There is nowhere near enough love and recognition for Ronnie.

@annereidy7981

5 жыл бұрын

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

5 жыл бұрын

One the most lovely songs ever written.

@bobnewman1116

5 жыл бұрын

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

4 жыл бұрын

My heart aches when I watch this.

@gregpiazza7150

4 жыл бұрын

I couldn't agree more!

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

Жыл бұрын

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

8 ай бұрын

It’s never too late.

@starmersbarber

8 ай бұрын

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

7 ай бұрын

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

@dickieleeerwin

Ай бұрын

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

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

5 жыл бұрын

Me too

@johntuttle3245

5 жыл бұрын

such a beautiful human

@donnarupert4926

4 жыл бұрын

🥺💕

@ronggordon

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely

@iankirkwood88

2 жыл бұрын

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 …’

"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

11 ай бұрын

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".

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

2 жыл бұрын

Great memories you have thanks for sharing

@petecernan2568

2 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed reading your post best wishes

@behindtheranges

Жыл бұрын

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

@dickieleeerwin

Жыл бұрын

@@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

Жыл бұрын

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.

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

@bicklesby1

10 жыл бұрын

he had a great life , no, fuckin great life

@NAHAJI133

9 жыл бұрын

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

@mysecretworld6603

9 жыл бұрын

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

9 жыл бұрын

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

@xpat73

9 жыл бұрын

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

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

@johntuttle3245

5 жыл бұрын

its soooo beAUTIFUL!!!!!!

@johntuttle3245

5 жыл бұрын

Mr Ronnie Lane

@Scottishyacunt

4 жыл бұрын

Cause he Means it! Every fkn word! 😎

@estebangranados2583

4 жыл бұрын

Yes !!

@hjd832

2 жыл бұрын

It’s an absolute classic !

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

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!

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

@vamboroolz1612

3 жыл бұрын

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

@thomasgoodisson8877

2 жыл бұрын

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

@johncallsen7019

2 жыл бұрын

IT'S about HIS FATHER

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

8 жыл бұрын

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

@gjeburgess

8 жыл бұрын

+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

8 жыл бұрын

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

@johannamix966

8 жыл бұрын

billy cool as fuck mate. JoJo xxxx

@rorygallagher1645

7 жыл бұрын

bill steel so lucky!

I dedicate this song to my own dad, Lawrence Thomas Ruisi, March 4th, 1929 to December 15, 1999. He was a native new yorker(Brooklyn born) and a Korean war vet. We hardly talked and I had so many questions. He died alone after a massive heart attack. I always felt like I was holding him back. I didn't continue this behaviour with my own son(19). we talk about everything.

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

2 жыл бұрын

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

@petecernan2568

2 жыл бұрын

Just stumbled across this it’s just captivating

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

@johntuttle3245

5 жыл бұрын

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

@christopherruddick2469

3 жыл бұрын

Very true. x

@hejla4524

2 жыл бұрын

00:22 That smile

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

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

5 жыл бұрын

he was truly fantastic

@johntuttle3245

5 жыл бұрын

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

@johnwinger2240

4 жыл бұрын

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

@matthewjdouglas6471

3 жыл бұрын

Many of us punk's appreciate all music. Mostly

@georgianwindow

3 жыл бұрын

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

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

2 жыл бұрын

Well said.

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

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

10 жыл бұрын

Well said Brian .

@maryjobrezny3702

5 жыл бұрын

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

@russblack443

2 жыл бұрын

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.

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

2 жыл бұрын

Not underappreciated by me!

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

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

9 жыл бұрын

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

Gentle, unaffected like a breeze perfecting a summer day.

@bicklesby1

10 жыл бұрын

nice

@williamcampbell3576

7 жыл бұрын

Wayne Cristaudo breeze blow my way.

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

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

@thomasminarchickjr.7355

3 жыл бұрын

He sang it with the Faces too

@andyanderson3567

3 жыл бұрын

@@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

3 жыл бұрын

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

@andyanderson3567

3 жыл бұрын

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

@thomasminarchickjr.7355

3 жыл бұрын

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

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

@diarmuidwall9605

3 жыл бұрын

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

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

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

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

@jameswithers4549

8 жыл бұрын

+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

4 жыл бұрын

Snap it's a love song to my father

@larrydunning4391

3 жыл бұрын

Great name, you must have had cool parents m8

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

25 yrs gone. So sad still dear Ronnie. We have you on record still. Thankful ‼️

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.

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

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

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

@jillsmcfarland2001

3 жыл бұрын

High owned initiated

it was Mr Lane that put the V8 in Rod Stewart's talent and career.

@ralphdoremy-fasola2796

4 жыл бұрын

And it was Rod Stewart who squeezed his pregnant girlfriend in his V12 Lamborghini...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ronnie Lane is a legend plain and simple

Breaks my heart that he gone

@ericsmith1786

Жыл бұрын

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

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

Doesn't get much better than this

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

@crisdeitz2144

3 жыл бұрын

I agree, best, and sweetest!

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

@user-oh7iv3ij5x

2 жыл бұрын

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

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

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

@WTHenry2023

4 ай бұрын

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

Brilliant English soul music. Utterly devine. The best.

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

WHat a lovely,happy face Ronnie Lane had.

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.

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

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

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

An unassuming man with FRIENDS in VERY HIGH places.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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!

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

This is so wonderful, from less complicated times. It IS about Ronnie's Dad, and one of the few songs to mention phrases like General Workers Union and odds and ends. We went to see Slim Chance last year and they played both songs beautifully and How Come and The Poacher

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

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

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.

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.

Horridly under-rated and forgotten today.

@crisdeitz2144

3 жыл бұрын

Not forgotten

cant wait until I meet my dad

damn he was good

@crisdeitz2144

3 жыл бұрын

I've never understood why he didn't get more acclaim, he sure deserved it.

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.

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

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

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

Beautiful man who wrote beautiful songs

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

This video sums up what up what was so fundamentally wonderful and decent about Ronnie Lane as a musician and as a human being.

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

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

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

to me, this is beauty.

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

Loved him,great songsmith.sad loss to music.

Someone find the cure for MS! RIP Ronnie.

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

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.

These songs are so beautiful. They make me so happy.

A lovely guy.

played on quite a few debris back in the 50s before bermondsey started being rebuilt we used to go home rotten dirty after playing with the other gangs ! happy days beautiful song Ronnie

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.

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.