12 January 2012 ~ 3 Comments

‘Dirty Old Town’

From Rod Stewart’s first solo album:

3 Responses to “‘Dirty Old Town’”

  1. NormanLake 12 January 2012 at 12:33 pm Permalink

    Ah, yes, music from when Rod mattered. Nice .

  2. Izquierdo 12 January 2012 at 2:43 pm Permalink

    Ya mean before he rented himself out for rich guys’ birthday parties?

  3. wobbly 12 January 2012 at 6:20 pm Permalink

    Wasn’t this first written and sung by Ewan MacColl? I first heard from the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, who also sung his “Shoals of Herring”. McColl also had a song praising Ho Chi Minh which seemed a little forced.