Every Picture Tells a Story is the third album by Rod Stewart, released in the middle of 1971. It incorporates hard rock, folk, and blues styles. It went to number one on both the UK and U.S. charts and finished third in the Pazz & Jop critics’ poll for best album of 1971. It has been an enduring critical success, including a number 172 ranking on Rolling Stone magazine’s 2003 list of the 500 greatest albums of all time and inclusion in both 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2005) and 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (2008). (More from Wikipedia)
Additionally, Pete Sears of the Sons of Fred has been a prominent session bass guitarist and keyboard player for more than four decades. He played on four early Rod Stewart solo albums, including the classic Every Picture Tells a Story (the album that includes Rod’s mega-hit “Maggie May”), plus Gasoline Alley, Never a Dull Moment, and Smiler. Pete Sears has also worked with Steamhammer, Stoneground, Long John Baldry, Los Lobos, and three of the founding members of the Grateful Dead: Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, and Phil Lesh.
(March 2014/2)
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Rod Stewart did some of his best work with Faces, and his first big hit as a solo artist, “Maggie May” (from Rod’s excellent solo album Every Picture Tells a Story) was released during the height of his time in the band.
(April 2014)
