Missionaria Protectiva

        Music history has a special niche reserved for Ian McLagan, who has died aged 69 after suffering a stroke. His distinctive and evocative playing on the Hammond B3 organ and Wurlitzer piano – much influenced, as he admitted, by the R&B veteran Booker T Jones – became part of the fabric of rock’n’roll through his work with two classic British bands, the Small Faces and the Faces.       McLagan’s playing was integral to the success of such hits as the Small Faces’ All Or Nothing (1966) and the Faces’ Stay With Me (1971). In addition, he enjoyed steady employment with musicians from Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan to Billy Bragg and Bonnie Raitt. He also featured prominently on the early solo albums of  Rod Stewart  as the singer developed into an international superstar. Troublemaker Mercury,1979 https://www.sendspace.com/file/tvrgqd

         Steve Gadd "doesn't play a groove, he digs a trench." At the peak of his work in the New York session scene in the 1970s, he claims he playing three sessions a day, giving a decade of rock music a deep and gentle funkiness. His best known works are the brain-bending syncopation of Paul Simon's "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" and the slurping hi-hats and monster fills on Steely Dan's "Aja," but Gadd has breathed giddy groove into hundreds of recordings including Van McCoy's Number One disco sensation "The Hustle." "Every drummer wants to play like Gadd because he plays perfect," said Chick Corea. "He has brought orchestral and compositional thinking to the drum kit while at the same time having a great imagination and a great ability to swing." STEELY DAN Aja ABC,1977 https://www.sendspace.com/file/7vcefv

        Swept away by the lengthy jams, slide guitar solos, and beautifully in-sync double drummers, Allman Brothers Band helped define Southern Rock and usher in a new era of blues. The man keeping it all together was  Berry Oakley , whose bass lines to songs like “Whipping Post” and “In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed” fueled the band, facilitated improvisation, and showed off his creative and boundary-pushing approach to musical motion. While the world lost him at too young an age, Oakley certainly made his mark on iconic records including  The Allman Brothers Band ,  At Fillmore East , and  Eat A Peach. ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND Eat A Peach Capricorn,1972 https://www.sendspace.com/file/d7jca4

        He played on more records than some people own, most notably adding inspiration to Steely Dan and the Doobie Brothers. LIVINGSTON TAYLOR Man's Best Friend Epic,1980 https://www.sendspace.com/file/adfkje