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Hucknall Defensive After Faces Backlash

 

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Mick Hucknall , Kenney Jones and Ronnie Wood of the re-fromed Faces

 

Mick Hucknall, Kenney Jones and Ronnie Wood of the re-fromed Faces photocall at the O2 Arena London, England 26th July...


British singer Mick Hucknall has defended himself after fans criticised his inclusion in THE FACES, insisting he's replacing Rod Stewart because the star can no longer hit the high notes.

The former Simply Red star has been confirmed as the new frontman of the reunited supergroup and will join Ronnie Wood, Kenney Jones and Ian MCLagan for a tour next year (2011).

The news was met with an outcry from many of the group's loyal followers - but Hucknall is convinced he'll be able to win over audiences because his voice sounds like Stewart's at the height of the band's success in the 1970s.

He says, "It's a shame that Rod can't do it but then Rod isn't the Rod of 1973. Those songs, the keys are so high and it's pretty intense staying at that kind of pitch for the whole night."

 

 
 

Wednesday 11th August 2010











The legendary Faces return after an eventful hiatus with Rolling Stone, Ronnie Wood, Who drummer Kenney Jones and the glorious keyboards of Ian McLagen augmented by former Sex Pistol, Glen Matlock on bass and the inimitable vocals of lifelong Faces' fan Mick Hucknall.

We're honoured that the British Music Experience was chosen to host the initmate launch gig by infamous 70s English supergroup Faces, performing their 'proper' first live show since 1975.

There will be a 45 minute Q&A session with the band members, followed by an intimate gig for 400 people for an hour.

Only 60 fans will be invited to attend the Q&A session at 7pm before the rest of the audience join for the mini-gig at 8.30pm.

www.britishmusicexperience.com

Rolling Stones perpetual bad boy Keith Richards will join fellow Stone Ron Wood and the rest of the Rod Stewart-less Faces for the band's reunion performance at the Vintage at Goodwood Festival in West Sussex, England, August 13th.

The addition of Richards to the lineup of the original Faces (with Simply Red singer Mick Hucknall standing in for Stewart as vocalist) adds even more spice and star power to what will undoubtedly be one of the most significant band reunion gigs of the year.

According to unnamed source Richards is dissatisfied with the pace of Mick Jagger's mission to reform the Rolling Stones, and "at the end of the day Keith just wants to play."
 

 

 


Ronnie Wood: 'Rod Stewart isn't ruled out of Faces reunion'

Guitarist also says why he recruited Mick Hucknall... Faces guitarist Ronnie Wood has said that the band "haven't ruled out" getting original frontman Rod Stewart to play with them again.

The reuniting band have recruited Simply Red's Mick Hucknall as a replacement for Stewart, and are set to play the Sussex Vintage At Goodwood festival (August 13-15).

Wood told the NME that Stewart wasn't on board because of schedule clashes, but claimed they were on good terms and he may join them in the future. Stewart in fact told fans at his O2 Arena gig last week (May 29) to give the Simply Red man "a chance" if they went to see the band live.

"We haven't ruled Rod out," he said. "It's just that his schedule is totally crossing over exactly when we wanted him. We've got Mick Hucknall because his voice is just like Rod's was in the '70s."

He added: "The door's not closed to Rod but we're carrying on because it's worth it."

The guitarist said that the band may tour in January and hoped to play Glastonbury and other festivals in 2011.
 

 


'I FEEL LIKE PLAYING' - COMING YOUR WAY!
 
Woody's new album 'I Feel Like Playing' out soon.
Track list...

Why’d You Wanna Do A Thing
Sweetness
Lucky Man
I Gotta Go
Thing About You
How Am I Gonna Catch You
Spoonful
I Don’t Think So
100%
Fancy Pants
Tell Me Something
Forever

Go to http://ronniewood.com/album_promo.aspx
to hear a snippet of the track 'Thing About You'...

 

COMING SOON... !

Faces, 1969 - 75

 

The first book created by the Faces – an illustrated account of their meteoric rise from 1969 to 1975, including rare photography, personal memorabilia, and first-hand stories from the group's members.

Published as a signed limited edition with a special foreword by Slash, each finely printed book will be craftsman bound, numbered and – as a mark of authenticity and approval – signed by Ronnie Wood, Ian McLagan and Kenney Jones.

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You will be offered the first chance to pre-order, ahead of publication at a preferential rate. We look forward to writing with further news.

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Mick Hucknall to join The Faces for reunion

Seventies chart stars The Faces are to reunite, with Mick Hucknall taking Rod Stewart's role, it was announced today.

The performance at a new summer festival will also feature former Sex Pistol Glen Matlock, playing bass in place of the late Ronnie Lane.

The group split in 1975, re-forming for a one-off charity show at the Royal Albert Hall last year with a range of vocalists for the absent Stewart.

Guitarist Ronnie Wood, drummer Kenney Jones and Ian McLagan have now decided to again play live with a show at the music and design festival Vintage At Goodwood on August 13.

Further dates and guest vocalists are expected to be announced shortly.

The Faces - whose hits include Stay With Me - are often cited as an influence on later rock acts.

They notably had the longest song title to make the top 40 with 1974's You Can Make Me Dance Sing Or Anything (Even Take The Dog For A Walk, Mend A Fuse, Fold Away The Ironing Board, Or Any Other Domestic Shortcomings).

Hucknall, who will call time on his band Simply Red after a quarter of a century with a final tour later this year, was one of the guests who played at last year's one-night-only performances.

Wood, who went on to be a member of the Rolling Stones, said ''the magic was still there'' when they performed last year.

