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keyboardist

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. The album was intended as a tribute to his bandmate in both groups, singer-songwriter

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, released on what would have been Lane's sixtieth birthday, 1 April 2006, on McLagan's own Maniac Records. Featuring ten tracks either written or co-written by Lane throughout the span of his career as a musician and one written by McLagan for Lane, it was recorded in February and March 2006 at McLagan's

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studio, The Doghouse, with his backing group, the Bump Band in tow alongside such guests as famed

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disc jockey Jody Denberg.

Track listing

# "Spiritual Babe" (

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, Ronnie Lane) 3:57 # "Nowhere to Run" (Ronnie Lane) 3:13 # "Annie" (Ronnie Lane, Kate Lambert,

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) 3:32 # "Debris" (Ronnie Lane) 3:53 # "April Fool" (Ronnie Lane) 4:22 # "Kuschty Rye" (Ronnie Lane, Kate Lambert) 4:08 # "Show Me the Way" (Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane) 2:32 # "You're So Rude" (Ian McLagan, Ronnie Lane) 3:18 # "Glad and Sorry" (Ronnie Lane) 3:43 # "Hello Old Friend" (Ian McLagan) 3:14

Personnel

* Ian "Mac" McLagan - vocals, acoustic and electric pianos, Hammond B3 organs, clavinet, acoustic and electric guitars, Pro2 bass * "Scrappy" Jud Newcomb - electric and acoustic guitars, mandolin, vocals * Mark Andes - bass, vocals * Don Harvey - drums with * John Bush - assorted percussion (1–3, 6–8) * Seela Bush - vocals (1, 3) * Jody Denberg - vocals (7) * Brian Standefer - cello (5)

References

{{Authority control 2006 albums Ian McLagan albums