It is with a very sad and heavy heart that I announce that I had just found out about he sad news that our beloved legendary Small Faces/Faces keyboardist Ian "Mac" McLagan had died on Wednesday (US time). :-(
Thanks for your music, your sense of style and - for autographing my box set that I bought earlier this year - Mac! Hope you're jamming up there with Plonk and Stevie!
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ian-mclagan-faces-rolling-stones-keyboardist-dead-20141203
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Hard to process this news; another one gone.....I'm beginning to feel like an old soldier watching as the "Old Guard" fade away. I saw Ian on several occasions in concert with. The Faces in their early days He was a bit like John Entwistle ("The Ox") a dependable presence who never sought to upstage anyone, but without whose essential contribution, the alchemy simply wouldn't have worked as well.
This is sad sad news - one of the good'uns - and an excellent musician - for me his work with the Faces from 1970 was outstanding.
Yeah it most certainly is Motown. My opinion of him is only formed from what I have read and that night at the gig, but he came across as a very likeable guy who happened to have been one of the most talented organ players on the planet. I suppose he will always be an icon to us due to his association with the Small Faces so that would not have changed even if he was a pain in the arse as a person, but I like it better when you meet someone you admire a lot and they are impressive as people too.
Yes, very sad news. Gone but never forgotten… Thankyou for the music ;0)
Very very sad news. Rip Mac.
Not trying to hijack my own thread, butI know I'm going to get slated for this, but I've always liked this song, featuring Mac on piano... since my grandfather - on my late father's side - had this played at his funeral.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofA3URC1wyk
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