The SMALL FACES part one |

The Small Faces were the leading mod band on the British music scene 1965-66 and they blended original material with the gritty American soul and rhythm and blues. This video looks at their formative years before branching out into the psychedelic and progressive genres in 1967-1968. Steve Marriot, Ronnie Lane, Kenney Jones, Ian McLagan, Andrew Oldham, and Don Arden are all part of the story.
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[@anthonyabbinanti5739]

Steve Marriott is one of the greatest voices in rock and roll.

[@pauls5096]

Truth.

[@alaineid4048]

The greatest

[@Senna-xi1gr]

Agree 100% 🏆🇬🇧👍🎤🎸🎼

[@burrburr6816]

No way

[@wabankik]

​@@pauls5096🎉😮

[@WildInNewEngland]

In the late 60's early 70's I thought of the Small Faces as a 1 hit wonder but then I was introduced to their catalog. My knowledge of their history is a mish-mash with lots of holes. Thanks for putting it all in order, Matt.

[@pierreverweij5559]

After hearing The Small Faces’ You Need Lovin’ I didn’t like Led Zep’s Whole Lotta Love anymore. Looking forward to part 2!

[@tyronerodgers]

Cool one Matt. It's too bad they didn't continue into the 70s with Steve. They would have gone on to even greater things...

[@grahampratchett8207]

Steve by then had a drug & drink problem

[@maxcuthbert100]

Steve left them !

[@ianharwell7500]

As we will no doubt hear in part 2, they did reform from 1975 to 1978 BUT the reunion albums were both critical and commercial failures. Small Faces broke up again in 1978

[@michaelrochester48]

But we got humble pie again with those magical rock riffs

[@robertfontaine356]

I think it should be noted that Zeppelin did not "cover" or "re-arrange" Willie Dixon`s Whole Lotta Love as much as steal it, and put their names on it. The whole plagiarism case was, I believe, settled out of court with Mr. Dixon receiving a hefty chunk of money in compensation. Many blues artists were ripped off by bands in the sixties, and most were never compensated. We are much more aware of plagiarism now, aren`t we Mr. Sheeran?

[@saygebordeaux488]

That Man should have been a single

[@edwardgonczy3170]

Don Arden sounds a lot like Peter Grant. But he was very protective of Led Zeppelin.

[@michaelharrington75]

When Marriott developed his own style he was one of the best singers in the world!

[@ernebruce5277]

My favorite singer of all times. Underrated. Humble Pie displayed his vocal ability more than Small Faces. Liked both bands.

[@mikebassy]

I walk past Ronnie Lanes old house every week and always think of him and Steve and Kenny. Ian and Jimmy too .

[@Mike-ir9fx]

Steve Marriott had a voice that doesn't fit the face😱 unbelievable passion and soulful ♥️

[@KatharineShaw-z8u]

The Small Faces were one of the great UK pop/rock bands of the late 60s. The Jam and the Sex Pistols acknowledged them as being influences.

[@Oooo-bi7bi]

Steve Marriott is the greatest and reason we have the expression blue eyed soul singer. Thanks for uploading. My favourite 60’s R&B band.

[@burrburr6816]

Bull

[@OakvilleLad]

Whenever I hear 'Itchy Coo Park' it sends me back to my childhood in the late sixties. Such a magical time and learning more about the band all these years after, is so cool. Great job, Matt!

[@tats7859]

Hey Mark, right on right on right on, can't beat that sound from the drums on that song...

[@neilfranklin5644]

I were in primary school when this band were active, so while not aware of everything they did at the time they did, sha la la la Lee, hear come the nice, Itchicoo park and lazy sunday afternoon, did come to my attention.

[@tdunph4250]

Why these guys weren't cooler and as big as The Stones is something I'll never figure out. I've always loved this band. Marriott is one of my top 3-4 singers of all time! Great video as always.

[@cindycavylover123]

Because Sharon Osborne's father Don Arden was their manager

[@christopher9196]

Also, they never came to America

[@rhiannonrede]

Marriot was "The man"! He had it all. What a terrible loss of this man.

