A voice gravelly with so much character, and Rod makes it look effortless. Then the man commands the stage, makes the effort to connect with his audience, and the shrieks of exuberance - a legend!
God I love UA-cam......I was at this show, and here I am checking out the whole damn thing 35 years later! I was eighteen years old and high as a kite....what a great night.
I saw the Hot Leggs Tour in Louisville Kentucky at Freedom Hall Rod was awesome he gave me a night I have never forgotten Thanks Rod and GOD bless JIMMIE D in KY.
Now these are the performances I love to watch. Rod is actually smiling from ear to ear as he does what he does best, entertaining his audience while enjoying being on stage and showing off 😘😘😘
I LOVE all of Rod’s music, but my all time fav song is on this concert, and the very song that made me a fan since i was 10 years old! If lovin you is wrong!! Best Rod song ever! ❤️
He was and is a showman. I saw him this same year in Birmingham, AL. Most impressive concert I had every been to. So thankful he had the foresight to record this. It's a national treasure. Love you Rod then and now!
I saw this line up at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne, Australia. Best line up and Phil Chen is a great pocket bass player, coming out to shine when needed. That is the sign of someone on top of his craft.
Rod and Da ya think I am sexy were HUGE late 78 to about March of 79. How that dreck by the knack beat Da ya think...for the top song of 1979 just shows the disco backlash. Like another comment says being around music at this time was a great time indeed. We will never get artists like this again.
I've heard so many groups try to do it. Exactly what Rod's doing right now as the whole arena is singing each word exactly as it should be to sung he's singing. Rumor has it. He was too drunk and forgot the lines and so the audience would sing those verses Yet. All in all I have to say Rod Stewart's the only one that really got full 100% participation from his audiences. Today. People just still try to do it but they never measure up. How much enthusiasm and the memory that these audiences knew all the words to all the songs. I'll just have tried but only Rod Stewart really succeed in that area. Why I have no idea?
The 1st time I saw RS was on this tour. Love him or hate him, this is a dramatic show opener into a great rocking tune! Unfortunately, this was the highlight! I saw him in Philadelphia. Instead of singing You'll Wear It Well, they played "Do ya Think I'm Sexy," TWICE! I never forgave him for it
It would take 10 more years for me to watch the amazing Rod show...meanwhile, this is the time tracklist 00:00 Classic Rod Intro: The Stripper 01:06 Hot Legs 06:25 Tonight's The Night (It's Gonna Be Alright) 10:39 Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? 17:17 I Just Want to Make Love to You (Rolling Stones cover) 21:55 Blondes Have More Fun 25:56 Maggie May 32:00 If Loving You Is Wrong I Don't Want to Be Right 37:45 Wild Side Of Life 42:32 You're In My Heart (Final Acclaim) 46:55 Sweet Little Rock N Roller 51:07 Stay With Me (The Faces song) 55:42 Twisting The Night Away
Saw this show in Detroit. If i remember right when they did stay with me Rod was kicking soccer balls out into the crowd. Great show. Would have loved to see the Faces tour A nod is as good as a wink....I was a little young.
Had a great backing band at the time. Pretty amusing how Phil Chen (Bass) and Rod sang Hot Legs together on his mike and how the way Phil Chen and Billy Peek (Guitar). Sang along with Rod on Sweet Little Rock And Roller. Gary Grainger(Guitar) only sang with Rod on the song Wild Side Of Life. Jim Cregan (Guitar) and Carmine Appice (Drums) did most of the backup singing.
Rock on.. :-) As a fan of yours. It´s been great to follow every of your steps. Remember when your trucks got stuck in the snow in Norway. You just requstested a new one. Loaded the most important stuff onto the new one. Yup you was half an hour late on stage. But there was ALSO free bar of champagne in the lobby for 2000 people when you took a brake.. To keep the party going. :-) Thank´s
Thank you so much for this, I taped it off the telly onto VHS many years ago and must be 15 years since I've watched this great show. Got to see Rod at Birmingham NEC either 81 or 82.
Saw this show at Madison Square Garden. I remember the crowd booing when the lights went on right after this one hour set. No encore, nothing extra, just one hour of music.
