by Rod Stewart
Korner, Alexis 47
Lamb, Nate 307–8
Lampard, Frank 158
Lancaster, Graham 317, 319–20
Lancaster, Oliver 317
Lancaster, Penny: life with Rod 70, 108, 156, 157, 224, 310, 311–21, 335, 340, 342–3; appearance and character 311, 312, 314–15; career 311, 316–17, 343; family 312–13, 317; children 317, 319, 321, 327; marriage 321–2, 344
Lancaster, Sally 319–20, 320–21
Lane, Ronnie: with the Faces 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 131, 132, 133, 144, 145; songwriting 125; character 127; relations with Rod 127, 144, 145–6, 148; cars 128; leaves the Faces 146, 147, 204; illness 146, 148
Lansdowne Road, London 112
Las Vegas 37, 170, 342
Law, Denis 154, 164, 338
Lazar, Irving ‘Swifty’ 208
Le Mesurier, Robin 206, 232–3
LeBrock, Kelly 252–3
Led Zeppelin 63, 88, 92, 93, 135
Lee, Ric 92
Lee, Tommy 326
Leeds United Football Club 139, 154
legends and lies: V2 attack at birth 6; apprentice footballer 16–17; gravedigger 21; love affair with President Ford’s daughter 175; stomach-pumping after gay bar visit 232; lookalikes and impostors 276–8
Leith 8
Lennon, John, Imagine 121
Lennon, Neil 157
Lerner and Loewe, ‘I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face’ 333, 348, 355
Linhart, Buzzy 90
Little Richard, ‘The Girl Can’t Help It’ 113
Little Spotty (horse) 165
Little Walter 56
Lloyd-Webber, Andrew, Baron 224
Lloyd’s of London (insurance market) 288
Logue, Patrick ‘Boiler’ 264–5, 340
Long Beach 162
Long Player 130, 359
lookalikes and impostors 276–8
Loren, Sophia 163, 164
Los Angeles: Carolwood Drive 69, 186–7, 194, 210, 218, 219, 238–9, 240, 269, 299; Bumbles club 160; Whisky a Go Go club 161; Troubadour club 179, 182; Forum 180, 219, 230, 272; Hollywood Bowl 180; Doheny Drive 186; Le Dôme restaurant 187–8, 305; Playboy Club 208; L’Ermitage restaurant 217; Cedars-Sinai Hospital 221, 255, 304–5; Record Plant Studios 228, 257–8, 260; Cock ’n Bull pub 231, 241; Roxbury club 274, 279–80; Peninsular Hotel 281–2; Universal Music Studios 296; St Regis Hotel 335–6; see also Bel Air; Beverly Park
Los Angeles Exiles (football team) 17, 188, 231, 241–3, 246, 284
‘Lost in You’ 260, 351
Loughton, Essex 311–12
LSD (acid) 168
Lumley, Joanna 177–9
Luton 28
Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday (film) 10
Macari, Lou 158
McCann, Fergus 156
McCartney, (Sir) Paul 109, 173, 295; ‘Maybe I’m Amazed’ 133, 359
McCluskey, George 154
MacColl, Ewan, ‘Dirty Old Town’ 113, 155, 347
McEnroe, John 239
McFly (band) 137
McGeady, Aiden 157
McGuire, Barry, ‘Eve of Destruction’ 80
Mackay, Peter 264–5, 319–20
McLagan, Ian (Mac): at Eel Pie Island 48; with the Small Faces 85; and Rod’s solo albums 111, 119; with the Faces 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 131, 134, 145, 147, 198; relations with Rod 127, 144, 145, 147, 148, 285; cars 128; songwriting 128, 198; drugs 139
McLaren, Malcolm 199
MacLeod, Ally 150
MacMillan, Steve 261
McNeill, Billy 158
Macpherson, Elle 279, 284
McQueen, Steve 180
Mad Harry (driver) 51–2, 55
Madonna, ‘Like a Virgin’ 212
‘Maggie May’ 25, 105, 109, 111–12, 115, 120–21, 143–4, 166, 176, 191, 296, 341, 344, 347, 357, 358
