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

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(1965–69) and Faces (1969–73). Lane formed Small Faces in 1965 after meeting

Steve Marriott Stephen Peter Marriott (30 January 1947 – 20 April 1991) was an English actor, musician, guitarist, singer and songwriter. He was a student at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in London and appeared in the West End, before taking a r ...

, with whom he subsequently wrote many of their hit singles including " All or Nothing", "

Itchycoo Park "Itchycoo Park" is a song by English rock band Small Faces, written by Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane. Largely written by Lane, it was among a number of pop songs of the era to make use of flanging, an effect involving, at that time, electro-mec ...

" and " Lazy Sunday". After Marriott left Small Faces in 1968, band members Lane, Ian McLagan and Kenny Jones were joined by

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and

Ronnie Wood Ronald David Wood (born 1 June 1947) is an English rock musician, best known as a member of the Rolling Stones since 1975, and a member of Faces and the Jeff Beck Group. Wood began his career in 1964, playing lead guitar with several Brit ...

to form Faces. Like Small Faces, the band achieved critical and commercial success. Lane quit the Faces in 1973 and subsequently collaborated with other musicians, leading his own bands and pursuing a solo career. In 1977, he was diagnosed with

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. He was supported by charity projects and financial contributions from friends, former bandmates and fans. After living with the disease for 21 years, he died in June 1997, aged 51. For his work in both Small Faces and Faces, Lane was inducted posthumously into the

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in 2012. He had two children, and two stepchildren who took his name.

Early life

Lane was born in Plaistow Maternity Hospital, Plaistow, then a working-class area in

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, to Elsie Lane and Stanley Lane, a lorry driver. Lane later described his father as a "saint" who would work a long workday and then return home to nurse his wife and two sons, all of whom were diagnosed with

(MS) at different points in their lives. Doctors assured Lane as a child that the destructive disease was not necessarily inherited, although he found out later in his life that he had indeed inherited it. After leaving school at the age of 16, Lane met Kenney Jones at a local pub, and they formed a group they named The Outcasts. Initially playing

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, Lane quickly switched to

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. When shopping for a

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bass guitar, Lane visited the J60 Music Bar in

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, where he met employee

. Lane bought his bass, and went to Marriott's house after work, where Marriott introduced him to his

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and

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record collection. Lane and Marriott set out to form a band, recruiting friends Jimmy Winston, who switched from guitar to organ, and Jones. Marriott was chosen to be the

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and singer.

Career

Small Faces

The

consisted of Lane on bass guitar, Marriott as guitarist and lead vocalist, Jones as drummer, and Winston on keyboards. (The name "Small" was chosen as they were each no taller than 5' 6" in height.) They made their debut in 1965, with Ian McLagan replacing Winston in November 1965. They had a successful chart career; Lane and Marriott wrote

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s consistently, including "

" and " All or Nothing". He co-wrote all but one of the tracks on their 1968

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'' Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake''. The album stayed at number one on the

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for six weeks. When Marriott left the group in 1969, they disbanded.

Faces

Lane formed Faces with McLagan, Jones,

and

in 1969. He shared composing or co-composing duties with Stewart, Wood, and McLagan. By 1972, with the band's frontman Stewart focusing on his own solo career, Lane took a central role during the recording of their fourth and final album, '' Ooh La La''. Unhappy due to poor reviews of the album and Stewart's lack of commitment, Lane quit in 1973, making his last appearance on 4 June at the Sundown Theatre in

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. He was replaced by Tetsu Yamauchi but tellingly the group made no further studio albums following Lane's departure, and split in 1975. According to McLagan, Lane would later regret leaving Faces. "Debris" was one of his more famous vocalist songs.

Move to Wales

In 1973, Lane moved to Fishpool Farm in the village of Hyssington,

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, Wales, just over the border from England. In the late 1970s, already beginning to feel the effects of MS, he moved back to London.

Slim Chance and later career

After leaving the Faces, Lane formed his own band, Slim Chance, who recorded the singles "

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" (UK No. 11) and "The Poacher" (UK No. 36) and the album '' Anymore for Anymore'', showcasing a blend of

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and

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. The original line-up of this band included Scottish singer-songwriters

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and Graham Lyle, who provided harmony vocals and played a variety of instruments including keyboards, accordion, acoustic guitar, mandolin, banjo and harmonica. They left in May 1974 to continue their career as a duo, though they would appear on 1977's '' Rough Mix'' as guests. After initial success he toured the UK with "The Passing Show", a circus-type carnival complete with tents and barkers.