Had Enough man I'm not trying to top your story but I saw Faces 1974 and they played exactly 50 minutes and BAM up go the lights. I was a huge Faces fan and I was like WTF? still a big fan but boy was that ever a short show
In all fairness. The amount of energy he puts into performing coupled with hitting all of the promotional events, researching the area in order to interject local interest into your set, practice, warm up, sound check, tour bus repair, bailing roadies out of jail so you can skip town, etc. He put out a lot of value for a one hour performance.
I was there, not shure if it was that exact night because he sold out 2 or 3 nights, but for sure that tour at the forum. I loved the sound quality, the stage, etc.
was there all nights - last night center 5th row - got my good camera in on my ex's pregnant tummy. later showed the photos to his manager. AND he is still going and great.
My/our generation (over 45ish to under 65ish) is/was so blessed to live through an era of amazing bands and personalities...I mean can anyone name 3 current relevant bands or personalities that can fill arenas night after night...and no you cant use the Stones or Springsteen or the Who...see my point...
A voice gravelly with so much character, and Rod makes it look effortless. Then the man commands the stage, makes the effort to connect with his audience, and the shrieks of exuberance - a legend!
I’m Sitting here thinking how did he make that voice sound so magical 🤯
RIP to bassist Phil Chen. Passed away today from cancer at age 75. Thanks 😊 for the lifetime memories.
This is the Rod Stewart that I miss!
This is The Rod Stewart Band I want to remember !
St. Louis' own Billy Peek on the Flying V..... I've been playing bass with Billy for over 20 years now and He's still Rockin' !
Rod at his best. This is his greatest band he ever had.
@@ThreeSixNineNatureamazing how few get this unfgbelievable
… apart from THE FACES 😉
God I love UA-cam......I was at this show, and here I am checking out the whole damn thing 35 years later! I was eighteen years old and high as a kite....what a great night.
spd13062 imagined my self 35 years later what would i remember ?
spd13062 i was there as well. What a hot night!
What venue is it? I want to know and it is hard to tell!
Lucky you
Erin Wolfe The Forum, Los Angeles
Without a doubt, one of the best 5 rock frontmen of all times. Charisma and attitude, with a voice no-one can even match.
No arguments here...
Right up there with Mick Jagger ....
I think one of the things about Rod that I love... seeking to be good, but a sense of humor about himself
He was horrible on this night I was there
I'm jealous Melody Mains! Rod is one of my faves, but just about the only R&R star I haven't seen!
I saw the Hot Leggs Tour in Louisville Kentucky at Freedom Hall Rod was awesome he gave me a night I have never forgotten Thanks Rod and GOD bless
JIMMIE D in KY.
Now these are the performances I love to watch. Rod is actually smiling from ear to ear as he does what he does best, entertaining his audience while enjoying being on stage and showing off 😘😘😘
Damn this man can sing !!!
Carmine appice is absolutely phenomenal!!
The craziest pockets ever
Besides the Faces this was Rod's best band.
I love You Roderick David Stewart ❣️ from Indiana USA Woohoo next to Ohio Midwest of USA !❤️💞❤️💞❤️💞❤️
Rod wow
Who is still here 2021? Damn got to love the vibes the enegry. What great times.
Rod s great voice along with great guitar work make this fantastic!
What a great way to open a show. HOT LEGS!
Seen Rod live 3 times (80's). The man is a legend. This concert is great......he's great!......luv ya Rod :)
I have seen them all literally ..Rod stacked up with the greatest of the greats
I love watching all his videos and listening to his music
Rod performing always loving and so fabulous, fantastic 👉👍💜💓💙💘😍😍😍👉⭐⭐⭐🎸🎸🎸
Percy Sledge would be proud of how you sing his song If Loving you is wrong."
He is one of my favorite singer! he is amazing
I love the man .....the best of this. music. My Dream. ...... to do. ..love with. You....Dream......
I love Carmine’s drumming so much. Groove central.
100%. People with ears know
Rod Stewart humping the stage gets this old heart of mine pumping!
Rod is the man.... Put on quite a show...
Just superbly performed...this is when everyone in a band is major league talent.
I love him I love him I LOVE HIM
I LOVE all of Rod’s music, but my all time fav song is on this concert, and the very song that made me a fan since i was 10 years old! If lovin you is wrong!! Best Rod song ever! ❤️
Philip Chen !!! the bass man
At kunne være på toppen!!! I så mange år beviser bare, han er den bedste!!! I love Rod
He was and is a showman. I saw him this same year in Birmingham, AL. Most impressive concert I had every been to. So thankful he had the foresight to record this. It's a national treasure. Love you Rod then and now!
