Ian McLagan

A keyboard player conversant in R&B, blues, and roots rock who earned an estimable reputation as both a sideman and a bandleader, Ian McLagan was born in Hounslow, Middlesex, England on May 12, 1945. McLagan began playing piano in his early teens, and gained his first stage experience with a group called the Muleskinners, later moving on to Boz and the Boz People, led by Boz Burrell, who would later work with King Crimson and Bad Company. In November 1965, McLagan joined singer and guitarist Steve Marriott, bass player Ronnie Lane, and drummer Kenney Jones in the British pop/r...