stay with me

Faces were an early 1970s rock band formed in 1969 from the ashes of The Small Faces after Steve Marriott left to form Humble Pie; new members Ron Wood (guitar) and Rod Stewart (vocals) (both from The Jeff Beck Group) joined Ronnie Lane (bass), Ian McLagan (keyboards) and Kenney Jones, (drums).

Their most successful songs included "Stay with Me", "You're So Rude", "Had Me a Real Good Time", "Cindy Incidentally", "Debris", "Pool Hall Richard", and "Richmond". As Rod Stewart's solo career became more successful than that of the group, the band became overshadowed by their lead singer. A disillusioned Ronnie Lane left the band in 1973, replaced by Tetsu Yamauchi (who had replaced Andy Fraser in Free). Faces' final studio album was Ooh La La, which Stewart disparaged in the musical press, much to the anger of the others. A live album, "Overture and Beginners", was criticised by reviewers for being poorly recorded. In 1975 Wood began working with the Rolling Stones, which brought differences between Stewart and the others to a head, and the band split.

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