Malcolm (assistant) 69, 239, 279
Malibu 182, 220, 241
Man with the Golden Gun, The (film) 180
Manchester 214; Twisted Wheel club 50–51, 72; Free Trade Hall 154
Manchester United Football Club 154
‘Mandolin Wind’ 120, 146, 296, 344, 347, 358
Manhattan Beach 241
Manor House, London 53–4
Marquee Club, London 54, 55, 59, 72, 73, 112
Marriot, Steve 123–4, 125, 126, 127, 128
Marsden, Beryl 79
Martha and the Vandellas 74, 89
Martin, (Sir) George 120
Marvin, Lee 195
Masquerade (TV series) 240
Matlock, Glen 200
Mayfield, Curtis, ‘People Get Ready’ 98, 99
MC5 133
Meek, Joe 43–4
Melly, George 43
Melody Maker (newspaper) 85, 119
Mercury, Freddie 172, 193, 213, 266
Mercury Records 100, 104, 109, 110, 117, 144
Meyers, Kara 236–8, 248
Miami 192, 195, 317
Miller, Kenny 157
Milligan, Spike 60
Mills, (Sir) John 172
Milwaukee 136
miming 75, 144
Minnelli, Liza 218
Model Railroader (magazine) 67
model railroads 13, 67–70, 164, 341
mods 31, 38, 54–5
Money, Zoot 54
Monte Carlo 272
Moon, Keith 84, 88, 169–70
Moontrekkers 44
Moore, Dudley 187, 188
Morgan Studios, London 118
Morrison, Jim 91
Morrison, Van, ‘Have I Told You Lately’ 297, 352
Moscow 327
Most, Mickie 82–4, 88, 93, 110
‘Motown Returns to the Apollo’ (show) 89
MTV 294–5; Unplugged 295–7, 357–8; Video Music Awards 295
Munich 292
Murdoch, Rupert 227, 237, 247
Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, Alabama 189–90
Muswell Hill 14, 23, 105, 118, 283
‘My Heart Can’t Tell You No’ 261, 351
Nassau 284
National Gallery, London 222
Never a Dull Moment 122, 348
New Musical Express 91, 197
New Yardbirds, The 88
New York 89–91, 92, 94, 97–8, 144–5, 162, 194, 236, 247–8; JFK Airport 98, 237–8; Madison Square Garden 144, 342; Ritz Hotel 254–5; Radio City Music Hall 295; Sony Studios 336
New York Post 194, 248
New York Times 91
New Zealand 301
Newcastle University 52
Newfoundland 202–3
Newport Jazz Festival 98
Newton-John, Olivia 187
Nibb, Derek 93
Nicholson, Jack 218, 239
Night on the Town, A 183, 191–3, 198, 204, 293, 349
Nilsson, Harry 332
Niven, David Jnr 219
Nod Is As Good As a Wink . . . to a Blind Horse, A 130, 359
North Finchley 12, 21, 27
nuclear weapons 28, 29
Nureyev, Rudolf 197
O2 Arena, London 342
Obama, Barack 36
O’Connor, Des 60
O’Connor, Gary 340
Odyssey, ‘Native New Yorker’ 211
Old Raincoat Won’t Ever Let You Down, An (album) 100, 110–117, 347
‘Old Raincoat Won’t Ever Let You Down, An’ (song) 114, 116, 347
‘Ole Ola’ (Scotland World Cup song) 150, 152
Olympia, London 215
Olympic Studios, London 112
O’Neal, Ryan 218
O’Neill, Martin 156
Ooh La La 130, 145, 359
oral sex: Rod advised against 58; untrue stories of 232
Orbison, Roy 85
Orpington 87, 89
Ostin, Mo and Michael 333
Out of Order 37, 260–61, 351–2
Oval cricket ground, London 142
Page, Jimmy 82, 88, 92, 98
palimony 195
Palladium, London 75–6, 109
; Palm Beach 31, 300–301, 342
Palmer, Dave 308
Palmer, Robert 259
Pampers (nappies) commercial 270
Pan’s People 143
Paris 30, 32, 165, 171, 236, 320–21
Parkinson, (Sir) Michael 16
‘Passion’ 257, 295, 350
Pearson, Kenneth 24, 30
Peck, Gregory and Veronique 219
Peck, M. Scott, The Road Less Travelled 301
Peek, Billy 204, 205
