{"id":2444026,"date":"2019-05-10T07:27:37","date_gmt":"2019-05-10T13:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=833149"},"modified":"2019-05-10T07:27:37","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T13:27:37","slug":"song-you-need-to-know-drivin-n-cryin-ian-mclagan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/song-you-need-to-know-drivin-n-cryin-ian-mclagan\/","title":{"rendered":"Song You Need to Know: Drivin N\u2019 Cryin, \u2018Ian McLagan\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Drivin-N-Cryin_2_Carlton-Freeman.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Drivin N\u2019 Cryin pay tribute to Ian McLagan \u2014 the electrifying keyboardist for the Faces and Small Faces, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/ian-mclagan-faces-and-small-faces-keyboardist-dead-at-69-46377\/\">died in 2014<\/a> \u2014&nbsp;in this sneaky bar-band jam that bears his name. A track off the Georgia rock group\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-country\/drivin-n-cryin-new-album-song-step-by-step-817325\/\">upcoming album<\/a> <em>Live the Love Beautiful<\/em>, \u201cIan McLagan\u201d is framed by singer Kevn Kinney\u2019s first-person lyrics, which vividly recall the last time he saw McLagan alive: schlepping his gear down an Austin alleyway in the rain.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/idVR9EHUwSs?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Kinney uses the image to reinforce both the humble nature of McLagan, who played on classic-rock gems like \u201cStay With Me\u201d and \u201cItchycoo Park,\u201d and the musician\u2019s dedication to the rock &amp; roll grind. \u201cSome people, they do one thing\/Talk about it all of their lives\/But some people, they keep doin\u2019\/It\u2019s what keeps you alive,\u201d Kinney sings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is it about this art life that keeps me searching for more? Ian McLagan could\u2019ve done a couple records with Small Faces and spent the rest of his life sitting in a bar talking about how great it was,\u201d Kinney says. \u201cBut it seems to me he never stopped believing it \u2014 whatever it is that\u2019s on the other side of this mountain that we are all driving towards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Opening with the simple, sparse strumming of an acoustic guitar that suggests a ballad is imminent, \u201cIan McLagan\u201d pulls a bait and switch and evolves into a flailing mix of jangly guitars, punchy harmonica and producer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/aaron-lee-tasjan\/\" id=\"auto-tag_aaron-lee-tasjan\" data-tag=\"aaron-lee-tasjan\">Aaron Lee Tasjan<\/a>\u2019s moody organ. It\u2019s a satisfying mash of sounds, leading to a Faces-like slide-guitar solo from Drivin N\u2019 Cryin\u2019s newest member, Laur Joamets (ex-Sturgill Simpson guitar hero), who delivers a cascade of weeping notes in line with his band\u2019s name.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the addition of fellow rock lifer Dan Baird that takes the track to the next level, however. The onetime Georgia Satellites frontman joins his unmistakable voice with Kinney\u2019s on the final chorus to howl into the night, envisioning a world where McLagan is alive, well and still on the road.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/drivin-n-cryin-ian-mclagan-song-833149\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drivin N\u2019 Cryin pay tribute to Ian McLagan \u2014 the electrifying keyboardist for the Faces and Small Faces, who died in 2014 \u2014&nbsp;in this sneaky bar-band jam that bears his name. A track off the Georgia rock group\u2019s upcoming album Live the Love Beautiful, \u201cIan McLagan\u201d is framed by singer Kevn Kinney\u2019s first-person lyrics, which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2444026","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-18 22:43:39","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2444026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444026\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2444026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2444026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2444026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}