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I had a giant Leslie speaker cabinet that had been abandoned in my garage some 20 years earlier. It's an amazing device, the voice of almost every organ on a rock record. But I'm a drummer, not a keyboard player, so this giant, massively heavy contraption sat unused the whole time.

Eventually, it became a winter home for squirrels. So finally, I placed an ad on Craigslist saying it was free to whoever could give it a good home -and- haul it away without me lifting a finger. Ian McLagan wrote almost immediately.

He was able to lift the beast into his truck with the ease of someone who had been doing this his whole life. I had told him I was a big fan, and he arrived with signed, limited edition cd copy of Ogden's in a metal tin. I cherish it. Much as I cherish meeting him.

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Its Susie Lange, married to Larry Lange. I met Kim and Mac when I lived in Pasadena, Ca. In the 1980’s. I was married to my first husband who is English .I had a store that was Mod / Ska oriented. One day, in came Kim and Mac. They lived nearby , near South Pasadena. Mac came up and said “ Iwas in a mod band”. Isaid “I think I havea button for you” and handed him a Faces pin. From that meeting came a powerful friendship.We decided to have a vintage clothing store above their favorite pub TheJohn Bull . We would put all of the clothes out and drunk people would come up and leave us money!My husband and I separated and I moved here in Austin. When the big earthquake happened in 1993 Kim called and said” we are moving home.” I said “ Back to England?” and she said “ No, to Austin!”

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Love your stories and memories Michael... I met Ian when I moved here in 2002 from LA. We had many mutual friends there and here (Bonnie Raitt, Stephen Bruton) but talking about his moving here from LA was very comforting and we had good memories and observations of both places. I did a show at the Cactus Cafe about the Hammond organ and had James Polk, Ian, Dane Farnsworth (Mingo Fishtrap) and a friend of mine from Austria, Raphael Wressnig. Had each of the them tell how and why they started playing organ. Ian's was the best. I'll post that in another comment or on my website. One of the last shows he did was the ATX British Invasion show at Moody / ACL with Eric Burdon & the Animals (with our mostly Texas band), the Zombies, Alejandro Escoveda, Cristofer Cross, Monte Montgomery and me playing with all of them. I always had great conversations with him and only once did he come to the Elephant Room to hear me play but he was definitely digging it. On his website there is still a page of great British Humor.... http://www.ianmclagan.com/macs-pages

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My son cleaned his pool several times. Said he was such a nice guy. Nicest customer he ever had.

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Still think the Faces' "Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake" (1968) was their all-time best...

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Their masterpiece. Steve Marriott quit when it didn't sell.

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