Rod Stewart NIGHT ON THE TOWN

Personnel: Rod Stewart (vocals); Steve Cropper, W. Peek, J. Davis, David Lindley, Fred Tackett, Joe Walsh (guitar); J. Jumonville, Plas Johnson (tenor saxophone); Tower Of Power Horns (horns); J. Jarvis, David Foster, Barry. Beckett, J. Smith (keyboards); Donald "Duck" Dunn, Robert Glaub, D. Hood, Willie Weeks, Lee Sklar (bass); Roger Hawkins, R. Schlosser, Andy Newmark, Al Jackson (drums); T. Vig, J. Lala (percussion); J. Horowitz, M. Lewis, Arif Mardin (string arrangements).
Recorded at Cherokee Recording Studios, Hollywood, California and Muscle Shoals Sound, Alabama.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Personnel: David Lindley, J. "Sear" Davis, J. Walsh, W. Peek (guitar); Willie Peek, Joe Walsh , Steve Cropper (guitars); Jimmy Horowitz, M. Lewis, Arif Mardin (strings); Jerry Jumonville, Plas Johnson (tenor saxophone); Tower of Power, Tower of Power Horns (horns); J. Daniel Smith, J. Jarvis, D. Foster, Barry Beckett, John Jarvis, David Foster (keyboards); R. Glaub, Dave Dunn, David Hood, Lee Sklar, Willie Weeks (bass guitar); Alex Jackson , R. Hawkins, Al Jackson, Jr. , Andy Newmark, Roger Hawkins, Rick Shlosser (drums); T. Vig, Joe Lala (percussion).
Audio Mixer: Brian Kehew.
Audio Remasterer: Dave Schultz.
Liner Note Author: Ben Edmonds.
Recording information: Cherokee REcording Studios, Hollywood, CA; Criteria, Miami, FL; Muscle Shoals Sound; OFR Studio, North Hollywood.
Ensemble: Tower of Power.
Photographer: David Steen.
Arrangers: Jimmy Horowitz; M. Lewis; Arif Mardin.
Coming on the heels of his departure from The Faces, A NIGHT ON THE TOWN was Rod Stewart's first solo album. With his usual collaborator Ron Wood now a member of the Rolling Stones, Stewart gathered together an impressive group of backing musicians that included Steve Cropper, Duck Dunn and Al Jackson of Booker T & The MG's, Joe Walsh, the Tower Of Power horn section and multi-instrumentalist David Lindley. Dividing the album up into fast and slow sides, Stewart chose an interesting batch of songs, included some notable self-penned compositions. These include the tragic "The Killing Of Georgie (Part I And II)," about the murder of a gay friend, and the ultra-sexy ballad "Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright)." Along with a delicate rendering of Cat Stevens' "The First Cut Is The Deepest," these songs provided a perfect springboard for the more sprightly fast side. "The Balltrap" is a clever Stewart composition about a sinister femme fatale. "The Wild Side Of Life" and Gib Gilbeau's "Big Bayou" make for a perfect marriage of Chuck Berry stomp and country twang.

• Format: CD
• Genre: Pop