Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance - Debris/oh la la

[@grahamjstaceymusic]

There is nowhere near enough love and recognition for Ronnie.

[@annereidy7981]

Great experience to see him in Dub 1980 supporting Bob Marley when the Average White Band dropped out, A fantastic one off event, so glad I was there to see him, a fan ever since!

[@bobnewman1116]

One the most lovely songs ever written.

[@bobnewman1116]

Rod was such a wanker he wouldn’t let Ronnie sing this live with the Faces. Took attention away from him. Ian McClagan said so.

[@pamjudge9691]

My heart aches when I watch this.

[@gregpiazza7150]

I couldn't agree more!

[@kevindavies2066]

Ronnie smiles when he sings and his eyes twinkle when he smiles. What an absolutely wonderful talent. Gone but never forgotten. I cry when I watch this guy on here. Watch him at 7.52.

[@lmccism]

Me too

[@johntuttle3245]

such a beautiful human

[@donnarupert4926]

🥺💕

[@ronggordon]

Absolutely

[@iankirkwood88]

Nod’s as good as a wink was the first LP I ever bought, first year high school, 1971. The critics loved Rod - as we all did - but dissed the Faces albums. I’ve never forgotten some snoot’s description of ‘the rest of the record being ‘a few desultory Ronni Lane tunes’. Desultory! Took me years to learn he wrote it apparently about his old dad. Thought it was a beautiful but strange song to sing to a girl! And Rod’s entry is one of rock’s great harmonies. ‘Oh you were my hero …’

[@dickieleeerwin]

I was blessed to get to know Ronnie when he first moved to Austin, Texas back in 1986-87...somewhere in there. I was introduced to Ronnie by Jo Rae Di Menno, his personnel assistant at the time. Ronnie was a very warn and friendly person and, I couldn't tell by his friendly way, that at the time, he was really having to come to grips with MS. He was getting to where he couldn't walk very well. Bandmates would assist and sometimes carry him on to the stage. And from the stage, he could make you feel at home with his music/vocal mastery.. When he sang, his tone and 'phrasing' made each word... believable...he could put you in the song right along side the characters and places he sang about. I loved the guy. He was like you or me. Ronnie never let his legendary status get in the way of a good time. That's how I remember Ronnie. A smile came easy and he wasn't shy about taking on a conversation. Soon after I'd met Ronnie, Alejandro Escovedo invited me to join Ronnie's backup band called, 'Seven Samurai'. I would primarily play banjo and sing harmonies. During the six to eight month life span of the Seven Samurai, there was a constant changing list of players. Alejandro, Escovedo, Tim Kerr, Rich Brotherton, Bruce Hughes, Susan Voelz, Hector Munoz, Jody Denberg, Ron Erwin, Chris Hynes, a mandolin player who's name I can't recall, and myself, Dickie Lee Erwin. I remember a great, rainy night, Avenue D rehearsal, along with other rehearsals...learning Ronnie's songs... and then we had amazing shows. The ones that standout: Continental Club, guest, Bobby Keys at the Backroom and, Wavy Gravies concert: Cowboys For Indians at Manor Downs in 1987. Performing with a pro like Ronnie, made everyone in the band, a pro. The music was amazing. Unfortunately there is very little recorded of the Seven Samurai. I do have a rehearsal cassette...somewhere...stuck away.- dle

[@user-oh7iv3ij5x]

Great memories you have thanks for sharing

[@petecernan2568]

I enjoyed reading your post best wishes

[@behindtheranges]

Thanks Dickie for sharing those wonderful memories! If you ever find that tape, would you care to share? It's surely a treasure.

[@dickieleeerwin]

@@behindtheranges Yes... I'll 'dig' around my 10,000 cassettes I still have. That one is in there....somewhere! Thank you for the kind words.-dle

[@PatriotSteve]

Thank you for sharing that with us. I’d love to have met Ronnie... he packed alot of living into his few years. It’s nice to know he was appreciated when he moved to Austin.

