Monday, March 17, 2014

Ronnie Lane And Slim Chance






















Artist:  Ronnie Lane
Birth Name:  Ronald Frederick Lane
Born:  April 1, 1946.  Plaistow, London, England.
Died:  June 4, 1997 (Aged 51).  Trinidad, Colorado, USA.
Genre:  Rock, Rhythm And Blues, Psychedelic Rock, Folk Rock
Occupations:  Musician, Songwriter, Producer
Instruments:  Bass, Guitar, Vocals

Ronnie Lane was an English Musician, Songwriter and Producer who is best known as the bassist and founding member of Small Faces and later The Faces that Ronnie Lane was inducted into Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2012.

After leaving Faces, he formed his own band Slim Chance, the original line-up of this band included Scottish Singer-Songwriters Benny Gallagher and Graham Lyle, who provided harmony vocals and played a variety of instruments including Keyboards, Accordion, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Piano, Banjo and Harmonica with British Rock Music, Folk and Country Music.

Sadly, Lane was diagnosed with the debilitating disease multiple sclerosis in the late'70s and in 1983, friends such as Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, Kenney Jones, Andy Fairweather-Low, organizing an ARMS foundation benefit charity concert at Royal Albert Hall and on USA tour with addition of Joe Cocker and Paul Rodgers.





















Title:   Ooh La La:  An Island Harvest  (2014)
Genre:  Rock, Rhythm And Blues, Psychedelic Rock, Folk Rock
Label:  Island Records
Rating:  *****

Tracks:

Disc 1:

 1.  Ooh La La
 2.  Don't Try And Change My Mind
 3.  One For The Road
 4.  Buddy Can You Spare Me A Dime
 5.  Steppin' And Reelin'
 6.  Harvest Home
 7.  32nd Street
 8.  Give Me A Penny
 9.  I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter
10. You Never Can Tell
11. Back Street Boy
12. Snake 
13. Burnin' Summer
14. Anniversary
15. Country Boy
16. What Went Down
17. Tin And Tambourine
18. Little Piece Of Nothing

Disc 2:

 1.  The Poacher
 2.  Street Gang
 3.  Nobody's Listenin'
 4.  Stone
 5.  G'morning
 6.  Bottle Of Brandy
 7.  Single Saddle
 8.  Lovely
 9.  Ain't No Lady
10. Blue Monday
11. Anniversary
12. Last Orders
13. Done This One Before
14. Flags And Banners
15. Tell Everyone
16. How Come 
17. I Believe In You
18. Debris
19. Ooh La La 

Ooh La La:  An Island Harvest is the collection and reissue 2CD by Ronnie Lane And Slim Chance, was released on March 10, 2014 by Island Records, of his recordings from solo career and with his band Slim Chance consisted of his classics, rarities and unreleased tracks.

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