Wow -- check out the guy warbling backup on this 1965 live clip of Steampacket featuring Brian Auger and the late Long John Baldry .
Yup, that's a pre-stardom Rod "The Mod" Stewart, as he was known back then. Wotta cutie.
Incidentally, Baldry started out as the r&b/blues purist you see above but by 1967 he had turned into a chart-topping MOR balladeer a la Englebert Humperdinck. Essentially, he played out the entire decades long arc of Stewart's career as one of rock's most reprehensible sell-outs in a breathless two years.
I met him briefly in the early 70s, when he did a show at my old school while touring behind an abortive comeback album with sides produced by Stewart and Elton John. A very nice guy and a pretty good blues-rock record, as I recall.
[h/t Brooklyn Girl]
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Thanks! That's a very cool clip.
And the answer to your question is "Yes, they most definitely can."
The clothes are a trip, too.
The girl is Judy Driscoll. This is actually Steampacket.
My bad.
Corrected.
Vids up Steve. Sorry to drop the ball on this. Busy patch for me this week.
I love Julie Tippett (nee Driscoll) BTW!
KC --
No problem. And don't worry about tomorrow -- no video on Weekend Listomania.
Thanks for that one, Steve. Had that LP years ago and never realized it was available on CD. Time to place an order.
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