[@billthomson1015]

I'm late to this party in terms of leaving a comment but Ronnie Lane is one of the few artists who can make me cry. Such a beautiful voice. Everything he sings is heartfelt and it really touches you. So sad he went so soon.

[@dorothykuveke1217]

The sad part of it all is, Ronnie wasn't Looking to make money by performing and playing his guitar. He was doing it because it brought him pleasure and enjoyment. It made him happy to have other people hear his music and also get that same sensation. If only there were more artists out there looking to just express who they are by using their music and not looking for the big bucks. I think the music world would be a heck of a lot better RIP Ronnie. That's the truth 💯

[@zeus-mt7wx]

It’s never too late.

[@starmersbarber]

I'm in my late 50s and have found the music of Ronnie late. It feels like he's ridiculously underrated. His voice in this performance is achingly beautiful...and what gorgeous songs. He seems to have bucked quite a bit of convention in the music business...in a very heroic way. Big respect.

[@roberttrainer9428]

I'm the same loved the small faces faces best band early 70s but now I love listening to ronnie

[@dickieleeerwin]

@@dorothykuveke1217 You hit the nail on the head...I believe that's why our friendship was so special...kindred spirits in that respecr.

[@ericsmith3415]

This is a working man's song. We work hard and fall in love more honestly and deeply than any other type of man on this planet. Bless Ronnie's cotton socks!

[@Crivitos]

Only discovered Debris this year, go along with all the comments here, this video brought a tear to my eye.. Bitter sweet..

[@nicbennetts9459]

From a different generation but this mans music just makes me feel really good a ledgend

[@asmith2212]

'Debris' is a song that we would all want to write for our dads. Heartbreakingly tender, and beautiful.

[@geerteree6336]

There's something about Debris. Gets to my heart every time I hear it.

[@johntuttle3245]

its soooo beAUTIFUL!!!!!!

[@johntuttle3245]

Mr Ronnie Lane

[@Zammo6270]

Cause he Means it! Every fkn word! 😎

[@estebangranados2583]

Yes !!

[@hjd832]

It’s an absolute classic !

[@bobm4478]

"Debris," is a wonderful song written by my friend Ronnie Lane, for his father, and is from the 1972 Faces album, "A Nod's As Good As A Wink." Ronnie Lane is accompanied in this video from 1974 by his band Slim Chance.

[@tallmn1957]

Yes. The "debris" is referring to the bomb sites left by the german luftwaffe of WW2. Market places would be set up in and around some of these sites where people would sell and barter products. He and his dad would go to these, his dad always "looking for a bargain".

[@billsteel4815]

I met Ronnie Lane and Slim Chance in 1974. His warmth and talent have never left me. We sat in his caravan swigging beer and eating cheese sandwiches with Billy Barclay.........perfect !!

[@TheScotty121]

+bill steel thats sound s amazing, what a great memory to have ..thanks for sharing it.

[@gjeburgess]

+bill steel Lovely story mate. His talent is so under rated but hopefully songs like 'The Poacher', and 'Kushti Rye' will be played for a long time.

[@robinjohn33]

+bill steel Thank you for a wonderful memory. Ronnie is sadly missed but his music keeps his memory alive.

[@johannamix966]

billy cool as fuck mate. JoJo xxxx

[@rorygallagher1645]

bill steel so lucky!

[@ernietrigg5379]

The unsung hero of the Faces. I don't have many regrets in life, but one is never seeing Ronnie in concert. Lovely man who wrote great songs. Much loved.

[@arfer]

Ronnie seems so genuine, real, talented, loving. I wish he had a better roll of the dice.

[@bicklesby1]

he had a great life , no, fuckin great life

[@NAHAJI133]

bicklesby1 He had MS and was due Millions in royalties........... he had a sad life.

[@mysecretworld6603]

kat Mats bicklesby1 arfer I can see what both of you are saying, having said that if any of us had wrote something like The Poacher i think we could die having left the world a much better place...and Ronnie certainly did

[@ProcolHarum1967]

kat Mats There's a special place in hell for people like Don Arden.

