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November 16, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Ronnie Wood with His Wild Five: Mad Lad – A Live Tribute to Chuck Berry

Ronnie Wood with His Wild Five Mad Lad: A Live Tribute to Chuck Berry BMG Right Management (UK) Ltd Well-meaning they’ll say. “Live” the album title tells us – but is it less about the celebration and more about pinpointing an excuse for the sloppiness? Ronnie Wood can play, and I’ll defend that every time […]
Posted in Blog · Tagged Album Review, Ben Waters, Chuck Berry, His Wild Five, Ian Stewart, Imelda May, Live, Mad Lad, Mad Lad: A Live Tribute to Chuck Berry, Ron Wood, Ronnie Wood, Ronnie Wood with His Wild Five, Ronnie Wood with His Wild Five: Mad Lad - A Live Tribute to Chuck Berry, The Faces, The Great Twenty-Eight, The Jeff Beck Group, The Rolling Stones, The Stones, Tribute, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 27, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Rod Stewart: The Magic Years

I’ve been listening to a lot of Rod Stewart lately. And by that I mean The (first) Jeff Beck Group, Faces and Rod’s solo albums. Depending on where you are at with Rod Stewart you walked out after Smiler (or because of it) or A Night On The Town or Blondes Have More Fun – […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged "Singer", Cover, Covers, Faces, Jeff Beck, Rod, Rod Stewart, Rod Stewart: The Magic Years, Ron Wood, Singing, Small Faces, songbook, Songwriter, The Faces, The Jeff Beck Group, The Magic Years, The Yardbirds ·

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December 3, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Ian McLagan

It’s being reported that Ian McLagan has died, suffering a stroke in hospital. He was 69. Earlier this year McLagan released a lucklustre new album – but that’s not his legacy, and nor should it really dent it. As a member of the Small Faces and The Faces, as someone who toured and recorded with […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Eulogy, Faces, Ian McLagan, Keyboardist, R.I.P., Small Faces, The Faces, The New Barbarians ·

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June 27, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Ian McLagan & The Bump Band: United States

Ian McLagan & The Bump Band United States Yep Roc/Southbound Ian McLagan – rock legend? Sure. Small Faces, countless sessions with so many of the greats, plenty of good yarns too. And then there’s the label – Yep Roc – so many strong releases in the wider country/alt-country/rootsy-rock territory. And here’s Ian with his group […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Ian McLagan, Ian McLagan & The Bump Band, Paul McCartney, Small Faces, Southbound, The Bump Band, The Faces, United States, Yep Roc ·

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August 3, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1321

Rod Stewart, Every Picture Tells A Story (1971) The great Rod Stewart stuff is sounding better to my ears with each and every spin. Yes, it’s very much a harness the good/block out the bad approach. But also I’m pretty stoked with this LP – not just because it’s great – because I found a […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1971, 2, Every Picture Tells A Story, LP, Rod Stewart, The Faces, Vinyl ·

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July 11, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1337

Ron Wood, Gimme Some Neck (1979) You know I don’t think the world will ever pause to usher in reappraisal of Ronnie Wood’s solo records but – if it did – this would be a good place to start. Well, it’s where I started at any rate. The version of Seven Days sounds more like […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1979, Bob Dylan, Breakin' My Neck, Gimme Some Neck, LP, Mick Taylor, Ron Wood, Ronnie Wood, Seven Days, The Faces, The Rolling Stones, Vinyl ·

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November 11, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1765

Rod Stewart/Faces, Coast To Coast: Overture And Beginners (1974) Rod Stewart was performing with The Faces and also integrating/indulging his solo material/career. And I bought this album at a time when I was hardly much of a fan of either Rod or The Faces. I bought it for a buck and stored it for years; […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Coast To Coast: Overture And Beginners, I Wish It Would Rain, Live, Rod Stewart, The Faces, The Jeff Beck Group, Vinyl ·

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