Ian McLagan

Infobox musical artist

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Name =Ian McLagan
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Background = vocal_instrumentalist
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Alias = Mac
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Origin = Hounslow, Middlesex, England
Instrument = Organ, Piano, Guitar, Vocals
Genre = Rock and Roll
Rhythm and Blues
Hard Rock
Blues Rock
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Associated_acts = Small Faces
Faces
The Rolling Stones
Bump Band
Billy Bragg and the Blokes
URL = [http://www.ianmclagan.com/ ianmclagan.com]

Ian McLagan (born Ian Patrick McLagan, 12 May 1945, Hounslow, Middlesex [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=IAN|MCLAGAN&sql=11:j9fyxq85ldje~T1 Allmusic biography - accessed July 2008] ] ) is an English keyboard instrumentalist, best known as a member of Small Faces, and Faces.

An in-demand player, he has led his own Bump Band since 1977. They played at the 2006 Austin City Limits Music Festival, and opened for The Rolling Stones in Austin, Texas in 2006. McLagan can be heard on hundreds of session tracks, and has released several solo albums. His session work has backed artists such as Jackson Browne, Joe Cocker, Bob Dylan, Melissa Etheridge, Bonnie Riatt, and Bruce Springsteen among many others.

McLagan has been a member of Billy Bragg's band since 1997. He currently lives in Austin and does gig nights at local clubs and bars.

His wife, Kim McLagan, a licensed aesthetician, was killed in a traffic accident near Austin on 2 August 2006. She was 57, and the pair had been married since 1978. Kim's first husband was The Who drummer, Keith Moon.

Discography

* "Troublemaker" (Mercury, 1979)
* "Bump in the Night" (Mercury, 1980)
* "Last Chance to Dance" (EP) (Barking Dog, 1985)
* "Best of British" (Maniac, 2000)
* "Rise & Shine" (Maniac, 2004)
* "Here Comes Trouble" (Maniac, 2005)
* "Live" (Maniac, 2006)
* "Spiritual Boy" (Maniac, 2006)
* "Never Say Never" (Maniac, 2008)

ee also

*Music of Austin
*List of keyboardists

References