1. Ian Patrick McLagan was an English keyboardist, best known as a member of the rock bands Small Faces and Faces.
20 Facts About Ian McLagan
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Ian McLagan collaborated with the Rolling Stones and led his own band from the late 1970s.
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Ian McLagan was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012.
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Alec Ian McLagan was an enthusiastic amateur skater, having been British speed-skating champion in 1928; a photograph of him in this role features on the cover of his son's solo album, Best of British.
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Ian McLagan first started playing keyboards at the age of seven after his mother purchased an upright piano; one of his first appearances was in a group entitled 'the Blue Men' in which he played rhythm guitar.
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Ian McLagan quit his study of art to focus on music.
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Ian McLagan was influenced by Cyril Davies' All Stars, and his first professional group was the Muleskinners, followed by the Boz People with future King Crimson and Bad Company member Boz Burrell.
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Ian McLagan played Hammond B3 organ on Mary Gauthier's 2005 album, Mercy Now.
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Ian McLagan played keyboards in the band that backed Bob Dylan on his 1984 joint European tour with Santana.
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Ian McLagan was a member of Billy Bragg's band "The Blokes" for several years in the late 1990s and early 2000s, co-writing and performing on the 2002 England, Half-English album and tour.
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In 2009, Ian McLagan joined the James McMurtry band on tour in Europe.
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On 25 September 2010, at Stubbs in Austin, Texas, Ian McLagan joined The Black Crowes on keyboards and vocals for their encore set.
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In 2014, Ian McLagan was a founding member of the Empty Hearts.
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The group recorded on 429 Records and Ian McLagan's bandmates included Blondie drummer Clem Burke, the Chesterfield Kings' bassist Andy Babiuk, the Cars' guitarist Elliot Easton, and the Romantics' guitarist and vocalist Wally Palmar.
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Ian McLagan is featured prominently on the Lucinda Williams double album Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone, which was released 30 September 2014 on her own label, Highway 20 Records.
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Ian McLagan appeared in the 2012 film This is 40 performing with Ryan Adams.
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Ian McLagan then began a relationship with Kim Kerrigan, the estranged wife of Keith Moon, drummer of the Who.
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Ian McLagan divorced Moon and she and her daughter Amanda moved in with McLagan.
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Kim Ian McLagan died in a traffic accident near the couple's home in Austin, Texas on 2 August 2006, aged 57.
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Ian McLagan died of a stroke on 3 December 2014, aged 69, at University Medical Center Brackenridge in Austin.