[@xpat73]

ProcolHarum1967 and now Don Arden's grandson has MS. Coincidence?

[@bostjanmohar4428]

Oh Ronnie you beautiful soull. Thank you for being a beautiful human being.

[@carymatthews3199]

and part of the band Benny Gallagher and Graham Lyle both Amazing song writers and performers

[@akamoroff]

How many people under 50 even know of Ronnie, The Small Faces, Faces........and all the talent in those groups and ones like them.

[@geoffbaxter1509]

Too few unfortunately

[@shaunomercy3376]

The small faces , slim chance , the travelling show, weren't we lucky to be gifted these memories. RIP Ronnie but the memories live on.

[@hertstraveller]

Debris is a beautiful nostalgic song about a world now long lost.

[@vamboroolz1612]

hertstraveller it’s also a very personal song for Ronnie.

[@thomasgoodisson8877]

This takes me back to my childhood love it different times much better!!

[@johncallsen7019]

IT'S about HIS FATHER

[@wib1953]

Heard Debris on a pub jukebox when I was 17. It was special then and 50 years later it is even better.

[@MrBoxinglife]

That Debris rendition was pure brilliance. R I P Ronnie .

[@jimcooney4537]

What a beautiful soul he had. The gypsy,whimsical quality of these songs..

[@gedhurst]

I swear, listening to this song, this performance, just now, was so touching it brought tears to my eyes. What a voice! What a song!

[@barrysmarkwickauthor]

You are not alone my friend. We need more people like Ronnie now....

[@petecernan2568]

Just stumbled across this it’s just captivating

[@onoyudont]

An unassuming man with FRIENDS in VERY HIGH places.

[@peterwalsh81]

All I can say is...CLASS. Ronnie was an under rated artist in my eyes, and left behind some beautiful music. The driving force of the faces, and you can sense that Slim Chance were there for the music, and nothing else. Debris gives me goose bumps, and I like that feeling. Never forgotten, not by me anyway.

[@jacksmith6063]

Well said.

[@UncleDansVintageVinyl]

That opening alone is gorgeous and heartbreaking. This is a song for actual grownups.

[@IdleAl]

Plonk....I'm a punk, I'm a heavy rocker, I'm a noise fan, but you turn me back every time. Love Ronnie Lane and all he did, so simple yet so engaging.

[@chrismurray229]

he was truly fantastic

[@johntuttle3245]

cuz mr lane made Beautiful music!!!!!!.....i loves punk to....and loves mr lane just as much!!!!

[@johnwinger2240]

Blessed are we for having him be, overly gifted we surely see

[@matthewjdouglas6471]

Many of us punk's appreciate all music. Mostly

[@georgianwindow]

Engaging is not in the punk rock vocabulary is it..

[@MS-rc8vr]

Beautiful and touching. Catapults me to the 70s. God I miss those days.

[@WTHenry2023]

Agreed, almost all of us who lived during that era miss it.

[@davidnewman4235]

Brilliant English soul music. Utterly devine. The best.

[@SoulStylistJukeBox]

Without a doubt one of the twenty best uploads on all of KZbin. Heartbreaking stuff.

[@johntuttle3245]

agreed.....man had a beautiful soul......Mr Lane

[@christopherruddick2469]

Very true. x

[@hejla4524]

00:22 That smile

[@nccwal9005]

More than fifty years since I first heard this and it still moves me. Truly overlooked singer,songwriter. RIP Ronnie

[@3chrds]

well this is ALL beautiful shit! Ronnie Lane is magic! Him and Ronnie Wood, underappreciated team back in their day!

[@777petew]

Ooh La La is a great feel-good song. The feel-good is all over their faces. Love the bass player. Oh how I wish we could have such live music today.

[@tomr4035]

Come back to this often, really beautiful. RIP Ronnie

[@jamescarter6934]

How many broken hearts does this epitomise! God bless you fella xx❤️xx

[@starmersbarber]

A truly beautiful song, performed to total perfection. I don't think I've ever heard a better of this. The band and the mighty Ronnie are in gorgeous synergy. The saxophone playing is out of this world.

