Rod Stewart was dubbed “Rod the Mod” early in his career, but that was more rhyme than reason. He’s more the ultimate lad than a symbol of the stylish mid-’60s Swinging London scene that begat The Who and Small Faces. Young Stewart was stylish but more interested in soccer and lifting a pint with friends. As a singer, he established himself with the Jeff Beck Group before following his own muse for the next five-plus decades.

He took ’70s superstardom in stride and created a body of work that he revisits with every performance of his residency at the Colosseum. To date, according to Pollstar, Stewart has played “Maggie May” more than 1,500 times in concert. There are 1,420 performances of “Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright)” on record, nearly 1,400 of “You’re in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)” and more than 1,300 of “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?” “Hot Legs” has been cranked out for audiences at least 1,230 times.

Stewart adopted beatnik culture at first and segued into mod culture, cultivating his trademark spiky, backcombed hairstyle during that time. He dressed with flair when he first started sitting in with bands and learned to play harmonica, but once he discovered R&B and learned his vocal range was the same as Sam Cooke’s, his apparel took a back seat to performance. Stewart would go on to cover Cooke hits such as “Twistin’ the Night Away” and “Bring It on Home to Me” on his solo records, and performed “Having a Party” at his most recent concerts.

Before he signed his first solo contract with Mercury Records, he became the singer for the Jeff Beck Group, where Beck was the focal point. Stewart perfected his raspy vocal style on two JBG records before leaving with bandmate Ron Wood to form Faces with bassist Ronnie Lane, keyboardist Ian McLagan and drummer Kenney Jones from Small Faces. The mod look gave way to scruff, and Faces went on become the best good-time, unpretentiously rocking band of their era. Their hit “Stay with Me” was part of Stewart’s Colosseum concert setlist in 2020.

Stewart had a solo deal during his time with Faces and hit his stride with third album Every Picture Tells a Story. In addition to “Maggie May” he cut Tim Hardin cover “Reason to Believe” and “The Killing of Georgie (Part I & II),” which have been part of his most recent sets. He recorded “Twistin’ the Night Away” on the follow-up album, 1972’s Never a Dull Moment, which also featured a cover of “I’d Rather Go Blind” and “You Wear It Well.”

Both songs were part of his last Caesars Palace concert in October, as well as Faces song “Ooh La La,” originally sung by Wood. Stewart reunited with Wood and Jones last year to record some new material, but until it appears, Stewart is happy to perform the song live and provide a good time to be had by all.

Caesars Palace, 7:30 p.m. May 13-14, 18 & 20-21, starting at $49 plus tax and fee. ticketmaster.com

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