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Singer, ballad maker & bass player Ronnie Lane (April 1, 1946 - June 4, 1997) (nicknamed "Plonk") is best known for his membership within both large British rock group, The Small Faces (1965-69) and The Faces (1970-75). He quit A Faces around 1973 & formed his have band Slim Chance in 1973 to record the album Any longer For Anymore, showcasing his have blend of British rock, folk & country and western.

Fallowing initial profits by using a singles "How Come" & "The Poacher" (a latter drawn from either a album) he moved to Island Records and issued ''Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance & 1 For The Road. He recorded an album sustaining Pete Townshend, Rough Mix and the final major solo album Understand Us''.

He was diagnosed using multiple sclerosis in a late Seventies (his mother had likewise suffered from either the disease) & by 1983 had become wheelchair-attached & within desperate want of money for medical coarse of action. His friends rallied spherical & held a gain at the Royal Albert Hall, the The.R.M.S.Concert (Actiin for Locate on Multiple Sclerosis) featuring Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Steve Winwood, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, Kenny Jones and more. There were besides the series of advantages in the USA.

Lane moved to Texas in 1984 where the climate was extra beneficial to his health & struggled to prove my point swimming, performing for the survive period within 1992 at a Ron Wood gig. Rod Stewart generously continued to donate money for his medical care because there were no royalties from either The Small Faces' work, the symptom of alleged misdirection by their record label, Immediate. It was lone through the efforts of drummer Kenny Jones that the two living members were in time entity to assure on-going royalty payments in the Nineties.

An album of survive BBC recordings was about to become freed to raise money for his care whilst Lane passed away.

Solo discography

Anymore For Anymore ''Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance One For The Road See Me You Never Can Tell (The BBC Sessions) Kuschty Rye (The Singles 1973-1980) Tin and Tambourine (compilation) Rocket 69 (Live in German TV) Live In Austin''

Ronnie Lane: The Texas Years
Detailed description of the work of Ronnie Lane from 1984 to 1994, by Kent H. Benjamin.

Plonk: A Ronnie Lane Resource
Discography, interviews and photos.

Lane, Ronnie
News, biography, discography, lyrics, tabs and pictures.

Room for Ravers: Ronnie Lane
Obituaries from various newspapers, following Ronnie's death on 4th june 1997.






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