British rock legend Ian McLagan's new album 'Never Say Never' will be released nationally on March 3, on 00:02:59 Records. The album is dedicated to McLagan's late wife Kim, who died in a 2006 car accident, and is the former Small Faces/ Faces keyboard player's most powerful, poignant solo work. It includes 10 original songs written by McLagan and was mixed and mastered by his longtime friend, Glyn Johns at Sphere Studios in London. The album features McLagan on vocals and keyboard accompanied by his Bump Band ('Scrappy' Jud Newcomb, Don Harvey and Mark Andes), with special guests Patty Griffin on the title track and the Tosca Strings on the heartwrenching closer "When The Crying Is Over."
McLagan recorded and produced 'Never Say Never' at his own The Doghouse Studios in Manor, Texas, and he recorded the track "Where Angels Hide" on the Steinway in The Edythe Bates Old Chapel at The International Festival-Institute in Round Top, Texas. McLagan and The Bump Band will kick off a national US tour in support of the record on Feb. 21 in Memphis, TN.
Based on a release in the UK last year Mojo Magazine called 'Never Say Never' "Pub rock's answer to 'Blood On The Tracks,'" and in a year-end survey of unjustly overlooked albums, CBS Sunday Morning's Bill Flanagan said "'Never Say Never' mixes mischief and heartbreak, dancing on the bar and crying in your beer, in perfect proportion."
Ian McLagan's musical career began in the 1960's in the UK as the keyboard player for Small Faces and Faces. He has performed and recorded with The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Bragg and many others. McLagan relocated to Austin, TX in 1994 and has been a key player in the thriving music scene there for over a decade. In 2006 he released 'Spiritual Boy, An Appreciation of Ronnie Lane,' the critically acclaimed ode to his late Faces bandmate.
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