SLIM CHANCE
Featuring Original members from Ronnie Lane's
recording and touring line-up.
Touring throughout
2014
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.
STEVE SIMPSON
Worked on Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance, One for the
Road. Steve also worked with Frankie Miller, Eric Bibb, Roger Chapman.
CHARLIE HART
Worked on Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance, One for the
Road, Rough Mix, See Me, Rocket 69. Charlie also played with Pete Brown, Ian
Dury and Eric Clapton.
ALUN DAVIES
Worked on Ronnie Lane's Anymore for Anymore and
toured with the Passing Show. Alun also worked with Cat Stevens, Ralph McTell
and Good Men in the Jungle.
STEVE BINGHAM
Worked on Ronnie Lane's Anymore for Anymore and
toured with the Passing Show. Steve has also played with Geno Washington, The
Foundations and Colin Blunstone.
COLIN DAVEY
Worked on Ronnie Lane's One for the Road.
He also worked with P.P. Arnold, Chris Farlowe, Ben
E King and Charles Tolliver.
London Borderline
Joe Geesin, for Record Collector
This sold-out show
saw the launch of the band's new single, One For The Road, an old Lane
classic, backed with Flags And Banners, co-written with Rod Stewart. The
show mixed Faces and Ronnie Lane/Slim Chance material with aplomb; the band were
clearly tightly rehearsed and enjoyed it too. The enthusiastic reception
ensured that Last Orders and You're So Rude went down as well as
Anniversary, Don't Try To Change My Mind and You Never Can Tell.
From mod to blues to rock'n'roll, the sound was solid, yet smooth. The
underlying feel of R&B-meets-Americana meant everything across the two sets
ran seamlessly. Charlie Hart's accordion bolstered the sound nicely, and
bassist Steve Bingham nodded along as if they were playing in your front room.
Thoroughly enjoyable.
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April 1946 – 4 June 1997
In 2012 Slim Chance performed at Glastonbury, the
reaction was extraordinary.
For more information contact Peter Barton
At Rock Artist Management 0771 2628366
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