[@luiszuluaga6575]

Their manager took them for a ride. 🤷🏻‍♂️🥲

[@mjh5437]

Because regardless of his brilliant voice and cute looks Steve Marriott was such an objectionable character,nobody could stand his company for very long.

[@grahampratchett8207]

100% Brilliant. I love how the Americans got hooked into the British 60s bands.

[@bluerhumba1753]

One of the great bands of the era, love it. Urgh, don arden 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@andrewp.schubert2417]

Thanks for sharing this Great history lesson on Steve Marriot and The Faces.

[@shadowstealer2790]

One of the nicest people I ever met in music was Ian McClagen, when my band shared the backstage area at Fuji Rock in Japan with a version of The Faces (featuring Mick Hucknall and Glen Matlock at that time). I asked him about the phased drums on Itchycoo Park, one of my favourite sonic moments on any track, and he told me how Geoff Emerick had put it all together. When we saw him again at the airport carousel as he waved goodbye he said "Fun Or Nothing", clearly an epithet he used often. What a phrase, what a guy, I felt I had a tiny insight into what it must have been like to be in that magnificent band at that magnificent time. He passed not long after. A great loss.

[@tats7859]

How did they get that sound from itchycoo Park, love that song when it came out and I'd turn up my little transistor radio...

[@shadowstealer2790]

@@tats7859 It's phasing( or flanging) it happens when you try to sync two tape reels playing the same thing.

[@BradyDale04]

Great video Matt The Small Faces are definitely one of the best 60’s rock bands very soulful Steve Marriott had the greatest voice it was very tragic how he passed away.

[@groverbaker6404]

They never got their due here in America..loved every lp..even the later Atlantic lp.just cool music!! Love this channel..Thank you Matt..as always..killer job

[@princegroove]

My favorite group of all time and I wasn’t even born until the 80’s. ☝🏻

[@Shadowwolf7774]

I can't believe that I'm 60 years old and I just figured out that Steve was in Small faces and humble pie.

[@tommaxwell3469]

Great to see one of my favorite bands get their due.

[@michaelferreri1256]

A great band to do a full story on sir. Steve Marriot is one of the great and unmistakable rock voices in pop history and an extremely talented individual. With Ronnie Lane and Kenney Jones you have in retrospect a "Super Group". What they would go on to do is outstanding. Looking forward to part two BIG TIME! Thanks Matt. Love your show.

[@popgoesthe60s52]

Thank you, Michael!

[@deirdre108]

This was extraordinary. After the Beatles, The Small Faces was my favorite band during the period you covered. Marriot was for me the best male rock vocalist of that era.

[@MrWhip55]

Great v/log Matt on one of the greatest bands of the 60s. Steve Marriott was a force of nature. Their song "Tin Soldier" singing along with the great PP Arnold is one of the best music videos on KZbin.

[@teresahall5835]

👍Marriott and PP Arnold✊.They made the song, nobody else could have done it JUSTICE. 👏✌

[@moehill546]

I loved steve so special..saw the small faces play live in walthamtow london along time ago ! Im in my 70's now i must of been about 15yrs his voice and cheeky attitude a one off! So glad i was around to c them!

[@PaulHarwood-pf7dz]

Let's not forget that Ronnie Lane was one of the greatest rock bass guitarists ever. His playing was brilliant both with the Small Faces & with the Faces w/ Rod Stewart as lead singer. He inspired my bass playing forever. Rock on Ronnie Lane!

[@jltbass56]

Another fabulous video. Thanks Matt! Would love to see the transition of Steve into Humble Pie. Those first two albums are incredible. All the best!

[@albertguder6605]

well in retrospect everything from the 60's is called Mod.Mostly by fans of Oasis and Paul Weller.Ever since the late 70's Mod revival it's very hip to be narrow minded and condemn everything but Mod as hippy rubbish,which is what really happened in the Uk since the late 70's.From what I gather the so called mod movement came about in the late 50's,the early mods loved bebop and were into existentialist literature.It seems the music scene in the uk is so keen on labeling and categorising that the whole enjoyment of music suffers .