Peel, John 135, 144, 165, 198
penises: plaster casts of 95–6; drawings of 136–7
Pepsi commercial 270–71
Perry, Richard 332–3, 334–5
Phillips, Randy 259
Pickett, Wilson 73, 80, 89
Pink Floyd 187
Pinter, Harold 91
Plant, Robert 92, 135
Plaster Casters 95–6, 97
Playboy (magazine) 161, 208, 339
Plumber, Mrs (history teacher) 14
Polaroid cameras 140–41
political protests 28–9
Ponti, Carlo 164
Pope, Roger 72
poppers (amyl nitrate) 210
Porter, Cole 330
Portfolio (film) 235
Portland Hospital, London 293–4
Portsmouth: Rendezvous Club 56
Powell, Jimmy 44–5, 49
pranks 136–7, 141, 201–4, 206–7, 250, 264–5, 265, 323, 325
Pre-Raphaelite movement 222–3, 224, 314
Presley, Elvis 93, 112, 119, 121, 239
Prince, Viv 84
Prince’s Trust (charity) 315
progressive rock 131
Pudding (dog) 86
Puerto Banús 178–9
Puerto Rico 284
Pugh, Martin 112
punk rock 197–200, 212
Pussy Galore (cat) 164
Pye Records 72
QE2 (liner) 183
Queen (band) 172, 193, 266
Quittenton, Martin 112, 120
Raiders, The 43–4
railroads, model 13, 67–70, 164, 341
Ramone, Phil 335
Ramsay, Gordon 17, 21
Ramsgate 9
Rangers Football Club 17, 21, 157
Ready Steady Go! (TV programme) 64–6, 75
Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles 228, 257–8, 260
Redding, Otis 74, 75, 80, 86, 189, 190
Rediffusion Studios, London 64–5
Reed, Jimmy 61, 86
Reeves, Martha 74, 89
Reid, John 167
Reizner, Lou 100, 110, 111, 117, 119
Relf, Keith 46
Rep, Johnny 152
‘Rhythm of My Heart’ 286, 286–7
Richards, Keith 46, 165, 173
Richmond 21, 178; Athletic Club 41, 74; Crawdaddy Club 41, 73; The Wick 172–4
Rio de Janeiro 213, 265–6, 297–8
Riva Records 233
Roanoke, North Carolina 146
Robinson, Smokey 89
Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Fame 148–9
Rock in Rio festival 265–6
Rodgers and Hart 330
Rojas, Carmine 265, 296, 308, 311
Rolling Stone (magazine) 67, 119, 263, 269, 277
Rolling Stones 46, 61, 73, 109, 130, 147, 198, 205, 298; at Eel Pie Island 43; at London Palladium 75, 76; ‘It’s All Over Now’ 58, 118; ‘Miss You’ 211; ‘Street Fighting Man’ 113, 347
Ross, Diana 89
Rotten, Johnny 197
Rowlands, John 59–61, 64, 71
Royal National Institute of Blind People 344
Ruffin, David 74, 134
Rundgren, Todd 208
Rylands, Jenny 75
‘Sailing’ 191, 257, 261, 295, 348, 357
St James’s Palace 344
St Tropez 78–9, 325
Sam & Dave 190
San Diego 232, 328
San Francisco 90, 118, 196
Santa Margherita, Italy 321–2
Saunders, Pete 102
Savigar, Kevin 205, 206–7, 261, 296
Scotland football team 21, 141; Scotland v. England matches 20–21, 153, 244–5, 267, 342; World Cup 150–52, 234
Second World War 5–7, 251, 337
Seignac, Guillaume 223
Sellers, Peter 181
Sellers, Victoria 181, 187, 194, 215
Seven Sisters Road, London 23
Sewell, Alan (‘Big Al’) 2–3, 155, 158, 302, 312
Sex Pistols 197–8, 199
Sex Police 201–7
Shaffer, James ‘Munky’ 326
‘Shake’ 80
Shand Kydd (wallpaper company) 21, 26
‘She Won’t Dance With Me’ 294, 350, 357
Sheffield 287, 289–90
Shinn, Don 71
Shoreham 30
Shotgun Express 79
Shrimpton, Chrissie 43
Simon, Carly, ‘You’re So Vain’ 332
Simone, Nina 74
Simpson, Alan 60
Simpson, Ricky 158, 271, 272, 280, 283
Simpson, Ronnie 158
Sinatra, Frank 113, 209, 335
