Rod Stewart: Vagabond Heart

by Geoffrey Giuliano

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786701633
• ISBN13: 9780786701636
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers
• Length: 16 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

The Storyteller as Vagabond Heart

I have read several other biographies of Rod Stewart and this is by far the best. Giuliano successfully integrates the personal and professional sides of Stewart in a highly readable book.If you're looking for lots of photos of Stewart this is not the book for you. There are several photo biographies available to fill this quest. However, if you're interested in Stewart the man, from his childhood in North London in the 1950's, his entry into the London music scene in the 1960's, through his marriage to Rachel Hunter, this is the book you've been looking for. Through interviews with contemporaries Giuliano paints a compelling picture of the human being beneath the stage persona that Rod's fans have loved, or at times tolerated, for over 30 years. Giuliano does not gloss over the mistakes, the arguments, the lost friendships, often driven by ambition to be at the top, that have brought Stewart to where he is today. The flaws are there, along with the drive for perfection in his music, both of which have caused Stewart as much heartache as fame. It is refreshing to get a behind the scenes view of someone who has spent so much of his life if the public eye. Giuliano separates the rumors from the facts, so be prepared to accept that the god has feet of clay. I can think of no way to improve on Giuliano's story, other then for him to write a second edition and bring the story up to the present. The alternative is for Stewart to write his own autobiography. In the mean time, this is as close as it gets.

Greatest Read In A Long Time

This book Giuliano has done a terrific job on! Not a dull moment! Put together well, accurate information, and rare photographs and behind the scenes stories. The true Rod Stewart is put out in this wonderful book my Geoffrey. Thanks