Have always wanted to do a cover of this iconic Mike d'Abo track (Rod didn't write it, but it's become synonymous with Stewart for sure over the years) Dig Mike, Dig Rod! This version is the OG glam country rock number.
glam
sixties
stewart
schneider
d abo
Story behind the song
Rod's a brilliant artist (we've seen him live) and he, Bowie, the Stones, Wings and Alice Cooper were the acts who would release new music that Id be anticipating growing up in the mid to late seventies (can't count Lennon in during this period as he was MIA, baking bread...having said this I wore the grooves out on Shaved Fish & Rock and Roll, which was more than enough genius to see out that 5 year hiatus). We would all await their next release and I'd be on my pushie to the record bar to get whatever new one I had ordered (very civilised and no need for digital anything, lol - you'd talk to the assistant and theyd tell you when the release date was scheduled after they'd found out from the music rep and then theyd call you on the landline (it sat in the hall on a small table) to tell you it was there and off youd go..like so very uncomplicated...
Lyrics
so what becomes of you my love when they have finally stripped you of the handbags and the gladrags that your grandad had to sweat so you could buy...