Stewart's biggest skill � other than singing � is playing the audience. From the minute he bounded onstage to his cover of the Isley Brothers' "This Old Heart Of Mine" to the last notes of "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?" he was as much a virtuoso at hamming it up as support act Steve Winwood is on keyboards and guitar.

Easily sliding between his '70s classics ("You Wear It Well," "Stay With Me," "Tonight's The Night") and what some might refer to as his kitschier later material ("Rhythm Of My Heart," "Some Guys Have All The Luck") Stewart is comfortable singing any of his hits, regardless of how the rock intelligentsia has graded them. Which makes sense: after all, to the chagrin of many of his purist fans (not to mention his long-suffering bandmates in the Faces), he's been doing a lot of Vegas shows lately (check him out at Caesar's Palace in May of 2014!).

And really, holding on to the Rod Stewart of the early '70s in 2013 would be as churlish as expecting Michael Jackson to be the same kid from the Jackson 5, if he had lived to perform his "This Is It" concerts. You can sing the old songs, but you can't deny the decades that have passed. And hey, do you want to wear the clothes you wore 40 years ago?