I never really discovered Steve Marriott 'till he
was already dead,
Though I loved "Itchycoo
Park" as a kid listening to the radio,
it
was much later when I actually deeply listened to the Small Faces, that I fell in love with them
(and Steve's voice and spark).
This was recorded by Ted Cho and me at Clava during the "7" demo sessions.
Ted set the mics and got a nice booming sound on the drums
late one night,
I switched from drums,
to Bass & guitar... searching, following Steve's ghost...
the lyrics just came to me tonight, and so now it's done.
Martin Stebbing and I love Steve and the Small Faces.
They where a great inspiration to us during the 7 sessions
because of the raw soul and 'heart on the sleeve' earnesty
of every thing they did.
Faces Bassist
Ronnie Lane rests solidly in our heart from the Austin days
where he lived and performed quite a bit before he died.
Steve died in a house fire at his home in 91.
He died with the same fire that he took the stage with.
This song is for him.
Lyrics:
"When I finally found you,
you were already dead
When I finally heard you,
this is what you said...",
Steve Marriott; Burning the house down
(P.S.
- the reference to 'burning the house down' has nothing to do with the actual fire he died in,
It has everything to do with the personal fire in his heart & how passionately he took the stage)
(F.Q.Orrall)
