45 years ago, in 1970, Rod Stewart released this second solo record, Gasoline Alley. Classic tunes like “Cut Across Shorty,” “It’s All Over Now” and the title track make this Stewart’s first great solo record, delivering on the promise of 1969′s An Old Raincoat Won’t Ever Let You Down and setting the stage for Every Picture Tells a Story and the massive success of the song “Maggie May.” Of course, in the early 1970′s it was hard to tell the difference between Rod’s songs with the Faces and his solo tunes which often featured members of the Faces listed in their credits. With that in mind, let’s celebrate Gasoline Alley with a Faces show at the Marquee in London in the year of its release…
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