[@mikecook7334]

Interesting band. Very quirky, very British. Ronnie Lane’s story is a book in itself…🇬🇧🎸🎧

[@juliatutor8099]

Matt: Terry Tutor here...Once again, I am so impressed by your research (you even know how many gigs an early Marriott band had)....Looking much forward to part 2......

[@popgoesthe60s52]

Thank you, Terry - stay tuned!

[@shedboy18]

I think the who were a mod band. Quodrophenia mod movie London to Brighton mods v rockers fighting

[@melvyncollins7305]

Another great episode. Every time I watch one I straight after dig out the records and have a blast. Can't wait for The Birds and The Action.

[@Mandrake591]

Excellent episode Matthew, as always! “Itchycoo Park” always gets to me, thank God Ronnie brought that in to the band!

[@nickwebb9290]

Fabulous, thanks 🙏 Small Faces were without doubt one of the best UK bands so it’s much appreciated that you’re running a two part show on them

[@popgoesthe60s52]

Thanks for watching, Nick!

[@buzzawuzza3743]

Great video! Used to collect all of their records and I understand how someone could get confused about which album is which. Their Decca album is called The Small Faces and their first Immediate album is also called The Small Faces. But to me their strength was how good they were. Even the songs used to fill up the albums were cool. Rock on!

[@Senna-xi1gr]

Top shelf in my house . Love these guys for years now. If you’re ever in England try & go see The Small Fakers. Great tribute to them. 🇬🇧🏆👍

[@scottanthonyweidner8692]

Fantastic video as always. Thank you for having the guts to present yourself as a fan as much as an historian. Your enthusiasm for this band is infectious! I’ve been listening to this band for years. They’ve never grabbed me to the same degree as The Fabs, The Stones, The Byrds, The Yardbirds, The Who, or The Kinks, but something about them makes me stick with them to continue to try to appreciate their stuff. This video helped me find where that itch that they scratch for me is. Hope to see you carry this through until the end of the Faces, but I understand if you end it with Steve’s departure

[@popgoesthe60s52]

I appreciated the kind words, Scott - thank you!

[@tynosille6747]

Status quo another great band that never hit big in the U.S.A. except in small circles. I still listen to at least 1 quo song everyday. Ma kellys greasy spoon my favorite status quo album.

[@malekmo64]

Great to see The Fenmen and The Iveys on a concert together. Two of The Fenmen became members of The Pretty Things the wildest rock band of the 60s before the other 60s bands caught up, The Iveys became Badfinger a very tragic band as well!!! 😊

[@stevescott2903]

Fabulous Matt, and ya, one of my favorites from the era as well. As per usual, excellent research, filling in the blanks, color..... Very nice indeed. Looking forward to Part 2. Cheers!

[@popgoesthe60s52]

Thank you, Steve!

[@paulgoldstein2569]

A point here, out of all the British number ones of the sixties, and maybe of all times, that failed to crack the U.S. Top 100, All Or Nothing was about the most undeserved. They hd surprisingly little chat success in the States. Itchycoo Park was their only actual hit in the States, followed by a couple that only made the lower end of the U.S. Top 100, which made their complete U.S. chart run, nothing like the number of hits they had in the UK. Their first manager Don Arden was a bit of a swine, only paying them the same fixed amount that he started paying them, when their earnings should obviously increased, due to the increase of their live success when they were later attracting much larger audiences. But they still commending him for helping to kick-start their career. Their second Decca album In The Beginning was made of tracks from their singles, plus recordings from late 1966 which were not released while the group were on Decca, but two of which they re-recorded for their first Immediate album, Have You Ever Seen Me, and My Way Of Giving, which was covered on single by Chris Farlowe.

[@pauls5096]

I've read that Robert Plant patterned his vocals.....or at least his early vocals.....on Steve Marriott's style.

[@Gilbert_Dice_Gottfried]

They may be one of the all time greatest bands but they have the funniest name for a band I’ve ever heard. Steve Marriott was so goddamn talented and his voice is one of the best out of Rock. I learned a lot I didn’t know from this video. Ronnie lane was really talented too. Great voice and songwriting. His bass playing got really good by the time they became the faces. The whole band was phenomenal. Especially towards the end when they started doing that weird psychedelic stuff.

