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09.04.2024, 10:00

Wolfie's goes Germany: sipping his whiskey backstage with Rod Stewart

Around four weeks to go until Rod Stewart's European tour kicks off with a concert in Antwerp on 11 May. As is well known, the 79-year-old singer will also be performing numerous concerts in Germany as part of...   mehr

21.02.2024, 14:03

Swing Fever: Rod Stewart and Jools Holland release their first album together

A new swing album is being released, which in itself is not big news. It happens every now and then in the music world. But when this new album is released by Rod Stewart and Jools Holland, it's worth taking a...   mehr

25.01.2024, 14:14

Ranking: The best live albums of all time

The music magazine "Musikexpress" has published a list of the best 100 live albums of all time. Rod Stewart made it to 93rd place with the album "Absolutely Live". The magazine also voted Nirvana's MTV...   mehr

17.01.2024, 10:17

Concert tickets: the secret behind the pricing

The announcement of a tour by our favourite artist regularly sends us into a state of complete ecstasy and anticipation. We have to be there, preferably very close to the stage, in row 1, eagerly awaiting the...   mehr

10.01.2024, 12:32

10 January - the date that connects me to Rod Stewart more than any other

Sharing your birthday with your favourite musician is something special. You experience the day with even more joy because you know that somewhere else the singer you trust is also celebrating his very special...   mehr

08.01.2024, 12:55

An evening at Twickenham railway station changed the music world thanks to Long John Baldry

In the long career of Rod Stewart, there are probably two events that had the greatest impact on his career as one of the world's best singers. One was the day in 1971 when a radio presenter in Cleveland...   mehr

03.01.2024, 11:32

Welcome 2024 - the tour countdown is on

We would like to take this opportunity to wish all our readers and friends a happy, healthy and successful New Year 2024. Many of us spent the New Year with friends and acquaintances, family and colleagues....   mehr

11.12.2023, 11:24

The song that really got everything going: Maggie May

"Wake up Maggie, I think I got something to say to you ...." - With this line of text, long-time Rod Stewart fans immediately know what's coming. The opening of the song MAGGIE MAY is like an anthem at the...   mehr

03.12.2023, 11:02

European Championship kick-off and Leipzig concert: Saxon fans may be expected to be flexible

Football and Rod Stewart belong together like Big Ben and London, like Paris and the Eiffel Tower, like Munich and the Oktoberfest: you can't have one without the other. The now 78-year-old singer has been a...   mehr

27.11.2023, 18:01

Between Rod Stewart and Vladimir Klitchko: Düsseldorf musician Gina Brese tells her story about a legendary performance with Rod Stewart

Who among us hasn't dreamed of being on stage with Rod Stewart and performing a song? Gina Brese, singer, saxophonist and songwriter from Düsseldorf, experienced this dream back in 2015. On 28 November 2015,...   mehr

27.11.2023, 10:38

Album of the week: Tonight I'm Yours (1981)

We all know the feeling. You hear the latest song by your favorite artist on the radio and of course you want to have that record right away. So you run off to the nearest record store .... Oops, sorry, wrong...   mehr

24.11.2023, 09:09

Concert Review: Saying Goodbye to 2023 in Style (by Sue Walton)

The November 22, 2023 was Rod Stewart’s last show of the year at Caesars Palace and in true Rod Stewart fashion he ended on a high note, leaving fans wanting more. Fortunately, “more” will be coming our way...   mehr

23.11.2023, 11:50

Wetten dass.... I'll meet you, Rod?

Next Saturday, the legendary TV show Wetten dass will take place for the last time in Offenburg. Since 1981, Wetten dass has been THE big Saturday evening entertainment programme on German television and has...   mehr

17.11.2023, 11:49

Concert marathon 2024: Will Las Vegas really be the end?

The moment that Rod Stewart fans have always dreaded is getting closer and closer: the singer's departure from the stage. Barring a miracle, 2024 will be the last year in which the now 78-year-old will thrill...   mehr

15.11.2023, 10:04

Rod Stewart: Concert history in Germany

As we all know, Rod Stewart began his unique career in the early 1960s thanks to the legendary Long John Baldry, who listened very carefully to a young man squatting on the floor at a grey and uncomfortable...   mehr

12.11.2023, 13:43

Concert and party review: Rockin' In The Round Hamburg 2007

In the early 2000s, even before Facebook, Twitter & Co, the good old Storyteller was THE forum for Rod Stewart fans in Germany. You could register at the web address www.rod-stewart.de and then post, comment...   mehr

12.11.2023, 13:02

Rod Stewart Tribute: Rud Stewart (If the original obliges you and saves your butt)

He likes to call himself an Englishman who lives in Sweden: Michael Dean, probably better known to most as Rud Stewart, has also lived in Mallorca and has a soft spot for Australia and New Zealand. His great...   mehr

Rod Stewart Tribute: Rob Caudill (When Your Nose Gives You Direction)

