The early Rod Stewart was great at phrasing. He had that ability to punch a word in the lyric that got the listener to focus and could elevate the content of the lyrics. Some critics compared him to Sinatra in that regard.
His shirts were to frilly? He wasn’t “manly” enough? His hair style didn’t please? You sound like my father watching the Beatles on Ed Sullivan. He committed the sin of being a White Brit who sounded Black? Let’s do away with Paul McCartney, John Lennon, The Animals, Van Morrison…
