April fool - Ronnie Lane

Ronnie Lane (1 April 1946 -- 4 June 1997) of the The Faces and Small Faces . Heres "April Fool" from the album "Rough Mix" by Ronnie Lane and Pete Townshend of The Who . Released in 1977

[@joeherbert7555]

Such a wonderful album, yet so many folks are unaware of its existence. The songs are all brilliant, with Clapton laying down this beautiful dobro part, along with his 'foot tapping', which Glyn Johns decided to mic up for the track. RIP Ronnie Lane.

[@normancrew4935]

A brilliant songwriter. In time, hopefully, more and more listeners will come to appreciate just how good he was.

[@johntuttle3245]

yep........and a beautiful Honest Heart

[@RikiNewtonMusicianSongwriter]

Ronnie Lane was such a special guy.. Great musician, writer, entertainer & a warmth to his character that was tangible & obvious - in an innocent, understated, modest, humble, yet talented & gifted way.. His music reflected this on many levels - something other muzos consistently fall short of.. Ronnie stood out - that's undisputed.. His vulnerability made him loveable - as well as his music of coarse !! Rest In Peace Ronnie Lane.. Peace Rxx

[@johntuttle3245]

Riki Newton and a very nice man

[@LeadFrog]

Love you Ronnie🕊

[@WizardGlik]

It honestly breaks my heart that more people don't know this song. The song itself is beautifully depressing.

[@phalaris14]

Remembering Ronnie Lane on his birthday today, April Fool ❤️🙏

[@donnarupert4926]

d bret merideth...🙋🏽‍♀️💕🎸🪕

[@thestrengthwithin4249]

That’s beautiful 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👏👏👏👏x

[@harrygaul4475]

My birthday is on April 1st too..and I'm a Rock'n roll player 🎸

[@fodsaks]

Ronnie definitely had a bit of angel in him. The warmth and gentleness in him just shines through.

[@mikerhodes6906]

He did but not to much when the album was being made he would antiisePettetowensed and got his ass kiked find the 30th anniversary

[@Baggadin]

Fantastic talent and criminally underrated. RIP Ronnie.

[@olavmjelde5396]

Not underrated. Just undetected by the majority of people.

[@deborahrobertson8606]

Pure soul, pure heart, Thank God for Ronnie Lane X

[@johntuttle3245]

Deborah Robertson amen

[@johntuttle3245]

God Rest your B eautiful Soul Mr Lane........you are missed by all real musics lovers!!!!!!!!!!

[@lululuna1224]

Happy birthday Ronnie my love😍💓. Words cannot express how much your missed, your stay here was sadly so short. Thanks so much for the music you left us. ☮🙏💜

[@keithaltham2711]

one of the best and sweetest of my clients - miss him

[@lewisgreen1633]

So pleased a street was named after him in Manor Park. A real East London legend. Now can they put a blue plaque up on Stevie’s old house in Strone rd??..

[@ConveyPronto]

Ronnie Lane perhaps the most under-appreciated of all the English cats from the British Invasion.

[@kevinb3812]

Such an earthy, homey, song... you'd think it was from America's Appalachian Mountain Country, and that's a compliment!

[@GarciaDF123]

Rough Mix is one of my all time favorites. I never know Ronnie Lane until I heard this album.

[@dreamwell2020]

Happy birthday, Ronnie - and thank you for this gift.

[@BubbaZen10]

I can't even describe how much this song makes me smile and cry so much!

[@seanod7157]

We need RL more than ever. Beautiful.

[@chance2929]

HAPPY 73RD BIRTHDAY RONNIE!! … You are not forgotten...

[@ClassicRefuseTrucks]

Absolutely beautiful music. Ronnie, we miss ye.....

[@moondogaudiojones1146]

Such a beautiful song. What a songwriter and great human spirit he was.💚🎶👍

[@dorothykuveke1217]

If an alien came out from space and landed on the planet. If he asked me what bliss is or truly being happy looks like. 🎉I would put this video up to show him 💯,saying these words * this man best describes what a really happy guy looks like* Ronnie Lane is that depiction of what we all want, Bliss,🕊️ and that's exactly what he got, so happiness went everywhere with him and boy how he loved his music 🌹💯. 💔💔 At the end of his life he didn't have much material things😢. left, as his illness brought him to being broke. However, he left this world with a big smile on his face, because he had a beautiful loving family. . RIP Ronnie

[@johnblood3731]

such beautiful music love ronnies music rip

[@Rustylad85]

Happy birthday Ronnie! Thankyou for the music that lives on and on.

[@kevinferris2902]

Love this album. Still have it and still listen to it

[@reighneedaze5876]

thanks youtube for keeping Ronnie alive

[@donaldwatson554]

Such a pure gentle soul, love Ronnie Lane. Also in his songs he can just hear how influential he was on all of the great Faces tracks with Rod Stewart.

[@krisscanlon4051]

Oh yeah its like a missing early Rod hit

[@jamesfellers1673]

Saw this from my porch just today...Live forever, Ronnie...

[@scottbrown2352]

We need another Ronnie lane!

[@martinhowe1422]

Thank you Mr Lane. You are are permanent fixture in my musical appreciation. I grew up in Ilford - other side of the river to you and a few years behind ya. But no worry, I carry your message with me . Cheers Ronnie old son.

[@dickstanley2654]

Happy Birthday to one of the greatest/ most under-appreciated singer/songwriters of all time. Love you Ronnie

[@scotttbeee2912]

Such a pretty, little song. ❤

[@ursulamarijancevic1457]

Anymore for Anymore 😁😎💜💜💜

[@bonnerscott5374]

Wonderful man, we were blessed to have him. He had a short but full life Bless you ''Plonk'' and thank you, Ronnie Lane, for being Ronnie lane. a kind and gentle soul something the world needs now.