[@jonjepson3650]

Debris has been in my life for over forty years. A song about life and love. Ooh lala ❤️

[@cristaud]

Gentle, unaffected like a breeze perfecting a summer day.

[@bicklesby1]

nice

[@williamcampbell3576]

Wayne Cristaudo breeze blow my way.

[@dempand4515]

As well as being a beautiful melody and heartfelt tribute to his dad, this song conjures up a world long gone.

[@petecernan2568]

Keep coming back to this there’s just something about it !

[@user-oh7iv3ij5x]

I do for me it’s the happy. vibe about the song

[@ronggordon]

There's so much that I love about this song but the saxophone solos are amazing - aren't they? I don't normally like saxophone solos but these are so expressive and I think the ending of the song is just perfect.

[@palacerevolution2000]

I honestly believe this is a perfect song; a perfect rendition of the song.

[@brianallan104]

Some great comments on this page. All saying the same thing about how good Ronnie was and just how people enjoyed his great music. I keep returning to his music. He enjoyed what he did and I suppose that is the most important thing in his short life. Well done Ronnie. The soul of the Faces.

[@TheScotty121]

Well said Brian .

[@maryjobrezny3702]

Brian Allan... Truly spot on comment...Short life but long legacy!!!!

[@russblack443]

Without Ronnie and his songs Rod wouldn't have been shit. Wasn't exactly being sought out by anyone after the Jeff Beck gig. He should be kissing the asses of both Ronnie's Lane and Wood.

[@frederickalden490]

Every time you see Ronnie Lane play, it looks like the band is having great fun performing together. I don't think that's a coincedence. Brilliant, genuine, and significantly underappreciated.

[@robinwilson1433]

Not underappreciated by me!

[@johnblood3731]

Thanks Ronnie for all the great music. You left us to soon. I cry to some of your songs, rock to your faces songs and love your small faces songs. You really gave a lot in a short time. Rip.

[@pauldyson8969]

I swear this is the best version of these two wonderful songs. Beats all the recorded versions any day , love the live version. You just get the feeling that Ronnie would play for free/busk whatever just cos he enjoyed it so much! Never heard debris before I heard this, struck a chord with me as my mum n dad always used to say "there and back to see how far it is " when I was little and pestering them about where they'd been.

[@krakatoa1200]

Ronnie was a gentle man, and a fine musician. i still miss him.

[@571iamur]

Benny Gallagher and Graham Lyle on mando and guitar, with added backing vocs! Magic!

[@diarmuidwall9605]

One of my favourites duos of all time. Love the scottish boys, really add to this performance

[@pa609]

This is a great performance of two of his finest compositions. What a gentle soul.

[@brianallan104]

Happy Birthday Ronnie. You would have been 70 today. Sorely missed.

[@noahsledgebottom5508]

WHat a lovely,happy face Ronnie Lane had.

[@MrAntonyhancock]

Brings me to my East london. Growing up in Hackney Wick. Going to petticoat lane/brick lane sunday market with my Dad

[@jameswithers4549]

+antony hancock same here, lived in Old street and would walk down really early sunday morning with my Dad, plus he loved a bargain...

[@roblaw569]

Snap it's a love song to my father

[@larrydunning4391]

Great name, you must have had cool parents m8

[@brianallan104]

18 years today since Ronnie left us. Seems a long time but his music survives him and gets better by the day. You keep finding new tracks. Good on you Ronnie. Gone but not forgotten: a true genius.

[@iggypopforyou]

Brian Allan Yes! A sweetheart genius. Unflappable...

[@maxinejmangan841]

I love watching him perform my eyes are drawn to him, his smile, his twinkling eyes. Life wasn't always fair to him. Debris gets to my heart!

[@tallmn1957]

Ronnie Lane, one of the greats. Gone far too soon. Ooh la la, still one of the best two chord songs of all time.

