"Ridiculously funny and astonishingly candid, Rod Stewart"s memoir is the rock autobiography of the decade" Daily Mail "One of the most entertaining, revealing, captivating books of the year" Independent Rod Stewart was born the working-class son of a Scottish plumber in North London. Despite some early close shaves with a number of diverse career paths, ranging from gravedigging to professional football, it was music that truly captured his heart - and he never looked back. Rod started out in the early 1960s, playing the clubs on London"s R&B scene, before his distinctively raspy voice caught the ear of the iconic front man Long John Baldry, who approached him while busking one night on a railway platform. Stints with pioneering acts like the Hoochie Coochie Men, Steampacket, and the Jeff Beck Group soon followed, paving the way into a raucous five years with the Faces, the rock star"s rock band, whose offstage antics with alcohol, wrecked hotel rooms and groupies have...