[@commanderstraker6732]

Excellent ! I wonder how successful they could've been on a US tour had the drug offence not happened ?

[@maxcuthbert100]

Very.

[@elmagodelmaryahoo]

"Compelling" High Energy Steve Marriot's often pivotal early contributions sadly remain largely unsung. Certainly, a whole new world _came into being_ with the later formation of Humble Pie. The 1971 release of NYC Live _"Rockin' the Fillmore"_ with then 18 year old Peter Frampton, remains one of my personal Top 10 FAV Live albums of all time... with the follow-up of the 1972 studio release of _"Smokin"_ being a breakthrough nexus.👌 And of course, cherished memories of ALL of our own individual "Itchycoo Park" remain equally _pivotal_ even 55 years later.... 💋

[@mikeberg5003]

10:37 Playing on Feb 10th The Iveys. Better known as the earliest incarnation of Badfinger

[@richarddevlin5613]

Been waiting a long time for this !

[@maxcuthbert100]

Tin Soldier, maaaan,Tin Soldier !

[@lorirolley5365]

Love tin soldier

[@rosgrant3043]

Thank you for the story of the Small Faces. They and The Who were my all time favourite bands of that time. Both bands toured here in New Zealand in 1968 and I was lucky enough to see them play. The concert was amazing. I was 13 at the time. I also managed to get the autographs of most of both group members. Loved those times.

[@popgoesthe60s52]

How fortunate to have actually seen them!

[@edwardmulholland7912]

One of the best bands ever I think. Some of their early stuff is some of their best stuff. I first really got into them in the mid - 80’s hanging out with mods and skinheads among others in Belfast Ireland - by then the band were already legendary. Looking forward to part 2. Enjoyed this, thank you.

[@misternewoutlook5437]

I am really glad you are covering the history of this group! I had that very first album long ago. It was in mint condition too. But after moving around in life, it somehow got lost. I recall it had a red label with an ear on it "ffrr" or something. Yeah, I like the Small Faces quite a lot. It's strange, but for some reason I always thought their timeline interwined with The Who a bit more than you discuss. I guess I thought this because of Lane and Towshend's collaborations and Kenny Jones joining the band after Moon passed away. Maybe in the second part this will become clearer. Can't wait!

[@hifrommike2120]

Love the Small Faces. Some of the discs you called singles are actually EPs, with two songs on each side. When I was in London in 1982, a record store I went into still had the singles & EPs the Beatles had released in their early days.

[@georgeedward1226]

Steve Marriot found sucess again in the late 70s and early 80s when he changed his name to Paul Weller.

[@billstill1794]

Thanks for this very informative 1st part - you're so much more into the actual history of these groups than the so-called "Professor of Rock"! You're real, he comes off as silly.

[@lewistyler462]

It was a strange coincidence, as a few months ago; I had a hankering to listen to The Small Faces-which I did, and then found out it was Ronnie Lane's birthday.

[@Tom-el5cq]

Great part 1, Matt. Glad you covered Steve’s early history, it’s not often mentioned. You can hear how it later flavored the band’s music. Looking forward to pt. 2!👍

[@lauraweiss7875]

I love playing Ronnie Lane’s bassline of “Stay With Me.”

[@SurferJoe1]

This should really go under part two, but for a real treat don't miss the Mona Lisa Twins' recent live cover of "Lazy Sunday Afternoon".

[@loakland2773]

Great job Matt. I love the work you do and how thorough you are. No stone unturned. Great presentation too. Appreciate all your hard work and efforts. Love The Small Faces. Very unique in the day. Looking forward to part 2. I hope your rehab projects went smoothly.

[@popgoesthe60s52]

Rehabs homes are still in progress and going well! Thanks for the kind words, Lance.

