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Slim Chance
After leaving the Faces, Ronnie Lane formed his own band, Slim Chance. The band members are Steve Simpson, guitar, mandolin, fiddle; Charlie Hart, accordion, fiddle, piano; Steve Bingham, bass; Geraint Watkins, piano, organ, accordion; John Lingwood, drums. The whole band sings!
Ronnie always jokingly claimed that he found the musicians for Slim Chance in the pages of Exchange and Mart. In 2010 Charlie Hart and Steve Simpson trawled the streets of South London and miraculously found three more ex-Slim Chancers who were all keen to sign up again to the quest for Ronnie’s musical holy grail. By gigging round the country the line-up has gelled into a fine band and become a powerful entity in its own right.
The aim is to create a show which celebrates the range of Ronnie’s later music: to take this show to people in village halls and clubs, festivals and theatres at home and abroad; and eventually, joined by numerous friends, to resurrect the Passing Show itself.
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The bass that played on The Poacher in 1974! It's just in the very final stages of an amazing restoration by the incredibly talented luthier Joe Dobson who has done an astounding job on it Hope to use it live and in the studio with Slim Chance in the near future. Love to you all. Steve Bingham.
Looks lovely. I have an old P bass that i love dearly too. Yours was used on one of my favourite ever sons too-I always loved the bass line and the little subtle flourishes towards the end of the track.
Love that bass line 😄 I have a vague memory of being shown a bass guitar at Joe Brown’s home studio in Essex in 1976. “This is Ronnie Lane’s guitar” said Joe. Seem to recall the body was formed from a wooden toilet seat? Or was it all a dream?
Beautiful Bass. Cheers for posting.
A beautiful thang Bertie. Used on The Poacher😀🤘!! Fabulous. Can I touch it at some point please? And..if you get fed up and want to offload....I could give you a tenner.😎
What year Precision is that Steve? Lovely patina on the headstock suggests early 60s?
Will it be ready for Skegness? I’m getting excited! (I’m the one with the Poacher as my text tone!)
Lovely! 💟😛👍🎶🍻
Magnificent 👍
Nice one!
Right on!
❤️🎸❤️ history right there ❤️🎸❤️
Mark Crossley, u a Ronnie Lane fan ??
First 45 rpm single I bought
Anymore for anymore.
COMING SOON... The Great British Folk Festival for Butlins Live Music Weekends at Butlin's Skegness Resort, Lincolnshire on SUNDAY, 1st DECEMBER 2019!! Slim Chance will be blasting out a set of Ronnie Lane classics together with a few originals! We're on Centre Stage at 9pm and intend to rock the house so if you're up there in the Lincolnshire wild winter come along to Skeggy for a night to remember!! Hope to see you there! Love from us all in Slim Chance.xx
Brilliant news!
Andrew Tullett!
Our next Central London gig which has only just been confirmed will be at The Water Rats KINGS CROSS ON WEDNESDAY APRIL 29th, 2020. Tickets will soon be available for this one so do grab yours early as last time we played there it was sold out weeks before the show. Thanks to you all for your continuing support and see you soon! Love from us all in Slim Chance.xx
Come on lads, have a trip upto Merseyside, we'd love to come and see you!
Looking forward to it. I have a spare ticket for the gig if any Chancer wants to grab it. Yours free (well maybe you'd buy me a pint). See you there!
Woop hoo we are on the bus to half moon
See you next Friday Slim Chance: The Music of Ronnie Lane - Half Moon Putney ❤️🎶❤️
JEALOUS!!!!!
Smiler Pantling
