Ian McLagan & The Bump Band - Spiritual Boy:
An Appreciation Of Ronnie Lane Album (2006)
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Ian McLagan & The Bump Band - Spiritual Boy - An Appreciation Of Ronnie Lane Album (2006)
CD compilation, Ian McLagan homage to Ronnie Lane Recorded: February–March 2006 Recorded at: McLagan’s Manor, Texas studio, The Doghouse Released: April 1, 2006 Label: Maniac Records Length: 41:05 (1 version) https://www.ronnielane.com/ian-mclagan-and-the-bump-band-spiritual-boy-an-appreciation-of-ronnie-lane-album-2006.html |
Spiritual Boy is the seventh album by former Small Faces and Faces keyboardist Ian McLagan. The album was intended as a tribute to his bandmate in both groups, singer-songwriter Ronnie Lane, released on what would have been Lane's sixtieth birthday, 1 April 2006, on McLagan's own Maniac Records. Featuring ten tracks either written or co-written by Lane throughout the span of his career as a musician and one written by McLagan for Lane, it was recorded in February and March 2006 at McLagan's Manor, Texas studio, The Doghouse, with his backing group, the Bump Band in tow alongside such guests as famed Austin, Texas disc jockey Jody Denberg.
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Ian McLagan & The Bump Band - Spiritual Boy - An Appreciation Of Ronnie Lane
Track Listing
Produced by: Ian McLagan
Personnel: Ian Mac McLagan: Vocals, acoustic and electric pianos, Hammond B3 organs, Hohner clavinet, acoustic and electric guitars & Pro2 bass Scrappy Jud Newcomb: Electric and acoustic guitars, mandolin & vocals Mark Andes: Bass & vocals Don Harvey: Drums with John Bush: Percussion (1-3, 6-8) Seela Bush: Vocals (1, 3) Jody Denberg: Vocals (7) Brian Standefer: Cellos (5) |
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Ian McLagan & The Bump Band – Spiritual Boy: An Appreciation Of Ronnie Lane
Bassist/vocalist/songwriter Ronnie Lane was one-fourth of the Small Faces, and stayed on board as they morphed into the Faces, fronted by Rod Stewart. Ian McLagan, keyboardist for both bands (and the Stones, Springsteen, Bonnie Raitt, David Lindley, etc.), has assembled a loving tribute to his former band and soulmate, who died in 1997, after a long battle with MS.
The Small Faces were one of England’s most popular and influential rock (and “mod”) bands of the ’60s, although their only American hit was “Itchycoo Park,” best known for its catchy chorus and trippy production – one of the first records to feature phasing, accentuating its overt drug references.
McLagan says he never liked the song and hadn’t planned on including it on the CD. “I suddenly started to hear the words and the flavor of the song,” he explains. “And I was picturing it without [co-writer] Steve Marriott’s input. I was kind of imagining Ronnie playing it for Steve; he would have played it kind of slower. ‘Over Bridge Of Sighs’ – that’s the Bridge Of Sighs in Cambridge, one of the two seats of learning in England. ‘Under dreaming spires’ is Oxford – ‘to Itchycoo Park, that’s where I’ve been.’ That’s a nettle patch in the East End of London – just a patch of grass, invariably with lots of nettles, so you get stung; you’d be itchy. Any park in the East End would be called Itchycoo Park, because there were always nettles.
“Then he says, ‘You can miss out school; why go to learn the words of fools?’ It’s a real diatribe against education. It wasn’t just, ‘Let’s get high.’ It’s, ‘What did you do there?/I got high./What did you feel there?/Well, I cried.’ Why? Because, ‘It’s all too beautiful.’
“He saw beauty in a nettle patch! It didn’t hit me until I looked at the lyrics; it’s a completely different song.”
Stripped of production gimmicks, Mac’s arrangement indeed brings out the beauty of the song’s lyrics and melody, elevating it to another plane. “I guarantee if I’d got hold of it and had my way with it back in ’67, it wouldn’t have been a hit. But I would’ve been happy with it,” he laughs. “I learned the song again. I never thought of it in that way.”
Other songs from throughout Lane’s career are included: “Nowhere To Run,” “April Fool, and “Annie,” from Rough Mix (the latter co-written with Eric Clapton), and the moody “Spiritual Babe,” which provides the CD’s title. Closing the album is “Hello Old Friend,” which Mac wrote for Ronnie and was able to play for him in ’94, when he moved to Austin, just a few months before Lane left his adopted Texas home for Colorado.
The Bump Band rose to the special occasion here. Drummer Don Harvey (the Motels’ Martha Davis, Joe Ely), bassist Mark Andes (Spirit, Jo Jo Gunne, Heart), and the versatile Scrappy Jud Newcomb on guitar (equal measures sympathy and grit) are one of Austin’s best bands – led by one of the greatest keyboardists in rock history. Recording the album was “very inspirational,” says Mac, and judging by the result, that’s an understatement. Not only is he in fine form, his old friend’s presence is palatable in every track.
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Bassist/vocalist/songwriter Ronnie Lane was one-fourth of the Small Faces, and stayed on board as they morphed into the Faces, fronted by Rod Stewart. Ian McLagan, keyboardist for both bands (and the Stones, Springsteen, Bonnie Raitt, David Lindley, etc.), has assembled a loving tribute to his former band and soulmate, who died in 1997, after a long battle with MS.
The Small Faces were one of England’s most popular and influential rock (and “mod”) bands of the ’60s, although their only American hit was “Itchycoo Park,” best known for its catchy chorus and trippy production – one of the first records to feature phasing, accentuating its overt drug references.