[@MrMARRSBONFIRE]

patterns isnt on the first album? not the british release anyway

[@mikebassy]

Nice one ! The Small Faces are my favourite band of the 60s and maybe ever . Have a look on my channel for the Following in the footsteps video I put together. It’s basically a tour of Forest Gate/Manor Park and the homes of Steve and Ronnie

[@DEKMAN99]

Wasn't , Ichycoo Park their biggest hit in America? That was my favorite Small Faces song. I love the part. , It all too beautiful 🎶 it all too beautiful. 🎶 Ian , the keyboardist didn't care for the song.

[@thekeysman1]

One great band , favourites Tin Solider, Itchycoo Park, Lazy Sunday Afternoon, Wham Bam, Steve Marriott one of my favourite singers of all time, good guitarist as well.

[@petergrattan3509]

....toured nz with them in '68, kenney used my drums.

[@VVellieMan]

Be careful with 1960s UK chart positions Matt. Sha La La La Lee made No.1 on the BBC chart which was the de facto chart for 98% of the population - this was an average of four music papers' individual charts. Sadly, the least relevant of these, Record Retailer, has now become the only one quoted on the internet these days hence the No.3 position you quoted here. Same story with Please Please Me and 19th Nervous Breakdown which everyone around at the time accepted as No.1 songs...

[@popgoesthe60s52]

Yeah, the British charts are a mess and I don't have all the chart activity of the UK charts like I do the US charts. Thanks for that update.

[@MultiStats]

Kenney Jones had memoirs published recently where he discussed adding Ian McClagan to the band. I remembered he wrote about how Winston didn't fit in, and was detracting from the front man (Marriott) during performances, and he was not a particularly good musician. I don't remember other details other than how ecstatic the band was about how Ian M. fit in with the Small Faces. These guys were very good musicians individually.

[@popgoesthe60s52]

There is no question that McLagan was a serious upgrade over Winston. I still have yet to ready his memoir.

[@PaulHaesler]

The swirling sound effect on the drums on Itchycoo Park is flanging, not phasing. The two effects are related and can sound similar, but Itchycoo Park is definitely flanging.

[@popgoesthe60s52]

Thank you for that correction.

[@blackpeach]

As usual - Great episode, Matt. Welcome back!!!

[@cheeselewoo4825]

Thank you so much for this very informative review of The Small Faces from 1965/66. I was a teenage girl at the time and I loved the Band 🤩

[@MarcBrewer]

Well done Matt - informative and entertaining, as always. Re: the song “E too D” The title is a pun on “ Etude” and the song just goes from an E chord to a D chord, so “ E to D” also explains how to play it.

[@BrixtonTone]

Brilliant band ! great retrospective Matt ! Was dancing to them when just 17 teen BUT ! excuse me and apologies to other subscribers, while I have a moan ! Turned 75 last week and I'm still waiting for Matt's long promised review of Jefferson Airplane. "Pop Goes the 60's "and still no review of one of the most progressive bands of that era ? ? C'mon Matt ! sort it out ! . "Saturday Afternoon, Acid, Incense, and Balloons

[@Onteo1]

Great video of a band that wasn’t widely recognized at the time. Steve has such a great voice. Didn’t know he was an actor before this. So did he play the same part in Oliver as future Monkee Davy Jones did ?

[@twistoffate4791]

Supposedly, Steve Marriott played the Artful Dodger role in Oliver in 1960 for Lionel Bart's stage production. But also supposedly, the then pre-Monkees Davy Jones originated the Artful Dodger role in 1960, which played in London's West End in 1960, and then traveled to New York City, where it made its Broadway debut in 1963, after which Jones was nominated for a Tony in the category of Featured Actor in a musical. I keep researching the two companies in order to attempt to straighten it out in my own head, lol. I guess it's possible both played the Artful Dodger in Oliver the same year, but for different companies. Anyone know more about this?

[@scottandrewbrass1931]

Steve Marriot was an understudy in the same production. Along with Tony Robinson who later went on to play Baldrick in Blackadder.

