Recorded at New York’s infamous Supper Club in the spring of 1998, VH1 STORYTELLERS-Rod Stewart finds the vocalist at his most engaging. Performing songs from his legendary career, Rod recounts the tales behind his biggest hits including “Maggie May,” “Tonight’s the Night,” and “Forever Young.” This DVD release includes 2 bonus performances not seen in the original broadcast.
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While I tend watch his more recent “It Had To Be You…The Great American Songbook” and “One Night Only! Live At The Royal Albert Hall” dvds more often, “VH1 Storytellers” captures Rod Stewart in a more intimate environment, allowing us to see a more relaxed and looser Stewart not seen on the other two.
Though the VH1 show “Storytllers” was supposed to showcase artists performing some of their classic hits in a small club and telling the stories on how some of their best known songs, Rod never really does that except when an audience member asks him who “Maggie May” is about. Other than that, he gives brief facts on certain songs but never divulges their true inspiration. This, however, should not dull the experience. With or without the actual storytelling, Rod nonetheless gives excellent performances of classics like “Maggie May”, “Tonight’s The Night”, “Stay With Me”, “Ooh La La” (sung with an audience member), “Forever Young”, “You’re In My Heart” and “Having A Party”. Also, Rod performs two songs, “Cigarettes And Alcohol” and “Rocks”, from his 1998 covers album “When We Were The New Boys”, an underrated gem (or so I’m told, I’ve never actually heard it).
There are two bonus performances included that were not it in the television broadcast. They are “Hot Legs” and “Have I Told You Lately”. They are good but not as good the originals.
Overall, a great Stewart live dvd. Pick up this dvd and the two I mentioned before as well, and you will experience how it feels to be at a Rod Stewart concert.
Wonderful concert. Shows why he is so popular. Didn’t last long enough, left you smiling and wanting more! One you will watch over and over, at least I will.
This was recorded right before the release of Rod’s underrated 1998 release, When We Were the New Boys. The tour that followed was his last before his throat surgery, and the last before he split with his wife Rachel Hunter. The result is a terrific performance from a man with charisma, style and of course, that voice. Don’t expect much in the way of info about the songs though, Rod has never been able to talk about his lyrics so it’s just Rod sharing a few drinks and tunes with his audience. He also had a fantastic backing band on this tour as well. After listening to him do just passable versions of classic standards for the past two years, this concert reminds you what Rod Stewart should still be doing. It’s also reasonably priced. A happy occasion for all……Pass on his standards CDs and buy this DVD OR the Faces terrific new box set, “Five Guys Walk Into a Bar.”