Stewart’s final songs of the night were from his time with The Faces, including “Stay With Me” with Stewart kicking and throwing signed soccer balls into the audience.

They knew the words and Stewart enjoyed the participation. Then the band went right into “You’re In My Heart.” The audience needed no encouraging to wholeheartedly join in the songs. They did “The First Cut is the Deepest” followed by a fan favorite “Reason To Believe.” Next was Van Morrison’s “Have I Told You Lately.” It was refreshingly laid back and intimate. They seated themselves and performed a multi song acoustic set.

Stewart told the audience to have a seat as he and part of his band and singers joined him at the front of the stage. Jimmy Roberts performed a great solo on saxophone allowing Rod and the Rodettes time for one of several costume changes. They then dedicated “People Get Ready” to students who took part in the “March for Our Lives” against gun violence the same day. Stewart dedicated “Rhythm of My Heart” to those who died in battle during World War II. The ladies all accompanied Stewart twirling and dancing with the backup singers in a foot stomping dance to the song. Julia Thornton played the banjo as J’anna Jacoby and Caissie Levy joined in on the violins. During the song “Love Is” the ladies in the band were dressed tartan skirts. His back up singers called the Rodettes shimmed and strutted right along with Stewart as has sang “Young Turks” followed by “Infatuation.” Stewart and the Rodettes sang a great version of the Muddy Waters tune “Rollin’ and Tumblin’.” The persussion section performed a great solo while part of the band did a quick outfit change. They played almost nonstop for 2 hours including a number of costume changes. The energy of the night was palpable from that moment to the last note of the evening. The opening song “Soul Finger” had a 60’s feel to it with the singers shimmying out until Rod appeared and made he was across the stage. He brought to the stage an enthusiastic young set of singers and a mix of young and older members in his 12 piece band.īefore he took the stage a local band the Mystic Highland Pipe Band wound its way through the isles with bagpipes and drums. He treated the Mohegan Sun Arena’s sold out crowd to a high energy performance.

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