Here's to Ronnie Lane, born on April Fool's Day so many years ago

I searched and he didn't have his own thread!

I need to check out more Slim Chance stuff....

heart & soul of the faces, gone too soon

love you ronnie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpoC_S-2Jf8&feature=youtu.be

he is great.
that doc about him is on netflix streaming -- pretty good, tho the final chapter is sort of depressing.
this is great too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar3uIUv-874

yeah i saw that - Roadshow or something like that?

"Debris" makes me so wistful

Ronnie was really wistful

Excellent in both the Small Faces and Faces. In Small Faces, the tracks he sang provided a great balance to Marriott's passionate soulful lungbusters and excursions into cheeky cockney music hall. In Faces, the tracks he sang were far more soulful to me than anything Rod ever did. Sorry, Rod fans.

My favorite song of his:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLFMoVSkqBQ

http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Pete+Townshend%2FRonnie+Lane

Still think I haven't heard this one

It's tremendous. Arguably Pete's best solo stuff, and some of the most beautiful songs Ronnie Lane ever sang.

yeah it's pretty good, i think ronnie's half is way better...

this is a fun soundtrack

http://30daysout.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/ron_wood_ronnie_lane-mahoneys_last_stand.jpg

Anybody ever see that actual movie besides me? Clemenza?

i have not! is it good?

I've seen it; it's extremely well-done, and very moving in spots. I suspect even non-fans, or those unfamiliar with Lane, would dig it.

Oh, you mean Mahoney's Last Stand...nope.

(Thought you meant the Lane doc)

xxpost It's been 30 years since I saw it, and the fractured narrative confused me at the time. (Maud Adams was hawt)

But HEY, apparently the whole movie's on youtube now!

I picked up a cheap copy of one for the road last month, love it

Little to none of his stuff is on US spotify

I have this:

http://s.pixogs.com/image/R-1643069-1360491583-7749.jpeg

Is it any good? I haven't listened to it yet (and unfortunately my needle has gone to shit so I can't listen to it at the moment)

Oh. That was a picture of Ronnie Lane's See Me LP from 1980 but doesn't seem to work for me.

How good would his health had been by then? I can't remember when he passed away.

He died in 1997, but had been battling MS since at least 1976.

POLL: Favorite track on "Rough Mix" by Pete Townshend & Ronnie Lane

The other Ronnie Lane thread

"If you ever break my heart I swear / I'm gonna break your jaw"

:-/

Would have voted "Misunderstood."

I picked up a cheap copy of one for the road last month, love it

― just sayin, Tuesday, April 1, 2014 4:55 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

have never seen a cheap copy of this. i think it has never been released in the us? i recently bought the island reissue. great record, but yes that break your jaw line jumped out at me too.

Would have been 70 today.

Would have been 69 last year.

The bridge to "done this one before" sounds very much like Big Star

yeah i wonder if bell was a faces/small faces fan?

i love this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpoC_S-2Jf8

Missed this:

https://www.discogs.com/Ronnie-Lane-Just-For-A-Moment-Music-1973-1997/release/13644321

The single-disc version is in the album chart (for what it's worth)

RONNIE!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QfajyL9XRU