https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/exclusive-book-excerpt-rod-stewart-rod-20121019
Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood, Micky Waller and Jeff Beck
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By ROLLING STONE
OCTOBER 19, 2012 9:00 AM ET
Rod Stewart's new memoir Rod: The Autobiography (Crown, out October 23rd) traces the singer's life from his childhood in post-war London through the rise of The Faces and his own solo career through his many marriages, divorces, children and grandchildren. In this exclusive excerpt, Stewart writes about his stint in the short-lived but highly influential Jeff Beck Group and their first tour of America, in 1968 – and his friendship with Jeff Beck Group bassist Ron Wood, who would go on to play guitar in The Faces.