''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
Ronald Frederick Lane (1 April 1946 – 4 June 1997) was an English musician and songwriter who is best known as the bass guitarist and founding member of Small Faces (1965–69) and subsequently Faces (1969–73).
Lane formed Small Faces in ...
, released on what would have been Lane's sixtieth birthday, 1 April 2006, on McLagan's own
Maniac Records
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Maniac may also refer ...
. 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
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disc jockey Jody Denberg.
Track listing
# "Spiritual Babe" (
Ronnie Lane
Ronald Frederick Lane (1 April 1946 – 4 June 1997) was an English musician and songwriter who is best known as the bass guitarist and founding member of Small Faces (1965–69) and subsequently Faces (1969–73).
Lane formed Small Faces in ...
) 5:13
# "
Itchycoo Park" (
Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane) 3:57
# "Nowhere to Run" (Ronnie Lane) 3:13
# "Annie" (Ronnie Lane, Kate Lambert,
Eric Clapton
Eric Patrick Clapton (born 1945) is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is often regarded as one of the most successful and influential guitarists in rock music. Clapton ranked second in ''Rolling Stone''s list of ...
) 3:32
# "Debris" (Ronnie Lane) 3:53
# "April Fool" (Ronnie Lane) 4:22
# "Kuschty Rye" (Ronnie Lane, Kate Lambert) 4:08
# "Show Me the Way" (Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane) 2:32
# "You're So Rude" (Ian McLagan, Ronnie Lane) 3:18
# "Glad and Sorry" (Ronnie Lane) 3:43
# "Hello Old Friend" (Ian McLagan) 3:14
Personnel
* Ian "Mac" McLagan - vocals, acoustic and electric pianos, Hammond B3 organs, 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 - assorted percussion (1–3, 6–8)
* Seela Bush - vocals (1, 3)
* Jody Denberg - vocals (7)
* Brian Standefer - cello (5)
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2006 albums
Ian McLagan albums