![]() ![]() ![]() 1 on both sides of the Atlantic three months later, taking Rod by surprise - he hadn't even been sure it should be on the album.Īt that point Rod was best known as the singer with The Faces. It was initially released as the B-side of Reason To Believe, but it found favour with DJs, reaching No. In the beginning, nobody thought Maggie May was going to be a hit. Singer Maggie Bell suffered the horrifying ordeal of seeing her fiancee Les Harvey being electrocuted on stage by a faulty microphone in 1972. Guitarist Sam Mitchell died aged 56 following alcohol issues and violin player Dick Powell died of cancer.ĭrummer Mickey Waller died of liver failure aged 66. ![]() While his great friend, guitarist Ronnie Wood, is still flourishing, some of the others who played on the album are not. It seems that Rod's great good fortune is in contrast to the bad luck which has dogged everyone else. She described the famously parsimonious singer as: 'The only person I know who could peel an orange in his pocket with one hand.' Suddenly I was rolling in fame and money'Īnother uncredited talent on the album, singer Maggie Bell, has claimed that she wasn't paid for her work on Every Picture Tells A Story. Rod Stewart is in no doubt about the significance of the song Maggie May, the lament to a lover which made him a star - released 50 years ago, in July 1971: 'Maggie May changed everything. (Stewart has previously denied Jackson wrote part of the song.) 'It's very sad,' Jackson said this week. Ray Jackson, the mandolin player who claims he wrote the riff which is arguably the key to the success of the song, was paid a paltry £15 by Rod and not even properly credited on the album notes. His widow told the Mail that he had endured a lifelong battle with eating disorders, and while Rod's life was a whirl of blondes, booze and acclaim, Quittenton - who also wrote You Wear It Well alongside Stewart - spent every penny he had on animal rescue and planting trees. While Rod still enjoys worldwide fame, it can be revealed that Martin Quittenton, the guitar genius who co-wrote Maggie May, died in obscurity in rural Wales, having left the music industry and given away his fortune. The same cannot be said of the talented musicians who wrote the hit alongside him. Suddenly I was rolling in fame and money.' P.p.Rod Stewart is in no doubt about the significance of the song Maggie May, the lament to a lover which made him a star - released 50 years ago, in July 1971: 'Maggie May changed everything. – don’t tell Rod I screwed some of it up. ![]() My goal is to gather video from both sides so it can be side by side.įor now, I’d be happy to have you share this barebones rendition of the infamous (well, ok, it’s famous) song written by Rod Stewart called Maggie May. The twist is next time I’ll be playing guitar and he’ll be singing. Since I’m a glutton for punishment, I just made arrangements to do this again with another friend. Either way, if Skype really wants to make it’s world domination complete, they will have to figure out how to reduce these delays down to milliseconds. I hear there are other things like data packet loss and such. Video obviously adds a lot of data to the bandwidth. I enjoy a speedy 10Mbps up and 50Mbps down. Connection speed, something that isn’t as much an issue for me as it was for Chris. There’s so many variables that apparently go into this. That’s to be expected when you’re flying blind. Chris and I did our best to make it work and there are a few stumbles. It’s not an ideal way to play music live, specifically because of the massive delays between participants. Mind you, be aware neither Chris or I had ever “Jammed” over Skype before. I’m posting a video on YouTube of myself doing a Maggie May cover of Rod Stewart with my friend Chris Hellstrom. Thus, right now, you get to witness an experiment utilizing the power (or lack thereof) of the internet. However, I’m being asked more often to realize songs by other people. Mostly because I’m usually so busy writing and creating new music. I’m not often prone to doing cover songs. ![]()
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