Rod stewart ...big front-man in all of time
I saw this line up at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne, Australia. Best line up and Phil Chen is a great pocket bass player, coming out to shine when needed. That is the sign of someone on top of his craft.
Rod Stewart’s best musical lineup ever!👏👏👏
Spoken from true ignorance
I was at this show! SO glad I can re-live it thanks to youtube!
2 guitars, a great rhythm section and an awesome voice, what's not to love?
It’s cool getting to see behind the curtain before the show starts.
Rod and Da ya think I am sexy were HUGE late 78 to about March of 79. How that dreck by the knack beat Da ya think...for the top song of 1979 just shows the disco backlash. Like another comment says being around music at this time was a great time indeed. We will never get artists like this again.
I WAS THERE , GREAT SHOW
This was such a HOT concert!! WOWZA
I had this on video after it was on TV so long ago. Wonderful to see this again.
thank you!
I've heard so many groups try to do it. Exactly what Rod's doing right now as the whole arena is singing each word exactly as it should be to sung he's singing. Rumor has it. He was too drunk and forgot the lines and so the audience would sing those verses Yet. All in all I have to say Rod Stewart's the only one that really got full 100% participation from his audiences. Today. People just still try to do it but they never measure up. How much enthusiasm and the memory that these audiences knew all the words to all the songs. I'll just have tried but only Rod Stewart really succeed in that area. Why I have no idea?
I saw this concert in NC & got so excited over Rod that I passed out.
The 1st time I saw RS was on this tour. Love him or hate him, this is a dramatic show opener into a great rocking tune! Unfortunately, this was the highlight! I saw him in Philadelphia. Instead of singing You'll Wear It Well, they played "Do ya Think I'm Sexy," TWICE! I never forgave him for it
Hahahahaha....
Thats the craziest thing I have ever heard!
He’s stoned out of his mind here so ….🙄
I have seen him about 10x and he was like this most of them. One of my favorites. So much fun!
His voice is thrashed
I remember watching this on laser disc. Its one of my fondest memories!!! Had to be in the early 80's... dam this makes me feel old...
AAAAAAH NOOOOO IT WAS 1979 It will NEVER BE THE 80s lol
It would take 10 more years for me to watch the amazing Rod show...meanwhile, this is the time tracklist
00:00 Classic Rod Intro: The Stripper
01:06 Hot Legs
06:25 Tonight's The Night (It's Gonna Be Alright)
10:39 Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?
17:17 I Just Want to Make Love to You (Rolling Stones cover)
21:55 Blondes Have More Fun
25:56 Maggie May
32:00 If Loving You Is Wrong I Don't Want to Be Right
37:45 Wild Side Of Life
42:32 You're In My Heart (Final Acclaim)
46:55 Sweet Little Rock N Roller
51:07 Stay With Me (The Faces song)
55:42 Twisting The Night Away
Gracias
THE 1970s BABY ,, BEST DECADE EVER ,,
"I just want to make love to you" is a cover of Muddy Waters, even if the Stones covered it too ;)
@@MontgomeryGrant if anything the stones cover rod hehe
You rule! !! Thank you.
epic concert, big band!
ROD IS THE MAN!
rock'n'roll!!!
I think there may only be 5 guys at this show..Rod's the man..
I remember taking my girlfriend to see Rod in 1979. My ears rang for three weeks. The screams from the women were deafening. 😁
No wonder theres a big smile on his face.........20,000 women screaming for him. I'm pretty sure Heaven isn't even like that
I saw this tour in Chicago. Good show.
THANK YOU for sharing this GEM! Rod at his late 70's Peak! Looks like 37 people are in desperate need of hearing aids!
Billy Peek is rocking it
Amazing show, Thanks.
son album "absolutely live" est un chef d'œuvre, un vrai rockeur et un vrai grand artiste, j'adore depuis que je suis gosse ;
god I love him
Amazing xxxxx Your in my heart your in my soul xxxxxxx forever young
best band he ever had
I'm guessing you never saw the Jeff Beck Group.....One of the best concerts I ever saw..
