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The British version of the LP ends with an old cowboy song, "Single Saddle," which the Dillards also recorded on their 1968 country-rock classic Wheatstraw Suite (and where Ronnie may have heard it for the first time), but the brief version that concludes Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance is pure Ronnie. Beginning with the sounds of everyday life at ...
Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance is the second solo album recorded by Ronnie Lane, one of the founders of Small Faces and Faces, after he left Faces to live on a farm in Wales. In homage to his perceived chances of commercial success, he named his band Slim Chance. Six of the thirteen songs on this album were originals written by Lane, the rest of ...
Jun 4, 1997 · Ronald Frederick Lane (1 April 1946 – 4 June 1997) was an English musician and songwriter who was the bassist and co-founder of the rock bands Small Faces (1965–69) and Faces (1969–73). Quick Facts Background information, Birth name ... Lane formed Small Faces in 1965 after meeting Steve Marriott, with whom he subsequently wrote many of ...
Dec 31, 2015 · On May 10, after a gig in Nassau County, Ronnie told the others he was leaving. The tour ended the following night with an onstage riot after Lane swore viciously at Ian McLagan, who responded by throwing a drink at his bandmate’s head and aiming a kick at his nuts. A month later, after the gig in Edmonton, Ronnie was gone.
Mar 15, 2012 · Ronnie Lane, the former bassist of the Small Faces and the Faces, left the city life and embraced the rural charm in his solo music. The Poacher, one of his most beloved songs, captures his ...
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Added: Jun 21, 2002. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 6531278. Source citation. Rock Musician. Best remembered as the bassist and co-founder of the rock bands, The Small Faces and The Faces. He was born in Forest Gate, East London, the son of Stanley (a lorry driver) and Elsie. In 1965, he founded The Small Faces with the late Steve Marriott, Kenney ...
They power through a great rendition of “What’cha Gonna Do About It,” with Marriott thrashing a Gretsch White Falcon while Lane beefs up the bottom end on his hollowbody Harmony bass. Clapton describes the quartet as “hobbits,” and Ronnie tells the story of seeing a photograph of the diminutive McLagan in a magazine and saying, “He ...