[@alisonmcnaught7924]

Debris was the b side to Stay with me by the faces. A Nods as good as a wink is a brilliant album. Ronnie Laine was a fantastic musician & song writer. Very sad that he was ripped off by the vultures in the music business back in the day. He is much missed

[@hughwalker5628]

Probably the most beautifully emotional song I know. I miss Ronnie. And I miss my dad.

[@brianbrown0806]

What a beautiful, poetic piece of art. My friend Paul turned me on to it a few years ago. Never left me and it feels as potent now as it did the first time.

[@barrywking3741]

Ronnie Lane aka Plonk Three-Piece - man what a beautiful soul! sadly missed!

[@krakatoa1200]

Ronnie Lane, one of the gentlemen of rock, and a super talent.

[@timdooley1414]

Doesn't get much better than this

[@braemarbee9889]

Two of my very favourite songs, not just by Ronnie Lane, but ever.

[@redcoat4ever]

Braemar Bee TRUTH! Absolute brilliance these two songs.

[@NAHAJI133]

Finally Ronnie gets to sing the song's he wrote with HIS band.

[@thomasminarchickjr.7355]

He sang it with the Faces too

[@andyanderson3567]

@@thomasminarchickjr.7355 He did but inexplicably he didn't sing it on the album ! By all accounts Roddy, insisted Ronnie Wood sung it. Seeing as both em were the last in pity Ronnie, didn't say bo*locks ! My song i'm singing it ! But apparently that wasn't his way.

[@thomasminarchickjr.7355]

@@andyanderson3567 They made fun of Woody while he recorded his vocal too. Seems none of them could mail it in that key

[@andyanderson3567]

@@thomasminarchickjr.7355 Seriously ? I had no idea.

[@thomasminarchickjr.7355]

@@andyanderson3567 Woody talked about it in the book about the Faces from a decade or so back. Pretty great book too

[@coxdenton]

I was brought up on the faces with the small faces being my favorite. Lane and marriott were the best some of the music was beautiful and they enjoyed what they did Realy miss them Ronnie those you left behind would be so proud of you.

[@nickgarner5550]

Fabulous and was lucky to work with Ronnie as I worked with Gallagher & Lyle and this was more or their band line up. A big very sad loss.

[@matthewjdouglas6471]

What a lovely voice, 😢 everything he did was greatly appreciated by me

[@davidgonzales3090]

Ronnie Lane is a legend plain and simple

[@HUMPTYNUGGET]

Ronnie's whole soul is into that song you can see him looking and playing in the bomb damaged houses of London

[@ironlion925]

we have missed you so much for too long! around the way!

[@bobnaefe8677]

Ronnie Lane was/is a treasure.

[@alangreenley3257]

ronnie lane a man of so many talents, a real down to earth guy, who just loved making music, sadly missed

[@brok328]

Best version of this song, What a band, totally switched on.

[@crisdeitz2144]

I agree, best, and sweetest!

[@land2646]

Sublime. Just perfect. I wish Ronnie was alive so I could thank him.

[@Peacefully-Happy-86]

Breaks my heart that he gone

[@ericsmith1786]

Beautiful song so entertaining and cool what a unique voice. How are you Katie ?

[@brok328]

I keep slipping Ronnie and Slim Chance on the Duke box wherever I am. Once ' How Come' starts. Peeps sing along :)

[@williamknopic7915]

After growing in my life I too had been there and back. And I know how far it is. I also learned after that not many can say that. Am grateful for that. In being alone is where I found my greatest strength.

[@Mrdougmcintyre]

Remember seeing Ronnie in crutches walking down New Bond Street in London in the early 1980's wearing a rather splendid tweed suit. Made be tearful then and every time I hear debris.

[@tefenstrat]

I had never heard Debris before tonight --what a great song!!!! :-)

[@yankmecrankme]

Love the moment in the beginning when Ronnie feels in the mood of the song and gets aware of the camera... great litlle smile

[@CristianoIalongo]

...and they keep talkin' about Beatles and Stones...what a pity to forgot such a talented guy!

