Surrey, UK (Top40 Charts/ Genesis Publications) A new 8-week exhibition commemorates the book's launch: Nearly 100 pages are blown up and reproduced on Genesis's gallery walls. Visitors are invited to stroll through the Faces' glory years from the band's First Step in 1969 to their eventual split in 1975. Also on display are 5 new paintings by Ronnie Wood, seen for the very first time. Entitled 'The Famous
Flames Suite' - the paintings capture the
Rolling Stones in performance.
KENNEY JONES: 'Making the book we went through so many photos it brought back memories and, when we were finished, I looked through it, and it actually brought a tear to my eye. I thought it was just me but then I spoke to Woody and he said exactly the same thing had happened to him.'
RONNIE WOOD: 'We were bored so much hanging around in places where they didn't even know how to make a salad... It's amazing how such great things can come out of being bored.'
Among hundreds of guests attending
Genesis Publications new gallery, Ronnie and Kenney were also joined by new Faces frontman, Mick
Hucknall and British Pop Artist Sir
Peter Blake.
Visitors are invited to view copies of the Faces new limited edition. The book itself is lovingly created; bound in purple suede, the band's story is illustrated with over 200 photographs and assorted items of memorabilia such as song lyric sheets, rare vinyl cover artwork and vintage tour posters. Hand-numbered and signed, the publication is dedicated to the memory of the late Ronnie Lane.
'They were the older ex-mods the young kids looked up to I guess,' writes
Paul Weller in his Introduction, 'Still interested in good clobber but had moved on from Carnaby Street fashions to
Kings Road finery... The Faces were street smart, working class lads (trying to) make good. And that was a massive part of their appeal.'
Visits to
Genesis House Gallery & Reading Rooms are by appointment. Details of invitation events - including weekend author book-signings - are to be announced. Members of the public interested in attending should log on to https://www.Genesis-Publications.com/ReadingRooms or contact
Genesis directly.
Email: info(at)genesis-publications(dot)com Tel. +44(0)1483540970
https://www.genesis-publications.com
