Maggie May (Rod Stewart Cover)

Today down here in Jimmy's Basement Studio I had a request for a song by Rod Stewart (Maggie May) Great Song 🎵🎶
This song was on his Album, Every Picture Tells a Story....came out in 1971...I was 2 years old....lol. I have always loved this song!!

In his memoir Rod: The Autobiography, Stewart provided details of the experience that led to this song. Wrote Stewart: "At 16, I went to the Beaulieu Jazz Festival in the New Forest. I'd snuck in with some mates via an overflow sewage pipe. And there on a secluded patch of grass, I lost my not-remotely-prized virginity with an older (and larger) woman who'd come on to me very strongly in the beer tent. How much older, I can't tell you - but old enough to be highly disappointed by the brevity of the experience." Remarkably, there is video of Stewart at the festival, which took place in July 1961.

This song came together when Stewart began working with guitarist Martin Quittenton from the band Steamhammer. They convened at Stewart's house in Muswell Hill, where Quittenton played some chords that caught Rod's ear. As he sussed out a vocal melody, he started singing the words to the folk song "Maggie Mae," which got him thinking about that day 10 years earlier when he had a quick-and-dirty tryst. They made a demo with Stewart singing fractures lines. From there, he got to work on the lyrics, filling a notebook with ideas and arriving at a story about a guy who falls for an older woman and is now both smitten and perplexed.

This was the first big hit of the rock era to feature a mandolin, which was mostly heard in folk music. Stewart first used the instrument on "Mandolin Wind," which was one of the first songs he recorded for the album. He liked the results, so he used it on "Maggie" as well.

"Maggie May" remains the biggest mandolin-based hit ever recorded, although the theme music for The Godfather, released the following year, may be more recognized.

I hope you enjoy my Acoustic Version 🎤🎸🎼😎🎵🎥

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