Spiritual Boy is the seventh album by former Small Faces and Faces

Faces (band)

Faces are an English rock band formed in 1969 by members of the Small Faces after Steve Marriott left that group to form Humble Pie...

 keyboardist Ian McLagan

Ian McLagan

Ian McLagan is an English keyboard instrumentalist, best known as a member of the English rock bands Small Faces and Faces.-Small Faces and Faces:...

. The album was intended as a tribute to his band mate in both groups, singer-songwriter Ronnie Lane

Ronnie Lane

Ronald Frederick "Ronnie" Lane was an English musician, songwriter, and producer who is best known as the bass guitarist and founding member of two prominent English rock and roll bands; the Small Faces where he was nicknamed "Plonk", – and, after losing the band's frontman, Faces, with two new...

, 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 Manor, Texas

Manor, Texas

Manor is a city in Travis County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area. The population was 1,204 at the 2000 census; it was 1,877 in the 2005 census estimate. The approximate population for the City of Manor is 5,500, which is calculated from the number of...

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

Austin, Texas

Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...

 disc jockey Jody Denberg.

Track listing

1. "Spiritual Babe" (Ronnie Lane
   Ronnie Lane
   Ronald Frederick "Ronnie" Lane was an English musician, songwriter, and producer who is best known as the bass guitarist and founding member of two prominent English rock and roll bands; the Small Faces where he was nicknamed "Plonk", – and, after losing the band's frontman, Faces, with two new...
   
   ) 5:13
2. "Itchycoo Park
   Itchycoo Park
   "Itchycoo Park" is a psychedelic pop song written by Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane, first recorded by their group, the Small Faces. The song reached number three in the UK Singles Chart, 1967.-Song profile:...
   
   " (Steve Marriott
   Steve Marriott
   Stephen Peter Marriott , popularly known as Steve Marriott, was an English musician, songwriter, and frontman of several notable rock and roll bands, spanning over two decades...
   
   , Ronnie Lane) 3:57
3. "Nowhere to Run" (Ronnie Lane) 3:13
4. "Annie" (Ronnie Lane, Kate Lambert, Eric Clapton
   Eric Clapton
   Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE, is an English guitarist and singer-songwriter. Clapton is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and...
   
   ) 3:32
5. "Debris" (Ronnie Lane) 3:53
6. "April Fool" (Ronnie Lane) 4:22
7. "Kuschty Rye" (Ronnie Lane, Kate Lambert) 4:08
8. "Show Me the Way" (Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane) 2:32
9. "You're So Rude" (Ian McLagan, Ronnie Lane) 3:18
10. "Glad and Sorry" (Ronnie Lane) 3:43
11. "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: cellos (5)