Ronnie Lane was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and died in Colorado U.S.A in 1997. His medical care was funded by Jimmy Page, Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood. He has always been one of my favourite musicians. He was one of the first people to combine country/rock. There is great feeling and Joy in his songs. RIP Ronnie.
_His medical care was funded by Jimmy Page, Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood_ *among others.* Ian McLagan, Kenney Jones, Pete Townsend, Roger Daltrey, and the Glimmer Twins were all reported to have chipped in.
Remember drawing a rock band in school in 73 and writing Ronnie lane on the drum. The teacher praised me, the only time I had a compliment in school. The beauty of being a youngest sibling the music I listened to. God bless Ronnie r.i.p.
Whenever I hear one of the tunes Ronnie penned I'm transported back in time to a happy London life in the city, pretty girls, wonderful people and the music that kept us all going 🎶👌🌆 night and day 🎸🎉 love ya Ronnie ❤️✨✨✨✨✨
I'm sure he played at Talk of the West at St Agnes...the same weekend as New Seekers. My Uncle saw him there and was on about it forever....well....Lynn Paul really...but Ronnie weren't far behind!!😁😁
East London's music maestro Ronnie on The Basil Brush show!!!...How cool is that??!!(all I want now is a jam sandwich & a bottle of cream soda)!!! 😋👌..Plonk forever...R.I.P. Ronnie Lane. SX 👍
Never thought someone would write a song that sums up how I feel about my sister but you certainly did, love the lyrics about hemlock and spice racks, bless you Ronnie Lane.
This little tune has been on my mind all week, very INFECTIOUS! I have to hear it every day. I'd always been a Stones and Faces fan, and now I'm glad I've rediscovered this 'relative' of theirs.
...one of my all time favourite Ronnie Lane songs, this is a great example of what a fine writer he was....the world ain't the same without ya' Ronnie....
RIP, Ronnie - one of the UK's most important, but sadly underrated, singer-songwriters. Squeeze that box, Bernard! PS: Biddy Wright is the bassist in this clip.
Ronnie didnt have the ego to chase stardom. He just wanted to make music and get a living from doing so. Forget Wembley Stadium and all those other overblown gigs - he was happy playing in a tent to a crowd of 200 (and would have done so, in numerous places, if pettifogging local authorities hadnt kept interfering). And Slim Chance shared with McGuinness Flint and Lindisfarne a happy-go-lucky anything-goes attitude to their music that makes all three among my favourite acts of all time.
I used to sing this song when I was in a band about 15 yrs ago and found myself singing it recently, forgot who it was by and went on a frantic search for it, so happy I found it now .
Oh man - I miss Ronnie Lane - I miss real rock musicans 1 April Happy Birthday Plonk I hope you are at rest under dreaming spires - what a sweet winsome voice this guy had and what a true trobadour - a class act I miss his wit and talent more as music like the rest of the world gets colder and stupider all the time - sigh ... shine on...
it's actually Nigerian musician Biddy Wright who was a contempary of Fela Kuti. He didn't atually play on the record however that was Chrissie Stuart, apart from Gallagher and Llye the other musicians are Billy Livesy(piano) and Bruce Rowlands(drums). There is a live version featuring this band plus "How Come" co-writer Kevin Westlake out there somewhere as well
how come I can't stop listening to Ronnie Lane (or Steve Marriott either?) Oh wait... maybe because to me they are absolutely the finest rock musicians ever, hands down, case closed. Only Davies Bros, the Who & Rory Gallagher could ever compete!In my rock world noone had the diversity in style & charm. I miss 'em more & more as the world just grows more & more mad. we could use their cheekiness nowadays. aww Plonk, Marriott & Rory G taken way too soon - how come? sigh.. i miss real rock music.
And trying to play an instrument also lol, gone are the days when more people liked to play music not just try to sing to it and take the credit for saying thank you for listening to "my" music the cheeky sods 😏
Ronnie Lane so didn't need to work with Rod! He was a GREAT musician on his own! Simple hooks, lovely melodies & a sweet, wistful voice, so unique with such an understated stage presence. See Ronnie Lane was a REAL musician. I love his stuff. What a sad story the end of his life was. I miss Ronnie Lane's music & it goes without say I miss Marriott.!!! btw what happened to Rod he was pretty good when he started wonder what changed him & Ron Wood too?
Gallagher and Lyle were in a great band ( McGuiness Flint ), they are here with Ronnie. He sits very easy in this company, when you look at the great music that came out of these, and other like minded souls, it really was a healthy period in British popular music.
MurrintownLad we must have had the same taste in music,long gone are these artists performing at The Empire. Had some great times and Glad I met The Small Faces and The Faces and Ronnie.
My ex wifes uncle Benny playing mandolin on this.....sadly I never got to talk to him about Ronnie because I never discovered he'd played with him until after we last met