Imagine you're at the airport, strolling relaxed through the city or sitting comfortably in a restaurant and all the people around you are staring at you as if you're from another galaxy, or constantly asking you for an autograph. There's no such thing? There is. Except that the man this blog is about is not from another world, nor does he look like a monster on Halloween. We're talking about Rob Caudill, who has a distinctive jawline, a shock of spiky blonde hair and, above all, that nose. A nose that is really only associated with one singer in the music industry - Sir Rod Stewart, and that showed the way for young Rob and set the direction in his career.
When Rob was 17 years old, he heard for the first time that he had a certain resemblance to Stewart. A statement that Caudill has heard over and over again since then and that led him to do what he has done today for many years: He became one of the world's best Rod Stewart impersonators. But first, young Rob started out the way millions of young people on this planet do. He became part of a band, first as a bass player for some local bands, then later with "The Breaks", whose first song "She Wants You" was played up and down on MTV. After a few years and the end of "The Breaks", Rob put together his first own band - "The Willys" quickly became one of the hottest bands in Memphis. Caudill also started working with Joe Walsh of the Eagles and jammed with many others like John Entwhistle of the Who, as well as members of Cheap Trick, Allman Brothers Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Survivor and Red Hot Chili Peppers, to name a few.
In the mid-1990s, however, he found that he could not escape his striking resemblance to Rod Stewart. Joe Walsh advised him at the time to pursue his career as a Rod Stewart tribute. No sooner said than done - and since then Caudill has become one of the best impersonators worldwide. With his band, he has built up a repertoire of over 100 Stewart and Faces songs over the years and tours the world with his show. It's a life little Rob probably never dreamed of in his younger days. ""I have the best job in the world, I earn my living doing something I love," he says again and again.
What does a good Rod Stewart show depend on, we wanted to know? "First and foremost, of course, the voice. You have to have that natural, raspy voice that Rod has," says Rob Caudill. "Then there are a few little things that Rod does as well. Kicking footballs into the audience, twirling the microphone stand through the air every now and then. All things that are almost a trademark of Rod Stewart and that people come to his concerts for."
The talent of the American, who appeared as Rod Stewart impersonator on the 3rd season of the TV show America's Got Talent in 2008, spread even to the closest circle of Rod Stewart himself. Today, the now 60-year-old gets support from time to time from former members of the Rod Stewart band. Recently, Katja Rieckermann, who was lead saxophonist with Stewart from 2001 to 2015, was on stage with Caudill in several shows in the USA.
"Working with Katja is sensational, of course she knows all the songs we play off the top of her head. But on top of that, she's simply one of the best saxophonists in the world, and that gives our show a completely different touch," Caudill enthuses. The collaboration will continue, and both would like to tour Europe together in the foreseeable future. "I haven't had that many gigs in Europe. And I've really played almost all over the world," says Rob. "Once even for the Sultan of Malaysia as part of a wedding. Touring with Katja through her home country Germany and playing the Rod songs, that would really be a dream. I know there are a lot of long-time Rod Stewart fans in Germany who will surely enjoy our show as well." There are no concrete plans yet, but "we are working on it", says Rob.Those who would like to learn more from and about Rob Caudill can do so via the following channels:
Official website: https://www.rodstewartshow.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robcaudill
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@robcaudill1574

30.09.2023, 13:54

My ultimate setlist

There were 60 years of a unique career to work through. If my personal setlist were to be performed, Rod would probably have to be on stage for several days at a stretch. The following list of Rod Stewart and...   mehr

30.09.2023, 12:58

The arenas in Germany

Quarterback Arena in Leipzig Address: Am Sportforum 2, 04105 Leipzig Opening: 11 May 2002 Capacity: 8000 seats Website: https://www.quarterback-immobilien-arena.de The Rod Stewart concert will take...   mehr

27.09.2023, 14:03

Rod Stewart Tribute: Robin Stone

Young Reinhard discovered his love of music when he was still a three-year-old. It all began with a drum kit his father had made himself and the music of the Bee Gees. Today he can look back on a long musical...   mehr

25.09.2023, 14:05

Album of the Week: Foolish Behaviour

Foolish Behaviour is the tenth of 31 studio albums by Sir Rod Stewart and was released on 21 November 1980. The ten songs on the album were recorded at Record Plant Studios and Cherokee Studios in Los Angeles...   mehr

25.09.2023, 09:12

Story: The Faces thrill at their first concert in Germany - "Stewart's voice gives you goosebumps"

Hamburg, 2 December 1970: It's a cloudy day on the Elbe, with rain showers coming down again and again. At seven degrees it is quite cool. Not the kind of weather to chase a dog out the door. And yet, on this...   mehr

24.09.2023, 14:14

Album of the week: TIME - back to the roots

One should never say there is nothing left for a person to do after publishing his autobiography. Rock star Rod Stewart is a prime example in this respect. In 2012, he published his autobiography with the...   mehr

23.09.2023, 14:18

When Georgie Boy Really Pissed Off John Lennon

Without a doubt, ex-Beatle John Lennon, who would be 83 years old today, and Rod Stewart belong to the group of the greatest music stars this planet has ever seen. Both started their careers in the early 60s....   mehr