I was listening to the Faces "A Nod Is As Good As A Wink..." as I often do, and after 50 plus years of what feels like regular rotation, I found yet one more thing to love.
Ronnie Lane's bass playing on "Love Lives Here" is gorgeous.
Two things hit me as if I was hearing the song for the first time instead of the 101st.
The first is just how lovely and fluid the bass line is under the verses. It reminded me of Macca's playing on "Something," giving the song a separate, subtle melody. The second is how Ronnie is basically playing the riff from "You're My Girl" (or "Plynth," if you will) on the instrumental transitions between the verses. You can hear that bit of genius begin at the 1:20 mark an then again at the 2:30 mark.
It's the little things, baby!
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Ronnie is a great one all the way, and A Nod Is As Good As A Wink is one of my favorite records ever, and just about perfect. Definitely five stars in my book. Glyn Johns did that one, Who's Next and Boz Scaggs and Band all in 1971. And by the way, the Desmond Dekker is another really super reggae record of the week. You have really reignited my reggae love with this series.
Thanks for this. Ronnie is a treasure. Past couple years I've been on a RL kick. He has such a beautifully expressive voice. "Done This One Before" is perfect example.
happy st. plonk's day!
cheers
One of my favorite albums, period, Rod was the star but Ronnie was the heart.
Talk of hearing something 100 times and finding something new The bass playing in The Bee Gees "Gotta Get A Message To You" played by Maurice Gibb would make Mr. Bruce and Mr. Entwistle proud
Nice. There's a very good article about The Small Faces in the current MOJO Magazine if you haven't seen it yet.
Also - have you heard this song Drivin' N Cryin' (one of the best bands ever) put out a few years ago?
Love, love, love, love, love it:
Drivin N Cryin - 'Ian McLagan'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idVR9EHUwSs
Ron and Rod are not all that tall. The Small Faces really were small!
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