STRAIGHT FACES

KENNEY Jones has been the heartbeat of some of rock's most important bands, starting in the 1960s with Small Faces, before forming the Faces with Ronnie Lane, Ian McLagan, Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood, and later joining The Who following the death of Keith Moon.

- By Naomi Clarke

With the Faces, drummer Jones, now 76, was part of one of the most raucous live acts ever, with listeners almost able to smell the scotch consumed during their good-time rock and roll performances when playing classic albums such as A Nod Is As Good As a Wink... To A Blind Horse (1971) and Ooh La La (1973).

But with lead singer Rod preparing to perform in the Legends slot at this year’s Glastonbury Festival, we asked Jones whether he and his former bandmate Wood would be joining the Faces frontman for a reunion.

Jones laughed: “I'm keeping that very quiet!”

It comes after the drummer has recently been correcting the Small Faces’ error-riddled The Autumn Stone compilation, almost 60 years after its initial release by former Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham's record label Immediate, in an attempt to save it from financial ruin.