Sinatra, Frank Jnr 67
Sinatra, Tina 209–210, 217
Singapore 159
Singer Bowl Music Festival 92–3
skiffle 14, 44
Slade 143
Sly and the Family Stone 94
Small Faces 74, 85, 123–6, 127, 128, 135, 148; see also Faces
Smiler 111, 122, 166, 333, 348
Smith, Jimmy 73
Smith, Joe 199–200
Songbook album series 330–37, 341, 353–5, 356
Soul Agents, The 71–2
Soulbook 356
Southampton 71
Southend-on-Sea 318
Spain 30, 108, 178–9, 234, 254, 339
Spanner in the Works, A 1, 332, 352
speedway 10
spiritualism 234–5
Sports Illustrated (magazine) 247, 284
Sports Illustrated’s Super Shape-Up (fitness video) 279
Spotty (horse) 165
Springfield, Dusty 33, 51, 189
Stallone, Sylvester 274
Stardust 337, 354
Stargroves, Hampshire 299, 300
Steamhammer 112
Steampacket 72–9, 81, 84, 110, 167, 277; The First Supergroup 361
Steele, Tommy 59–60
Stein, Jock 155, 158
steroids 268, 287, 288–90
Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel 204
Stevens, Cat, ‘The First Cut is the Deepest’ 193, 199, 349, 358
Stewart, Aiden (Rod’s son) 327, 329
Stewart, Alastair (Rod’s son) 12, 157, 225, 320, 327, 329, 342
Stewart, Bob (Rod’s brother): childhood 6; football 9, 20, 21, 155, 234; marriage 11; and Rod’s music career 26, 28, 141; and birth of Rod’s first child 39; sees Rod perform 75; works on Rod’s house 164; death of father 283; at Rod’s wedding to Penny 322
Stewart, Delilah (Rod’s granddaughter) 327, 328
Stewart, Don (Rod’s brother): childhood 6–7; music 8, 13, 14; football 9, 18, 20, 155, 234, 339; marriage 11; and Rod’s music career 28, 50, 60, 141, 342; sees Rod perform 75; house in Cambridgeshire 181; and Rod’s relationships 230, 284, 322; death of father 283, 286
Stewart, Elsie (Rod’s mother): birth of Rod 5, 7; background 8; married life 8, 20, 68; music 8, 26, 257; and Rod’s childhood 8, 9, 10, 11, 17; ill-health 10, 149, 251; and Rod’s beatnik phase 28, 30, 31; and Rod’s music career 49, 58, 149, 163, 257; and Rod’s relationships 181, 216, 285; death of husband 283
Stewart, Kimberly (Rod’s daughter) 107, 217, 219, 227, 230, 231, 301, 327, 328
Stewart, Liam (Rod’s son) 294, 301, 305, 318, 327
Stewart, Mary (Rod’s sister) 6, 7, 28, 32–3, 251, 285, 322; marriage 10, 11; sees Rod perform 75, 76; death of father 282, 283
Stewart, Peggy (Rod’s sister) 6, 10, 20
Stewart, Renee (Rod’s daughter) 293–4, 297, 301, 305
, 318, 327
Stewart, Robert (Bob; Rod’s father): birth of Rod 5, 7; background and character 8, 19, 153, 154, 339; career 8, 22, 24, 27; married life 8, 20, 68; football 9, 17, 19–21, 153–4, 234, 241, 244, 245, 286; and Rod’s childhood 9–10, 13–14, 17, 68; retirement 24, 68; and Rod’s beatnik phase 28, 30, 31; advice to Rod 70, 216, 240, 246; and Rod’s music career 101–2, 141, 163; and Rod’s relationships 216, 234, 240; betting 251, 283; death 282–3