''Playing with the boys again just felt right so we thought 'Well, why not?' It's exciting to be on this path again and I hope that the Faces fans are excited as we are - I'm just really looking forward to seeing them this summer.''

Jones said: ''The timing is just right, we can feel the excitement and we cannot wait to be back on stage playing to a live audience again.''

The band evolved from the Small Faces when singer Steve Marriott left to form Humble Pie and Stewart stepped in.

After The Faces split in 1975 its members went on to their own successes.

Jones later replaced Keith Moon in The Who, McLagan played with artists such as Bob Dylan, Wood joined the Stones, Lane formed his band Slim Chance and died of MS in 1997, and Stewart became a chart-topping solo star.

Vintage At Goodwood takes place at the Goodwood Estate in West Sussex from August 13 to 15 as a celebration of the best of ''British cool'' from the 1940s to 1980s.

It has been created by Wayne and Gerardine Hemingway and estate owner Lord March and will take in music, fashion, art, design and culture.

 

 

RONNIE LANE'S MOBILE STUDIO IS BACK... !

The LMS was founded in 1972, when Ronnie Lane, the bass player, songwriter and singer with The Small Faces and The Faces imported a 1968 Airstream Trailer from the USA.
 

Back then the market in mobile studios was pretty much limited to Rock Supergroup's own mobile facilities, & Ronnie's only real competition was The Rolling Stones mobile, which kicked off in the same year.

Right out of the box the LMS was a massive success, and the sound of the 'room' was legendary. With slightly concave shoulders across the whole length and width of the vehicle, the bass response, devoid of obligatory standing waves, was (& still is) stupendous, and many eminent producers considered it the flattest & most accurate control room in the world.

Very few mobile studios have ever been the environment of choice for major artist mixing except the LMS. Throughout Ronnie's tenure as owner, the studio was operated and run by legendary producer and engineer Ron Nevison who set it up for Ronnie with a custom, wraparound Helios Console, an 8 Track Studer A80 multitrack (later modified to a stacked 16track), A Series Dolbys, Valve mics, huge Keith Monks boom stands (still here!) & a BX20 spring reverb (must have sounded great bumping over the kerbs!). Back then,the Helios console was pretty much the way to go for mobiles, with most of the subsequent trucks following Ronnie's lead.

Pretty low tech, even for the day, but relying on a fabulous room, great acoustics, and a classic British analogue sound chain, driven by a proper recording console, just like it still is now! From the very first year of operation the LMS was responsible for some of the most successful and influential recordings of rock music history, and today's record companies and digital studios 'in a box' that abound in every artist's bedroom can only gaze in wonder at the kind of success that a proper studio could have, with great musicians and the benefit of dedicated analogue sound, provided by true professional engineers and producers.

After that first year the floodgates opened and the catalogue of classic recordings and legendary producers that were created inside the LMS's pastel blue, shagpile-lined aluminium shell is unmatched anywhere in rock & roll. The list is too long to recreate, but if one of your favourite records isn't here, you shouldn't be involved in rock & roll. To name but a few, and in no particular order....

Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti. The Who - Quadrophenia.
The Who - The Who by Numbers.  Bad Company - Bad Company.
Eric Clapton - Rainbow Concert.
The Faces - Ooh La La.
The Stones - Black & Blue.
Mott The Hoople - Mott.
Ronnie Lane - Slim Chance & Rough mix (w. Pete Townsend).

Other users of the studio include: Bob Marley, Jack Bruce, Marc Bolan, David Bowie, Van Morrison, The Pretty Things, The Damned, Elvis Costello, Stevie Wonder, John Lee Hooker, Keith & Ronnie, B.B. King, Dave Edmunds, Jeff Beck and... well, pretty much anyone who ever really sold any records.

Total sales of recordings from the LMS around 500 million.
 

 

And now the LMS is back, after a long holiday!

In 1982 it was sold by Ronnie to its' present owner, when Ronnie's illness with MS has really taken hold. Back in '82 the present owner, together with partner, Teddy Roffey, (the flamboyant & notorious owner of Escape Studios, in Kent) bought the LMS just to preserve it, since when it has been used exclusively with private clients of the present owner and Teddy. It hasn't been totally idle, re-mixing and archiving all of the first 7 years of Bob Marley & The Wailers JAD Records work, recording and re-mixing live sessions by The Pretty Things, Eddy Grant, Love, & David Gilmour, archiving and re-mixing classic EMI & Phillips analogue albums for vinyl re-issue.
 

But Teddy's retirement from the business, a flood and the passage of time precipitated a major overhaul a year or two ago, incorporating the first change of decor in 35 years. So now resplendent in classic 70's orange, cream & mauve, the LMS is taking on board another, classic, British console, and is once again available to make records in a location near you now.


 

 

 

So, if you want to subscribe to the expanding hordes of faceless and characterless digital mobile facilities, offering thirty zillion, virtual channels of ghastly, music free, digital storage then go ahead. However, if you want to make a record in the same room, and with the same disciplines that have created the greatest records and the greatest drum sounds in history look no further.

It's no co-incidence that the greatest drum sounds of all time the final refinement of the classic Zeppelin & Bonham sound, the purest interpretation of The Who & Moonie's explosive, clattering Premier sound and the loose, thundering energy of The Faces, and Kenny's big Ludwig noise; were all captured and preserved in the LMS. The really great records didn't make themselves. The LMS made them. It's the best mobile room out there. Period. In this day ands age, maybe the best room out there bar none.

 

 

 If you want a piece of this call +44 (0) 7702 0789 or email info@lmsmobile.com

 

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