[@twistoffate4791]

@@scottandrewbrass1931 Thank you

[@vitalmarcoortizdecandia4484]

Let’s See Part 2. Though music lovers respected Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane, the Small Faces were a footnote in the USA Charts until “Itchycoo Park” and remained so afterwards. The Small Faces were a curiosity here, becoming more musically influential than commercially successful over time. There were so many other much preferred groups. Believe the late, great Jimmy McCulloch appeared on one album, went on to greater fame with Thunderclap Newman and Wings. Remember the later “Faces” version with Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood made significant chart impressions here.

[@popgoesthe60s52]

McCulloch appeared on one reunion album in the late 70s shortly before his death. Working on part two today!

[@kevmac1230]

Steve was born to be a rock star.One of the best vocalist of all times

[@rEdHoUsE_1969]

Thoroughly enjoyed this ... Steve Marriot is one of the great unsung 60s front men (and the Small Faces one of the great mod bands) ... the 70s should have belonged to Steve ... the rock gods looked elsewhere ... so glad Matt you're making this series ...

[@popgoesthe60s52]

Thank you, New Jack!

[@earheadsix4119]

Unequivocally my favorite band. Without question. Mods. R&B. Psych. They could do it all. When Steve left the wheels fell off. I don’t care at all for the Stewart/woods era. Btw, Marriott and Lane don’t get near enough recognition as greats in the song writing department as other duos. They could way more than hold their own.

[@nigden1]

I'm 72, this was the best band of the 60's for me, 'Whatcha gonna do about it' was dynamite, I was 14 at the time and thought I was hearing a black soul artist, at the time I thought whoever it was, sounded better than Otis Redding, who us young Mods adored. Subsequent records from this unbelievably powerful rock singer and his incredible band cemented them in my brain forever.

[@popgoesthe60s52]

Thanks for watching, James!

[@Sp33gan]

One of my favourite, and most underrated, of the major bands of the decade! Until about 1973 or so, I'd only known of Itchcoo Park, but a compilation I'd found in a smaller record store included Whatcha Gonna Do About It and I was hooked. Between Steve Marriott's vocals and that feedback growling guitar solo, I knew I had to hear more from this group. All the albums and singles later, I can't think of one track I don't like. I know I'm getting ahead of you, Matt, but my icing on the Small Faces cake, includes the incredibly versatile work the band did with Rod Stewart and Steve Marriott's next group, Humble Pie. The Old Grey Whistle Test live version of Black Coffee is stunningly good. And don't forget the vocals Marriott added to The Easybeats' Gonna Have A Good Time. A thought from that last sentence. Perhaps a look at The Easybeats and their legacy might be a great subject for a future band exploration.

[@popgoesthe60s52]

Hey Fab - there are plenty of new videos on bands coming. I hope you like part 2 due out by morning (I hope!)

[@bobbest8627]

Once again Matt… Thank you for doing the heavy lifting, if small faces streams go up they(or whoever)should give you a little tip of the cap. The truth is… I only knew them through Itchycoo Park. But because of your presentation I am listening to them and enjoying all the stuff I hadn’t heard before. It’s good stuff. Itchycoo Park got me in trouble two Ways.. I was a nine-year-old wanna be hippie Living in the Bay Area while that era was exploding. and that was my favorite song and when I kept singing that line about getting high my mother would get mad at me. Also that was the first time we heard the phase shifting sound and tried to duplicate it by holding a hollow steel pipe to a snare drum and beating on the pipe with a drumstick. It sounded pretty close but the pipe went through the drum head and I got in trouble for that also. It was my cousin’s drum.

[@popgoesthe60s52]

Hey Bob! I hope their streams do go up- thanks for watching!

[@kevinbird9194]

Steve had the greatest voice ever. As a mod the small faces were everything to me.

[@Amadeusthegreat100]

Thanks for that. Again, one song was the basis of my knowledge of them for years. Then when Internet came to my place I downloaded Odgen's and til now that's it. Sort of music hall. A far cry from the later Faces. I just bought Autumn Stone a couple of days ago on discogs in an effort to remedy my lack of Small Faces. It's a start.

[@popgoesthe60s52]

I think the new songs on Autumn Stone are excellent. Too bad we didn't get one more album!

