Rod Stewart is obsessed with the Black Keys

Rod Stewart is as obsessed as we are with the Black Keys, and the S.S. has slowly but steadily been trying to hook up the duo with the Mod so that they make some sweet music together. “That would be one nice thing to do,” says Stewart, who will hopefully catch the Keys at their gig at London’s Astoria in late May. Stewart told us he has gotten out of doing a holiday album for J Records (”Clive [Davis] wanted a Christmas album, but I’m not into that so much”) and would instead prefer to focus on his fifth and final Great American Songbook collection, an album of obscure R&B covers and a country record. But the label is not feeling the latter idea. “Everybody’s against that, which makes me want to do it even more,” Stewart says. “Apparently, the idea didn’t ‘test’ well, whatever the fuck that means.” Bottom line: Rod is ready to work. “I want to do records for my peace of mind,” he says. “So when I do kick the bucket, I can say, ‘I did that.’ ”
Rolling Stone