{"id":4885,"date":"2019-04-21T05:00:06","date_gmt":"2019-04-21T05:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=4885"},"modified":"2019-04-21T05:39:57","modified_gmt":"2019-04-21T05:39:57","slug":"gone-but-not-forgotten-steve-marriott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=4885","title":{"rendered":"Gone But Not Forgotten &#8211; Steve Marriott"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/steve-marriott_large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4887 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/steve-marriott_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/steve-marriott_large.jpg 480w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/steve-marriott_large-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/steve-marriott_large-65x65.jpg 65w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a>Stephen Peter Marriott born 30 January 1947 passed away on 20 April 1991 at his home after a fire thought to have been caused from a discarded cigarette, the fire swept through his 16th Century home in Essex Marriott never survived the tragic accident.<\/p>\n<p>Known for fronting not just one\u00a0legendary band but two &#8211; The Small Faces and later Humble Pie.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HUuuHLaSLR0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Marriott was a born and bred A proper East London boy. Spending his formative years in East Ham Pie and mash, Jellied Eels, and Tate\u00a0&amp; Lyle ran through his veins this Mod was a walking talking cliche of the finest kind.\u00a0 As a singer and songwriter Marriott will be remembered for writing some of the brightest songs of the &#8217;60s and the British invasion songs that still resonate today and sound as fresh as the day they were written.\u00a0 Songs like &#8216;All Or Nothing&#8217;, &#8216;Tin Soldiers&#8217;, &#8216;Itchycoo Park&#8217; and &#8216;Lazy Sunday&#8217; are iconic Mod classics\u00a0In September 2007 Marriott, along with the other members of the Small Faces and manager Don Arden, were honoured with a plaque unveiled in\u00a0Carnaby Street, on the site of Don Arden&#8217;s offices, the spiritual home of the band in the 1960s<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zXeRB-3nDR8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>His influence can be traced through music as the batton was handed down as the likes of Cock Sparrer, The Sex Pistols, The Jam, The Dogs D&#8217;Amour, and Oasis all took something from his songs and used his influence. there isn&#8217;t enough space to do someone like Marriott\u00a0justice and get everything in.\u00a0 He certainly lived a colourful life with several marriages hit after hit could turn his hand to anything\u00a0he even had his brushes with New York crime families had it all lost it all and lived life to the full.\u00a0 Rest In Peace Steve certainly worthy of being called a\u00a0legend a word often overused and people not worthy Marriott certainly was.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xeztwgxr1_c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stephen Peter Marriott born 30 January 1947 passed away on 20 April 1991 at his home after a fire thought to have been caused from a discarded cigarette, the fire swept through his 16th Century home in Essex Marriott never survived the tragic accident. 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