberately
Yeah yeah well look at his face what else could I have been but a rock singer a rock singer who for decades led a legendary rock and roll life it may be eight children from five different
Mothers later and he may be 79 years old but don’t ask him if he’s slowing down no I’m not winding down sh are you speeding up no I’m not speeding up I’m just I mean I’ve got 6 60 odd
Concerts this year not time for the pipe and slipper club yet you know everybody seems to hit a point where they say all right kind of enough’s enough it’s been fun no not at all it
It it’s a drug it’s addictive in a way to get up and sing in front of you know 5 10 20,000 people every night send them all home happy smiling it’s wonderful what job I don’t want to give it
Up time it rains it rains and it’s from Heaven not give it up but mellow it out maybe swing with the time how has life changed for you how made my sex life for instance want to bring it
Up well I’ve been happily married now for um how many years 2007 I got married worked out for me years I’ve been happily married I’ve got a wonderful woman wonderful children so I’ve slowed
Down in that respect if you know what I mean so I paid 4 and 1/2 million this and half million pound worth they are they’re actually going now for 7 and 8 million Rod now lives on his English country estate with his family his Ferrari and his Lamborghini now people may think it’s
Mad spend that money on a car but it’s a great investment it’s like buying a house that moves when when you buy a car it’s like buying a house when the rest of us buy a car it’s like buying
A car very lucky but then I’ve got an amazing talent you haven’t that’s right um take it away job an amazing talent that’s still rolling along like his trains goodbye everybody thank you for coming bye
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