- Oku kwasekuqaleni kwabhalwa ngabazalwana bakaSutherland Iphenyane lokuphila icwecwe ngo-1972. Yayibhalwe ngumdlali we-bassist uGavin Sutherland. Isigqubuthelo sikaRod Stewart ngo-1975 sathenga eli qela ukuba libalasele kwaye bakhupha i-UK Top 40 ebetha kunyaka olandelayo: 'I-Arms Of Mary (# 5) kunye' neeMfihlo '(# 35).
- UStewart unxulumene nomxholo wengoma yokukhumbula ekhaya (ireyithi ephezulu e-UK yamnyanzela ukuba aye eMelika) kwaye wabhala ingxelo yakhe kwiMuscle Shoals Sound Studios eMuscle Shoals, eAlabama nekwayara edityaniswe nguBob Crewe, abane Umlimi wamaxesha onyaka. Kwaba sisiqwenga sesithathu sase-UK kwaye kunyaka olandelayo, yavuselelwa emva kokuba isetyenziswe njengomxholo womculo we-TV ye-TV ye-TV malunga ne-HMS Ark Royal, ngeli xesha ikhokelela kwi # 3. Ukuthengiswa ngokudibeneyo kokukhutshwa kwesi-2 kuthetha ukuba le yeyona Stewart inkulu eyakha yathengisa enye e-UK ngeekopi ezingama-955,111 ezithengisiweyo.
- Ezinye izinto ezigubungele oku kubandakanya uRobin Trower (1976), uJoan Baez (1977) kunye noSmokie (2001).
- UStewart wavuma kudliwanondlebe no-2010 Imeyile ngeCawa 's Imagazini ephilayo ukuba unengxaki yemithambo-luvo xa kufuneka enze bukhoma okanye kwi studio, kwaye uhlala enesiselo phambi kokubetha eqongeni okanye ebeka iingoma zomculo. Nangona kunjalo, kuye kwafuneka ukuba arekhode 'ukuhamba ngenqanawa' ngokungangxamanga kuba kwakungekho tywala e studio eAlabama. Utshilo uStewart: 'Yiyo kuphela ingoma endakhe ndayirekhoda ngaphandle kwesiselo ngaphakathi kwam. Into yam yayihlala inethontsi elincinci ngaphambi kokuba ndicule; nangoku ndiza kuba neBacardi kunye neCoke ngaphambi kokuba ndiye eqongeni. Kuyanceda nje.
Kodwa 'ukuhamba ngenqanawa' kwabhalwa kwiMiscle Shoals, eyayiyindawo eyomileyo. Umvelisi uTommy Dowd undivusile ngentsimbi yeshumi kusasa esithi, 'Yihla apha kwisiqingatha seyure; Sidibanise umzila kwaye sifuna ilizwi. ' Bendifana, 'Uyadlala, urekhoda ngo-10.30 kusasa. Ndifuna into ephungwayo ukuze ndizolise iintlungu ezindala. ' Ndandixinekile, kuba kwakungekho nto ibinokubakho kwaye bendisoyika ukucula ngaphandle kwayo. Kodwa ndiyenzile kwaye yajika yaba yenye yezona zinkulu endakha ndazenza. - Icandelo leMiscle Shoals Rhythm laxhasa uAretha Franklin kuninzi lweentshukumo zakhe zokuqala. Baye barekhoda kunye nabaculi beStaple, uWilson Pickett kunye nezinye izikhanyisi zomculo womphefumlo, ke xa uRod Stewart waya eAlabama ukurekhoda le ngoma, wamangaliswa yinto awayeyibona. Umdlali weBass Musals Shoals uDavid Hood, owayengumnini wesitudiyo namanye amalungu amathathu esingqi, wasixelela: 'Intonga, ndiyacinga, yayisoyikiswa yingxelo yethu ngelo xesha. Xa wangena kuqala wasibona, wabuza uTom Dowd, kulungile, liphi iqela? Kwaye uTom wathi, 'Yiyo le band.' Wayecinga ukuba bazama ukutsala into kuye, kuba wayebonile aba bafana bamhlophe behleli phaya ngaphandle kwezixhobo. Wayecinga ukuba ibhendi awayeza kurekhoda nayo yayiliqela lika-Aretha Franklin kwaye wayeza kuba liqela labantu abamnyama. Ke wayesikrokrela kwasekuqaleni. Kodwa naye, ndiyacinga, woyikiswa; Akuba efumene ukuba singoobani kwaye senze ntoni, woyikiswa yile nto. Wayengafuni ngokwenene ukucula phambi kwethu ekuqaleni.
'Ukuhamba ngenqanawa' yayiyimbalasane enkulu yamazwe aphesheya. Andiqondi ukuba yayiyinto enkulu e-States, kodwa kwilizwe jikelele yayiyirekhodi enkulu. Bayidlale phambi kwayo yonke imidlalo yebhola ekhatywayo, iNdebe yeHlabathi nayo yonke into. Kwakuyinto enkulu, enkulu kwiRod. Kwaye le rekhodi, Ukuwela iAtlantic, yayiyeyona nto ibalulekileyo kwikhondo lakhe lomsebenzi, kuba yamvulela into eyedwa. Ngaphambi koko, wayengumculi wedwa, kodwa konke kwakuvakala njengobuso kunye nolo hlobo lwezinto. '
