Ian McLagan On The Truth Of Bob Dylan

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Ian 'Mac' McLagan is a genuine, dyed-in-the-wool rock'n'roller. In fact, he was, after all, a member of the Small Faces and the Faces, would serve as an ideal illustration in the proverbial Dictionary of What Is Truly Cool.The man known to his many mates and even more fans and admirers as 'Mac' is the sort who shrugs off such puffery. And then he just carries on creating splendid and genuine rock'n'roll as well as musically aid and abet a marquee line-up of truly blue ribbon talent that he has toured and recorded with: The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Springsteen, to name some but hardly all of the notables that McLagan has worked with over his four-plus decade career.He has also etched his distinctive musical talents onto the playlist of rock'n'roll history co-writing such Faces hits as "Cindy Incidentally," "You're So Rude" and "Three Button Hand Me Down" His Wurlitzer electric piano is heard on everything from "Stay With Me" by the Faces to the smash hit "Miss You" by The Rolling Stones, and Mac's trademark Hammond B-3 organ is featured on the Small Faces classic "Itchycoo Park " and Rod Stewart's "Maggie May" and "You Wear It Well."McLagan entered the music game in Swinging London in the mid-1960s. He ascended from the Top of the Pops with Small Faces to the pinnacle of rock with the Faces when Rod Stewart and Ron Wood joined the band. The rollicking Faces ruled 1970s album radio and sales charts as well as the stadiums, arenas and festivals around the world, leaving countless satisfied fans, many wild tales and more than a few quivering hotel managers in their wake.Since he cut his debut solo album, Troublemaker, in 1979 — with two Rolling Stones (Keith Richards and Ron Wood) and a Beatle (Ringo Starr) among the players — McLagan has been making music in his own right that carries on the British rock tradition that he helped establish with the Small Faces and Faces.In April 2012 the Small Faces and Faces were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.