Episode 159: “Itchycoo Park”, by the Small Faces
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
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Humble Pie: A New Band
After Humble Pie split up in 1975, Mario's career went south. The stories of his behaviour in the last 15 years or so of his life are appalling. He died in 1991, aged only 44, after falling asleep drunk in bed with a lit cigarette in his mouth and setting fire to his house. His bandmates carried on without him. On guitar they brought in money wood who had been playing around the scene for years.
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