Song of the Week: (I Know) I'm Losing You

You wouldn't know it from his current crooner persona, but at an earlier point in his career Rod Stewart knew how to rock.  After rising to prominence as the lead singer for the Jeff Beck Group, Stewart followed his friend Ronnie Wood to Faces, the new incarnation of the Small Faces.  They did not last too long before Stewart embarked on a successful solo career with Every Picture Tells a Story, a very strong album indeed.

On this album is the song (I Know) I'm Losing You, written by Whitfield, Holland and Grant, and first performed by the Temptations, then by Rare Earth.  Stewart's version was recorded with his mates from Faces, including Wood on guitar, the late Ronnie Lane on bass, Kenny Jones on drums and Ian McLagan on keyboards.  This was a song that Faces had performed live, though they did not record it before disbanding.  Here is a live performance on the BBC:

I especially liked Wood's little riff at the beginning, and Lane's big bass sound when he joins in.  Unfortunately, the sound quality on this is not great.  If you want to hear the album version, try here.