[@gasgaslex_photos]

Some great riffs from this unfortunate band, sad end for its two leads

[@jackybluj]

Well Matt you stumped me. I have never heard of The Small Faces. What is surprising is that I know who Kenneth Cope is. I had a crush on him when I was 10 or 11 thanks to the British Invasion of Los Angeles TV in the 60's. If I could ask you Matt how you discovered them?

[@Baz-Ten]

Maybe back tracked Rod Stewart / Ronnie Lane and The Faces

[@shedboy18]

Superb video as per usual.

[@spicystick]

Great episode! Looking forward to part 2 and hopefully someday a history of the band “Them”.

[@BritIronRebel]

It's kinda crazy that British bands in the 60's were getting busted for marijuana and sometimes banned from the States, while all the American bands were were getting stoned without repercussions....

[@paulsurelynotsmith8179]

Amazing video Matt truly love the small faces they up there in my all time favs without doubt got to meet Steve Marriott shortly before his untimely passing managed to get see them when they reformed with Steve in the 70s sadly no Ronnie who had his own health issues but got to see slim chance Ronnies band he put together after his spell with the faces who by the way were brilliant also look out for Steve’s daughter mollie Marriott she is very good in her own right another winner can’t wait for part 2 truly brilliant band and funny enough got to meet PP Arnold a couple years back who had worked with SF.. awesome stuff loved it

[@popgoesthe60s52]

Wow, you got in some great meetings! More to come.

[@karlsinclair9918]

Thanks. I much prefer the really raw, ballsy, early sound of the small faces.

[@417DrumBob]

Good stuff, Matt. Anxiously awaiting Part 2. I'll never forget the time I saw Marriott with Humble Pie at the Fillmore East. I still say, I have never seen a rock front man with the presence and energy that guy had. He was incredible. At one point, he was singing over the band without a microphone! When I met Steve in 1972, I realized he was exactly my size.

[@popgoesthe60s52]

I wish I could have seen him. He died so young.

[@mikeowen1192]

I just listened to led zep live in Frisco 73 then humble pie live Frisco 73 on you tube and saw pie a few times in England listen to this and you will realise pie could and did blow any band off stage including zep Marriott a one off legend

[@raechelweir8861]

I generally have always preferred the stronger voices like Eric Burden and Joe Cocker but Steve Marriotts vocals in Itcycoo Park always catch my attention.

[@gart9680]

Mods: Post WWII working class kids (having endured rationing) wanted to peacock by looking sharp with Italian fashion/cuts/Scooters & they listened to US R&B. A, face, as alluded to, was simply a top boy on the scene, who looked sharp & could usually handle himself too.

[@michaelbuday5630]

Welcome back! Hope things are getting a little less hectic for you. I was never into the Small Faces. Perhaps 1 or 2 songs. But lust wanted to welcome you back. I did like this history though...you haven't lost a thing. Still the best musicologist out there. Thanks!

[@invisibleray6987]

Gaw'd blimey guv'na, I'll be up before the Beak, CONSIDER YOURSELF AT HOME DOOODODOOODOO

[@mikeowen1192]

If I can recommend a cover song they did that I think is fantastic is if I was a carpenter it's done live you can feel the excitement of the crowd and how they sounded live soul and bluesy

[@erniericardo8140]

Another Great cover is Timi Yuro's Whats a Matter Baby, Marriott's vocals on this track are Outstanding!!!!

[@mikeowen1192]

Agree emie also afterglow heard a version with vocals only

[@sugarjoe50]

Kenny Jones, great drummer. Unfortunately he was often compared to Keith Moon when he joined to Who, which was complete BS. Every musician has their own style.

[@Steve68858]

Really excellent Matt. Underrated band for sure.

[@tynosille6747]

I'm still hooked on British invasion music. Pretty Things S.F Sorrow album is the most underrated album of the late 60s. We didn't hear any of these songs in middle America when it came out. It wasn't till parachute was released a couple of years later with moderate success did I even know of Sorrow album. Almost every song on it was great. If you haven't listened to it and u like psychedelic music from the late 60s this is a must album.