Rod Stewart: Every Picture Tells A Story
John Mendelsohn, Rolling Stone, 8 July 1971
HE HAS IT IN him, has Rod Stewart, to save a lot of souls, to rescue those of us who are too old for Grand Funk, but not old enough for those adorable McCartneys, from being nearly consummately bored with the current rock and roll scene.
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