''Spiritual Boy'' is the seventh album by former
Small Faces
Small Faces were an English rock band from London, founded in 1965. The group originally consisted of Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane, Kenney Jones and Jimmy Winston, with Ian McLagan replacing Winston as the band's keyboardist in 1966. The ...
and
Faces
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keyboardist
Ian McLagan
Ian Patrick McLagan (; 12 May 1945 – 3 December 2014) was an English keyboardist, best known as a member of the rock bands Small Faces and Faces. He also collaborated with the Rolling Stones and led his own band from the late 1970s. He was i ...
. 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
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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) 5:13
# "
Itchycoo Park
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" (
Steve Marriott
Stephen Peter Marriott (30 January 1947 – 20 April 1991) was an English guitarist, singer and songwriter. He co-founded and played in the rock bands Small Faces and Humble Pie, in a career spanning over two decades. Marriott was inducted pos ...
, Ronnie Lane) 3:57
# "Nowhere to Run" (Ronnie Lane) 3:13
# "Annie" (Ronnie Lane, Kate Lambert,
Eric Clapton) 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