Profile
Ronnie Lane
Musician + Songwriter and Record Producer
Male
Born
Apr 1, 1946
Hometown
London
Died
Jun 4, 1997
Death Place
Trinidad, Colorado
Genres
Rhythm and blues ...
Instruments
Zemaitis Guitars ...
Performed With
Ron Wood + Slim C...
Ronald Frederick "Ronnie" Lane was an English musician, songwriter, and producer who is best known as the bass guitarist and founding member of two prominent English rock and roll bands; the Small Faces where he was nicknamed "Plonk", (1965–69) – and… Read More
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News + Updates
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Sidewalk Radio & Scad Launch Sidewalk Art ProjectAtlanta In Town - Jun 06, 2012
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Music Review: Small Faces From The BeginningSeattle Pi - May 24, 2012
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Police Blotter: Police Officer Told Resident About Break InHillcrest Patch - Apr 29, 2012
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Police Blotter: Wrong Way Driver, A Brotherly Dispute And A Rude NeighborHillcrest Patch - Apr 24, 2012
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1946
Birth
Born on April 1, 1946.
TEENAGE
1965
19 Years Old
The Small Faces were Lane on bass guitar, Marriott as guitarist and lead vocalist, Kenney Jones as drummer, and Winston on keyboards, They made their debut in 1965, Ian McLagan replacing Winston in November 1965.
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TWENTIES
1968
22 Years Old
At least a dozen successful songs credit Lane, and the 1968 concept album Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake features songs co-written by Lane with one exception.
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1969
23 Years Old
Lane formed The Faces with McLagan, Jones, Ronnie Wood and Rod Stewart in 1969.
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1973
27 Years Old
Unhappy due to poor reviews of the album and Stewart's lack of commitment, Lane quit in 1973, making his last appearance at the Sundown Theatre in Edmonton, London on 4 June.
THIRTIES
1976
30 Years Old
In late 1976 he joined a short-lived reformation of Small Faces but quit after two rehearsals, to be replaced by Rick Wills (who later played alongside former Small Faces drummer Kenney Jones in The Jones Gang).
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1977
31 Years Old
His ensuing album with Pete Townshend, Rough Mix, produced by Glyn Johns, 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.
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1983
37 Years Old
In 1983 his girlfriend Boo Oldfield contacted Glyn Johns with a view to organizing a concert to help fund Action for Research into Multiple Sclerosis.
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1984
38 Years Old
Lane moved to Texas in 1984, where he continued playing, writing, and recording.
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FORTIES
1992
46 Years Old
His last performance was in 1992 at a Ronnie Wood gig alongside Ian McLagan.
1994
48 Years Old
In 1994 Ronnie and his wife Susan moved to the small town of Trinidad, Colorado.
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FIFTIES
Lane succumbed to pneumonia, in the final stages of his progressive multiple sclerosis, on 4 June 1997.
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