[@KevinSully99]

Ronnie Lane on Rough Mix my favourite album of 1977 and beyond. Wish I could see him do Annie but don't think there is a video...Love him!

[@robertmcintyre4653]

ronnie & slim chance sing annie live on yt

[@KevinSully99]

@@robertmcintyre4653 Got it Robert...thanks a lot.

[@dougmisantoni4384]

Splendid photos...wow....What a place..in time...

[@thomasdugdale3881]

To everyone who commented on here I fully agree with all the lovely words

[@pulsarlights2825]

Some historians speculate that April Fools’ Day dates back to 1582, when France switched from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar, as called for by the Council of Trent in 1563. In the Julian Calendar, as in the Hindu calendar, the new year began with the spring equinox around April 1.

[@chance2929]

Clapton understood this brilliant song by Ronnie...wonderful slide...Duane would have been proud...

[@irk7153]

@Wille Yes it is.

[@johno7808]

I love this guy & his music he was special for sure..... Thanks Ronnie.

[@midtoad]

That is one of my favourite albums.

[@vazmo14850]

+midtoad mine too!

[@maryschneider2759]

cute as a button RIP Sir.

[@miyukishijisha8540]

I love this song, I love Ronnie and all he did to make us happy rockin and rollin....I am an ex bus spotter and an ex pat of my homeland 'England' so this is what I love and what I miss...thanks for the incredible video that through Ronnie, a bus and the countryside I know so well bringing me back home...

[@loudim186]

This is one of those tunes that when I listen to it, I do about 10 times in a row. Always loved this tune.

[@dangafga9210]

Will last for ever and only get better

[@stewartpedder3947]

Thanks for the music Plonk. Taken way too soon. Happy April fools day!

[@kareace123]

Thanks for a lovely video for this heartbreakingly beautiful song. You made me cry...

[@janemking5850]

god bless dear ronnie and stevie mariott. two of the best xxxx

[@wladekwloszcz3803]

forty years on and i still remember every note of this song/album

[@HTJB60]

I use to go to school in a bus, just like that ! {And I'm still on 21 }

[@nevetsnolog]

Ronnie was masterfully special

[@mindsearrecords]

yeah, ronnie. happy birthday. you will always be remembered.

[@ScottSiegling]

Wonderful song and video. I love his work.

[@garyholden6909]

Thanks for the music Ronnie, Happy Birthday!

[@mar.skypilot]

Happy birthday, Ronnie. Today i feel like a fool :'(

[@BubbaZen10]

You really edited that footage to fit this song nicely. Well done mate.

[@compton300]

Good album, got an original LP of Rough Mix on my shelf, 41 years old. Clapton is brilliant on this.

[@augustusmustus6217]

God I love his work.. great man

[@DavidWalker-wz9rl]

Still one of my most favorite albums of all time

[@richardo5951]

Mine too.

[@adamskorupskas2184]

This is a fire track!

[@toddarnett1221]

A big talent 🎶🎶

[@dambuster6387]

Eric Clapton on slide guitar brilliant song from Rough Mix Album . CD and LP re released 2016 remastered at Abbey Road still sounds great just like the LP

[@RamblinGypsy]

Kuschty Rye dear Ronnie 🏵️🥀 Keep on ramblin' along🌾we ised ro roam so freely💜🔥☯️🍺

[@smoovegittar]

God bless yer, Plonk! Up there with Steve & Mac.... helluva band.

[@johnjeffire]

Gorgeous tune.

[@krisscanlon4051]

4/1/2001 Ronnie love you

[@bronyr]

Thank you for this. Bit of a tear..

[@mississippimusicpublishing254]

Such a great song 🎶

[@bronyr]

Happy Birthday darling Ronnie.

[@hoopster68]

Happy birthday Prince Plonk of Plaistow

[@davidsands9278]

Kind of makes me sad - the good times of the 70s passed me by. The music and the great video are so nostalgic.

[@johnbradford4839]

Miss this great soulful man

[@bobmasotta3720]

One of my fav's since 77

[@ZinniawithaZ]

Happy Birthday, Plonk!

[@ericsmith1786]

I love this song nice lyrics. How are you Rebecca?

[@cod8140]

Love this one

[@lac9516]

Yeah, Thank God for Ronnie Lane!!!!

[@mindsearrecords]

happy birthday, Ronnie. you'd be 70 this year.

[@pontesieve]

One of his best songs is called Barcelona, a brilliant tune

[@grahambaker7716]

Ronnie had some great friends

[@gabyandpepsi3989]

My fav artist!!!!!

[@DreamingOfBaba]

Happy Birthday,Ronnie

[@barryhatchetz726]

Happy birthday, Ronnie!

[@Jiggs2u2]

So good

[@garyholden6909]

pure magic

[@flagemdown66]

Super Great vid! Great photos! Thank You!

[@smf961]

Ronnie, the best.

[@michaelreidperry3256]

Lovely man!

[@terrycoles5606]

true bronyr such a tear such a together moment

[@Turnerspaintbrush]

Nice to see Gallagher and Lyle on the Video. I bought the singles How come and the Poacher 👍👍

[@sigi365]

Eines meiner Lieblingslieder, nicht nur für den 1. April

[@yoerc]

Einer von den ganz Grossen ♫

[@johnnyscarecrow71]

Happy birthday, RL.

[@robbrown6934]

I'm an April fool too 26tn @ 65 whew😇

[@BubbaZen10]

God bless ya Ronnie.

[@rudolph1334]

Happy birthday Mate!

[@filltheband]

Great video to a great song. Thanks

[@jonviall5566]

RONNIE LANE YES YES YES!!!

[@DreamingOfBaba]

Happy Birthday...xx

[@Olegzyan]

great song!