Ronnie Lane
A
live album drawn from nearly a dozen surviving radio appearances, from two
competing radio stations, taped between 1986 and 1990. A majority of the
songs have never appeared in a live version before, and several are
completely unreleased. 18 songs are interspersed with Ronnie's anecdotes
making this CD over 73 minutes long. Deluxe packaging includes a 24-page
color booklet with many rare photos. Ronnie Lane was one of the architects of British rock in the '60s. A founding member of both Small Faces (Lane, Steve Marriott, Ian McLagan and Kenney Jones) and the Faces (Lane, Rod Stewart, Ron Wood, Ian McLagan and Kenney Jones), he was the heart and soul of both groups. Small Faces recorded the Top 20 smash, "Itchycoo Park," and the Faces scored several more hits with "Stay With Me" and "Ooh La La." Ronnie, however, left the Faces at the peak of their touring popularity, opting for a more acoustic approach to his music with the founding of a new band, Slim Chance. Later,
Ronnie collaborated with Pete Townshend on "Rough Mix," one of the
finest works from both artists. Throughout the '70s and '80s, Ronnie
continued to tour and record with his Slim Chance band, though medical
problems arising from Multiple Sclerosis slowed him down from time to time. Ronnie
moved to the US in the late '80s, locating first in Houston and then in
Austin, Texas. Befriended by the Austin music community, he felt revitalized
and proceeded to play several legendary shows in his adopted hometown.
Various incarnations of his Texas bands appear here for the first time as a
live radio broadcast on Austin's KUT; additional tracks were added from two
KLBJ radio broadcasts. The band features some of the hottest musicians on the
scene at the time, including Bobby Keys (Rolling Stones), Freddie Krc (Jerry
Jeff Walker), Alejandro Escovedo (True Believers) and Susan Voelz (Poi Dog
Pondering), as well as a host of others. The song list runs the gamut from
Small Faces, the Faces and "Rough Mix" repertoires to newly written
songs by Ronnie and several covers. Mostly wheelchair-bound at the time of these recordings, "Live In Austin" is nonetheless a great representation of Ronnie's Texas years and his songwriting ability. We hope it serves as a fitting memento to the last decade of Ronnie Lane's life - the Austin album that he always wanted to release, but was never able to make. Ronnie succumbed to Multiple Sclerosis on June 4, 1997. He
will be missed.
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