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, from the

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, served briefly as ringmaster (of sorts). Gallagher & Lyle were replaced with Scottish duo Lucas & McCulloch who provided accordion, mandolin, guitars and banjo. They also acted as support act along with fiddle player Kenny Slaven who multi tracked all the string parts on "The Poacher". Lane moved to

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and issued '' Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance'' and '' One for the Road''. In late 1976 he joined a short-lived reformation of Small Faces but quit after two rehearsals, to be replaced by

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(who later played alongside former Small Faces drummer Kenney Jones in the Jones Gang). However, Lane had signed a contract with

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as part of the Small Faces and was informed that he owed the company an album. His ensuing album with

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, '' Rough Mix'', produced by

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, which was released in 1977, was lauded as contender for best album of the year by many critics, but the label did not promote it and sales were lacklustre. During the recording of ''Rough Mix'', Lane's multiple sclerosis was diagnosed. Nonetheless, he toured, wrote and recorded (with

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among others) and in 1979 released another album, '' See Me'', which features several songs written by Lane and Clapton. Around this time Lane travelled the highways and byways of England and lived a 'passing show' modern

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ic life in full Gypsy traveller costume and accommodation. In 1983, his girlfriend Boo Oldfield contacted

with a view to organising a concert to help fund Action for Research into Multiple Sclerosis. Johns was already arranging Clapton's Command Performance for

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so they decided to book the

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for a further two nights and host a

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. The resulting ARMS Charity Concerts. featured Eric Clapton,

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, Ronnie Wood, Kenney Jones,

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, James Hooker,

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, Chris Stainton,

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, Simon Phillips and others. With the addition of

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and

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they toured the US.

Later life and death

Lane emigrated to

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in 1984 first to

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and then

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, where the climate was more beneficial to his health, where he continued playing, writing, and recording. He formed an American version of Slim Chance, which continued to be a loose-knit conglomeration of available musicians. For much of the time

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was a constant member. For close to a decade Lane enjoyed rock royalty status in the Austin area. He toured

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but his health continued to decline. His last performance was in 1992 with Ronnie Wood and Ian McLagan. In 1994 Lane and his wife Susan moved to the small town of

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and

funded his medical care as no

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from the Small Faces work were forthcoming. Lane died from

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during the final stages of

on 4 June 1997. He was buried in the Masonic Cemetery in

. An album of live

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recordings to raise money for his care was unreleased on his death.

Tributes

Ride recorded "A Trip Down Ronnie Lane" as a B-side to their single " Black Nite Crash" in 1996. The

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song " Travellers Tune" on their 1997 studio album '' Marchin' Already'' was inspired by and written in the memory of Lane, a strong influence on the group, which appeared at the tribute concert for Ronnie Lane. Likewise Lane had been such a source of inspiration to the members of

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that they created a tribute page for him and in 1995 band member Susan Voelz

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Lane's song, "Glad and Sorry" on her 1995 album, ''Summer Crashing'', "out of her respect and affection for Ronnie Lane". In 2000,

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recorded "He's the Keeper", a song dedicated to Lane's memory. An album of live and in-studio recordings from Lane's Austin days was later culled, and released as ''Live in Austin''. A street was named after him, "Ronnie Lane", in Manor Park in 2001. In January 2006

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broadcast an extensive documentary about Lane, ''The Passing Show'' that had been in preparation since 2000 and included footage of vintage concerts by the Faces and Slim Chance. In October 2006 the documentary was also shown on

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. In 2012, former Small Faces bandmate Ian MacLagan interpreted some of Lane's best-known songs in a record entitled ''Spiritual Boy: In Appreciation of Ronnie Lane''. McLagan died in 2014. Longtime collaborator Charlie Hart compiled a six-CD set of Lane's compositions, after his death, that included many unreleased songs.

Discography

Solo

Studio albums * '' Anymore for Anymore'' with Slim Chance (1974) UK No. 48 * '' Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance'' with Slim Chance (1975) * '' One for the Road'' with Slim Chance (1976) * ''

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'' with

(1976)

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* '' Rough Mix'' with Pete Townshend (1977) US No. 45 UK#44 * '' See Me'' (1979) * ''The Legendary

Majik Mijits ''The Legendary Majik Mijits'' is an album by former Small Faces members Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane. It was recorded when they reformed under the name of ''Majik Mijits'' in 1981 and gave a one-off concert at the Bridgehouse pub in East Londo ...

'' with

(2000) Live albums * ''You Never Can Tell (The BBC Sessions)'' (1997) * ''Live in Austin'' (2000) * ''Rocket 69'' (Live on German TV) (2001) * ''Ronnie Lane Memorial Concert'' (remastered edition) (2021) Compilations * ''Kuschty Rye (The Singles 1973–1980)'' (1997) * ''Tin and Tambourine'' (compilation) (1999) * ''April Fool (album)'' (1999) * ''How Come'' (2001) * ''Ain't No One Like'' (2003) * ''Just for a Moment'' (2006) * ''Ooh La La: An Island Harvest'' (2014) * ''Just for a Moment: Music 1973–1997 (6CD box set)'' (2019)

Other appearances

Single * "How Come?"/"Done This One Before" Various artist albums * '' Happy Birthday'' (1970) * '' I Am'' (1972) * ''

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'' (1976) Participation * '' Never a Dull Moment'' by

– Lane bass on two songs (1972) * '' Victory Gardens'' by John & Mary – vocal on one song (1991)

with Small Faces

Studio albums * ''

'' (1966) * ''

'' (1967) * '' Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake'' (1968)

with Faces

Studio albums * '' First Step'' (1970) * '' Long Player'' (1971) * '' A Nod Is as Good as a Wink... to a Blind Horse'' (1971) * '' Ooh La La'' (1973)

References

External links

"Can You Show Me A Dream by John Hellier and Paolo Hewitt
*
Slim-chance.co.uk The band have reformed

''The Forgotten Music of Ronnie Lane'', a tribute from The Awl
*

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