McLagan says he never liked the song and hadn’t planned on including it on the CD. “I suddenly started to hear the words and the flavor of the song,” he explains. “And I was picturing it without [co-writer] Steve Marriott’s input. I was kind of imagining Ronnie playing it for Steve; he would have played it kind of slower. ‘Over Bridge Of Sighs’ – that’s the Bridge Of Sighs in Cambridge, one of the two seats of learning in England. ‘Under dreaming spires’ is Oxford – ‘to Itchycoo Park, that’s where I’ve been.’ That’s a nettle patch in the East End of London – just a patch of grass, invariably with lots of nettles, so you get stung; you’d be itchy. Any park in the East End would be called Itchycoo Park, because there were always nettles.
“Then he says, ‘You can miss out school; why go to learn the words of fools?’ It’s a real diatribe against education. It wasn’t just, ‘Let’s get high.’ It’s, ‘What did you do there?/I got high./What did you feel there?/Well, I cried.’ Why? Because, ‘It’s all too beautiful.’
“He saw beauty in a nettle patch! It didn’t hit me until I looked at the lyrics; it’s a completely different song.”
Stripped of production gimmicks, Mac’s arrangement indeed brings out the beauty of the song’s lyrics and melody, elevating it to another plane. “I guarantee if I’d got hold of it and had my way with it back in ’67, it wouldn’t have been a hit. But I would’ve been happy with it,” he laughs. “I learned the song again. I never thought of it in that way.”
Other songs from throughout Lane’s career are included: “Nowhere To Run,” “April Fool, and “Annie,” from Rough Mix (the latter co-written with Eric Clapton), and the moody “Spiritual Babe,” which provides the CD’s title. Closing the album is “Hello Old Friend,” which Mac wrote for Ronnie and was able to play for him in ’94, when he moved to Austin, just a few months before Lane left his adopted Texas home for Colorado.
The Bump Band rose to the special occasion here. Drummer Don Harvey (the Motels’ Martha Davis, Joe Ely), bassist Mark Andes (Spirit, Jo Jo Gunne, Heart), and the versatile Scrappy Jud Newcomb on guitar (equal measures sympathy and grit) are one of Austin’s best bands – led by one of the greatest keyboardists in rock history. Recording the album was “very inspirational,” says Mac, and judging by the result, that’s an understatement. Not only is he in fine form, his old friend’s presence is palatable in every track.
https://www.vintageguitar.com/2771/ian-mclagan-the-bump-band-spiritual-boy-an-appreciation-of-ronnie-lane/
Ian McLagan Performs Ronnie Lane's "Debris" at The Record Collector Bordentown NJ 11-13-2009
...with a bit of storytelling!
...with a bit of storytelling!
Famous Jonny Mambo
5.0 out of 5 stars Most frequently played album on my radio show on WCOM
October 2, 2011
Format: Audio CD
Not knowing much about Ian "Mac" McLagan, I was given this cd as a promo about 3 years ago and did not expect much. I didn't even really know who Ronnie Lane or Mac was. Per my ears, this is the best tribute album I have ever heard. Mac digs into the treasure trove of beloved Ronnie Lane songs and serves up inspirational and updated versions of Ronnie's classics from the Faces, Small Faces, and solo work . I could listen to a few of these songs over and over in one setting and not tire of them. Mac's versions of Spiritual Boy, Glad & Sorry, Debris & Itchykapoo Park are lovingly transcendental. This is one of my favorite releases of all time and would spend my hard-earned cash to get a new copy of this when my old wears out. I would imagine that Ronnie Lane would mighty be proud of the honor that his friend Mac has done for him.
https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Boy-Mclagan-Bump-Band/dp/B0012PCRYE
5.0 out of 5 stars Most frequently played album on my radio show on WCOM
October 2, 2011
Format: Audio CD
Not knowing much about Ian "Mac" McLagan, I was given this cd as a promo about 3 years ago and did not expect much. I didn't even really know who Ronnie Lane or Mac was. Per my ears, this is the best tribute album I have ever heard. Mac digs into the treasure trove of beloved Ronnie Lane songs and serves up inspirational and updated versions of Ronnie's classics from the Faces, Small Faces, and solo work . I could listen to a few of these songs over and over in one setting and not tire of them. Mac's versions of Spiritual Boy, Glad & Sorry, Debris & Itchykapoo Park are lovingly transcendental. This is one of my favorite releases of all time and would spend my hard-earned cash to get a new copy of this when my old wears out. I would imagine that Ronnie Lane would mighty be proud of the honor that his friend Mac has done for him.
https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Boy-Mclagan-Bump-Band/dp/B0012PCRYE
Ian McLagan & The Bump Band - Live In Austin 2006
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeJqok1H_X4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeJqok1H_X4
Ronnie Lane passed away June 4, 1997
Ian McLagan passed away December 3, 2014.
Ian McLagan passed away December 3, 2014.
Excellent Ian McLagan Interview:
http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Article/7691/Ian-McLagan-Interview
http://www.ianmclagan.com/spiritual-boy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiritual_Boy
www.austinchronicle.com/music/2006-04-28/361671/https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2006-04-28/361671/
http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Article/7691/Ian-McLagan-Interview
http://www.ianmclagan.com/spiritual-boy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiritual_Boy
www.austinchronicle.com/music/2006-04-28/361671/https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2006-04-28/361671/
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Ronnie Lane Complete Album Discography
https://www.ronnielane.com/ronnie-lane-complete-album-discography.html
https://www.ronnielane.com/ronnie-lane-complete-album-discography.html