[@jillsmcfarland2001]

High owned initiated

[@noname1st139]

Love this, reminds me of my late dad,lived for The Faces,had a soft spot for Ronnie lane,he Got me into him via The Slim Chance stuff,he wrote some beautiful melodies, The Poacher another stand out song

[@stevehurl298]

"Debris," what a beautiful understated love song. So good....

[@moonriver3552]

Beautiful comments here about Ronnie. Another amazing talent was his bass playing. So incredibly unique and groovy. His tone, his slippery bass lines and note choices were such an important element of "The Faces" sound. Yes, extremely underrated all around. But one of the very best! God rest you Ronnie. The world is blessed we had you and your influence for a little while.

[@larsandersson]

I have been saerching and I allways come back to my roots.

[@Bettys_Eldest]

Sad to hear of Ian McLagan passing away today, along with Plonk the heart of the Faces

[@dreamwell2020]

I love how we get that glimpse into his eyes at the outset. This performance video is a precious artifact, ending with the song about his Dad - and then the one about his Dad's Dad.

[@suzyclode6099]

Too tragic - such beautiful melancholia; thank you Ronnie..

[@PhilBaird1]

Ronnie wrote so many great songs of real depth, and here are two of them. He should be better recognised than he is. I haven't seen this clip for years so it's been a real pleasure to come across it again. Beautiful stuff.

[@lambretta8287]

Followed and saw this man many times as a young teenager and the transition to the faces. The man was phenomenal .Gone but never forgotten..🤘

[@garyherbert5377]

Amazing music from a British icon, blown away, l could listen to for hours

[@StewartNicolasBILLYCONNOLLY]

Ronnie, Ian and Kenney were the finest rhythm section of the sixties. Ronnie was one of the most underrated artists....firstly in the Shadow of the Giant Steve Marriott, then the Huge Rod Stewart. RONNIE LANE

[@TonyBurke100]

There isn't any music today that moves me the way Ronnie Lane's music does. When I was 19 my woman left me and Ooh La La mended my broken heart, Ronnie Lane must have been a good man his kindness and his loving nature shines from his smiling face. When good people die young it's a loss to the world but there's an up side, to those who loved them, we always remember them as that young and happy person, they stay young in our hearts forever.

[@donaldrothenstein749]

Superb doesn't begin to describe how good he was. One of those artists I could listen to for hours (and hours) and never get tired of.

[@Lisarata]

Reminds me of when I had my dad and what I'd have said if we'd been able to speak more like this.

[@GuyFawkes15]

We'll never have this again. Life really was better back then.

[@wayneblackwell4609]

This song is about his dad, just too good for words

[@SteveWright259]

I can't believe all the years that I underrated..well, actually overlooked this supremely talented man. RIP Ronnie, you were one of the best!

[@rorygallagher1645]

Superb song just wiped a tear away , Luvit !!!!!!!

[@ricfouad5481]

Stumbled on Ronnie Lane via Wes Anderson’s Rushmore, rendition here of Ooh La La is sublime. Imagine my surprise at Debris, with it’s heart-wrenching backstory: Ronnie’s dad was his hero, cared for his mom as she faced ALS. Later, same illness took Ronnie. Yet look at him here, playing on with his preternatural kindness: is there an artist who more exudes love? His wife joining later on-stage (doing the cancan) is perfect. Music on KZbin reminds how much beauty there is in the world. Ronnie Lane reminds how fleeting life is and what courage some rare souls show. Listener reactions remind how universal awe at touching music is. This is among the most beautiful, touching sets posted here.

[@dorothykuveke1217]

Well, whatever lack of love and recognition that was not given to Ronnie Lane. After hearing his story, I'm going to make sure that others will give Ronnie the recognition of his beautiful ❤️ sweet and melodic voice as well as his other talents🎉

[@dannyboyle7068]

Loved him,great songsmith.sad loss to music.