Stewart, Rod: birth 5–6, 7; early childhood 8–11, 17–18; schooling 11–15; introduction to music 9–10, 12–14, 24–7, 331; first crushes 14–15; trial for Brentford Football Club 16–19, 20, 23; first jobs 21–2, 26, 27; early sexual adventures 8, 23–4; loses virginity 25–6; beatnik phase 27–31, 32, 345; mod scene 31, 38, 54–5; relationship with Sue Boffey 38–40, 43; birth and adoption of daughter Sarah 40; early bands 43–5; meets Long John Baldry 41, 45–6; with The Hoochie Coochie Men 48–58, 59, 62, 71, 72, 110; first management 59–61; first (unsuccessful) single 61–6, 80; with The Soul Agents 71–2; with Steampacket 72–9, 81, 110, 277, 361; relationship with Jenny Rylands 74–5; with Shotgun Express 79; two more unsuccessful solo singles 80; meets Jeff Beck 81–2; with Jeff Beck Group 83–98, 102, 336, 360; relationship with Sarah Troupe 94, 95, 102; first solo record deal 100, 104, 109–110; Mercury solo albums 100, 110–22, 347–8; with the Faces 123–49, 198; relationship with Dee Harrington 160–66, 173–4, 175–7, 250–51; their break-up 177, 179, 182; relationship with Britt Ekland 179, 180–85, 186–7, 189, 191–2; emigration to Los Angeles 184, 185–6, 198, 244; new solo record deal 189, 199–200; Muscle Shoals sessions 189–91; breaks-up with Britt 194–6; touring with the band 201–7, 258–9, 264–7, 341–2; relationship with Alana Hamilton 208–210, 215–16; their marriage 216–21, 229–32, 234–5, 302; birth of Kimberly and Sean 217, 220–21; meets daughter Sarah 227–9, 267; new manager 232–4, 259; relationship with Kara Meyers 236–8, 248; breakdown of marriage to Alana 238–40, 302; relationship with Kelly Emberg 235, 238, 239, 240, 247–50, 252–5, 268–70; divorce from Alana 240, 269; birth of Ruby 254, 255, 268–9; long hot summer in south of France 270–73; doomed marriage proposal to Kelly 273–5; relationship with Rachel Hunter 274, 279–84; death of father 282–3, 286; marriage to Rachel 279, 282, 284–5, 290–91, 293–4, 297; requires blood transfusions 287, 289–91; birth of Renee and Liam 293–4; separation from Rachel 299–303, 310; thyroid cancer 304–9; relationship with Penny Lancaster 310, 311–21, 335; birth of Alastair 321; marriage to Penny 321–2, 344; birth of Aiden 327; becomes a grandfather 327; Great American Songbook album series 330–37, 341, 353–5, 356; Caesar’s Palace residency 342; awarded CBE 342–3; sings for the Queen 343–4; next album 344–6
Character & characteristics: accent 152–3; art collecting 183, 222–6; artistic talent 12, 136–7; campness 86, 167; cars 58, 100, 101–8, 128, 142, 161–2, 216; colour-blindness 12, 21; drinking 35, 54, 102, 129–31, 142, 168–70, 203, 243, 256, 260; drugs 50–51, 106, 138–40, 165, 168–70, 171, 218, 256, 264, 266, 340; fashion sense 22–3, 31, 65, 129, 142, 155, 160, 197, 214; fatherhood 215, 217, 221, 267, 323–9; film-going 10, 13, 249; financial sense 21, 60; football fan 20–21, 150–59, 168, 234, 243–5; football playing 16–20, 21, 158, 169, 196, 231, 241–3, 246, 264, 304, 338–9; hairstyles 27, 31–7, 53, 250; honours and awards 148–9, 337, 342–3; make-up-wearing 184; model railroading 13, 67–70, 164, 341; nose 48, 246; pets 164–5, 281, 302, 304; politics 28–9, 344; punctuality 256; Scottishness 21, 152–4; showmanship 57–8, 72, 97, 131, 132–3, 206, 214, 263–4, 295–6; singing voice 30, 45, 54, 61, 73–4, 110, 119, 297, 306–8; songwriting 87, 114–16, 192–3, 212–13, 248, 260–61, 331–2, 344–5; steroids-taking 268, 287, 288–90; tartan-wearing 53, 152–3; throat problems 192, 267–8, 287–9, 292–3, 305–8