@Personal Email Ease up man. This is a top notch band. Carmine Appice is one of the greats. This band is great.
Just love him and the songs
Saw this show in Detroit. If i remember right when they did stay with me Rod was kicking soccer balls out into the crowd. Great show. Would have loved to see the Faces tour A nod is as good as a wink....I was a little young.
A classic! Thanks!
Thanks for the upload, I saw him 4/29/79 in Cincinnati it was my 13th birthday, first real area show. Have seen him 5 times total
I love Rod!
Great 👍 😅
Had a great backing band at the time. Pretty amusing how Phil Chen (Bass) and Rod sang Hot Legs together on his mike and how the way Phil Chen and Billy Peek (Guitar). Sang along with Rod on Sweet Little Rock And Roller. Gary Grainger(Guitar) only sang with Rod on the song Wild Side Of Life. Jim Cregan (Guitar) and Carmine Appice (Drums) did most of the backup singing.
Saw Rod Stewart on this tour at the Cow Palace, same set list as this one at the Forum, great show.
Saw many shows in that barn but not Rod. I can picture it though.
First time for me amazing. What a performer, high energy
Phil Chen on bass, what a cool dude!!!
Thanks so much for sharing this post . I love it ! Wonderful memories will always linger and be treasured.
I saw this tour in Houston. Great memories. Still have this on VHS
Rock on.. :-)
As a fan of yours.
It´s been great to follow every of your steps.
Remember when your trucks got stuck in the snow in Norway.
You just requstested a new one. Loaded the most important stuff onto the new one.
Yup you was half an hour late on stage.
But there was ALSO free bar of champagne in the lobby for 2000 people when you took a brake.. To keep the party going. :-)
Thank´s
Thank you so much for this, I taped it off the telly onto VHS many years ago and must be 15 years since I've watched this great show.
Got to see Rod at Birmingham NEC either 81 or 82.
Si mon amie a écouter toujours
Thank you for sharing this! I used to have it on video but it got lost in a move....
Saw this show at Madison Square Garden. I remember the crowd booing when the lights went on right after this one hour set. No encore, nothing extra, just one hour of music.
Had Enough man I'm not trying to top your story but I saw Faces 1974 and they played exactly 50 minutes and BAM up go the lights. I was a huge Faces fan and I was like WTF? still a big fan but boy was that ever a short show
In all fairness. The amount of energy he puts into performing coupled with hitting all of the promotional events, researching the area in order to interject local interest into your set, practice, warm up, sound check, tour bus repair, bailing roadies out of jail so you can skip town, etc. He put out a lot of value for a one hour performance.
Un concierto cojonudo. De lo mejor de Rod Stewart en su tinta. Además he was born the same day of me, the 10 of january.
Dude I can feel the sound of the clubs in this show
I was there, not shure if it was that exact night because he sold out 2 or 3 nights, but for sure that tour at the forum. I loved the sound quality, the stage, etc.
was there all nights - last night center 5th row - got my good camera in on my ex's pregnant tummy. later showed the photos to his manager. AND he is still going and great.
My/our generation (over 45ish to under 65ish) is/was so blessed to live through an era of amazing bands and personalities...I mean can anyone name 3 current relevant bands or personalities that can fill arenas night after night...and no you cant use the Stones or Springsteen or the Who...see my point...
rod at his best and his best band by far
+John Richardson Whoa what??? What about before he moved to America? I loved that band.
lol I think the Faces was a pretty good band.
Thanks so much for the upload!
He is the best! Long live to Rod’n’roll !
Awesome! Thank you very much for sharing! :)
I had this recorded on Betamax video. Great gig
A real singer.
RIP Phil Chen.
RODERICK DAVID STEWART MI IDOLO DE JOVEN!!! BELLOS RECUERDOS!!!
Great post !
Glad I found this channel.thank you.
The Greatest 💙
Sei un grande rod!
que energia y dominio del escenario!!!!! un icono
The best music
Al fin encontre este video, gracias!!! por subirlo!!!!!
Rod all night
Full artist!!!!!!!!!
During the Faces with woody he was totally cool costumewise, here he is dressed up glamrock 5 years past.
He's a Legend singer and he's so sexy.My FOREVER YOUNG at HEART.