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Yan Calmeyer Friis - Ronnie Lane Reviews For Pattaya Mail
(The byline Carl Meyer at Pattaya Mail was just for fun!)
(The byline Carl Meyer at Pattaya Mail was just for fun!)
Ronnie Lane & the Band “Slim Chance” – Anymore For Anymore (GM) Album Review - October 3, 2013
"Life at 33 1/3: Ooh la la"
https://www.pattayamail.com/arts-entertainment/life-at-33-13-ooh-la-la-30833
"Life at 33 1/3: Ooh la la"
https://www.pattayamail.com/arts-entertainment/life-at-33-13-ooh-la-la-30833
Small Faces: Small Faces (Immediate) Album Review - January 9, 2014
"Life at 33 1/3: Four friendly little heads all dizzy"
https://www.pattayamail.com/arts-entertainment/life-at-33-13-four-friendly-little-heads-all-dizzy-33840
"Life at 33 1/3: Four friendly little heads all dizzy"
https://www.pattayamail.com/arts-entertainment/life-at-33-13-four-friendly-little-heads-all-dizzy-33840
Ronnie Lane, See Me (GEM) Album Review - April 23, 2015
"Life at 33 1/3: A strong case for the future"
https://www.pattayamail.com/arts-entertainment/life-at-33-13-a-strong-case-for-the-future-46482
"Life at 33 1/3: A strong case for the future"
https://www.pattayamail.com/arts-entertainment/life-at-33-13-a-strong-case-for-the-future-46482
Articles translated to English: Coming Soon!
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Yan Calmeyer Friis
Ronnie Lane Interview Det Nye Magazine 1983 
Yan Calmeyer Friis - Ronnie Lane Interview Det Nye Magazine 1983 pg 1 of 2
Yan Calmeyer Friis - Ronnie Lane Interview Det Nye Magazine 1983 pg 2 of 2
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Yan Calmeyer Friis
Ronnie Lane See Me 1980 Album Review 
Yan Calmeyer Friis - Ronnie Lane See Me 1980 Album Review
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Swedish Television showed a 30 mins Slim Chance documentary (or concert) on September 26, 1975. 
Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance - Norwegian daily Arbeiderbladet Television Advert September 26 1975
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Ronnie Lane Retrospective - by Yan Calmeyer Friis
When I arrived at Ronnies place back in 1983, an American journalist from Musician was there, and when he heard I was from Norway he started bragging about how he had been with Mark Knopfler a couple of days earlier, and how Knopfler had played him the tapes of the Dylan-album "Infidels" that wasn't yet released. "It's so good", he gloated, "just you wait and see! Mark produced it, and he is so pleased with it."
Now, this patronizing guy annoyed me insanely, I couldn't help cutting him down to size. I grabbed a cassette from my pocket that had "Bob Dylan - Infidels, rejected Knopfler mix" written right across it. "Or do you mean this?", I continued, wagging another cassette in front of him, this one stating "Bob Dylan - Infidels, final mix". The guy just stood there, his jaw hitting the floor.
I had very good connections with the Dylan community and Columbia Records in the US at the time, so I was indeed very familiar with the coming Dylan-album. Seems Mark Knopfler didn't know that his mix had been rejected yet. Ronnie just chuckled. The Musician guy kept his mouth shut after that.
By the way I also met Ronnie in 1975 (I believe it was '75) when he took Slim Chance to Oslo. He gave me an a very warm interview. I will try to find it for you. Anyway, not many knew much about Slim Chance at the time, not in Oslo, so there were hardly more than five or ten paying customers - plus a couple of guys from the record company, members of Norwegian countryrock-band Flying Norwegians, and me. The concert was absolute marvellous, they even returned for encores. So impressing. It is impossible not love Ronnie Lane and his vision, Slim Chance.
Kind regards
Yan
Now, this patronizing guy annoyed me insanely, I couldn't help cutting him down to size. I grabbed a cassette from my pocket that had "Bob Dylan - Infidels, rejected Knopfler mix" written right across it. "Or do you mean this?", I continued, wagging another cassette in front of him, this one stating "Bob Dylan - Infidels, final mix". The guy just stood there, his jaw hitting the floor.
I had very good connections with the Dylan community and Columbia Records in the US at the time, so I was indeed very familiar with the coming Dylan-album. Seems Mark Knopfler didn't know that his mix had been rejected yet. Ronnie just chuckled. The Musician guy kept his mouth shut after that.
By the way I also met Ronnie in 1975 (I believe it was '75) when he took Slim Chance to Oslo. He gave me an a very warm interview. I will try to find it for you. Anyway, not many knew much about Slim Chance at the time, not in Oslo, so there were hardly more than five or ten paying customers - plus a couple of guys from the record company, members of Norwegian countryrock-band Flying Norwegians, and me. The concert was absolute marvellous, they even returned for encores. So impressing. It is impossible not love Ronnie Lane and his vision, Slim Chance.
Kind regards
Yan
Yan Calmeyer Friis - Biography
Yan Calmeyer Friis (born 13 August 1952)[1] is a Norwegian comedian, writer, music journalist and radio host.
Friis started his writing career at the Norwegian Labour daily newspaper Arbeiderbladet. After that he worked years at the youth magazine Det Nye where he established himself as a music writer. Since 1993 he has written articles and interviews for the magazine Vi Menn, he is editor for the magazine's numerous bookazines and off-shots. In 2000 he got the prize "Friends of Thailand" from Tourist Authorities of Thailand.
Friis also works as a humourist in NRK P1, where he since 1996 has been a co-host at the radio program Herreavdelingen together with Finn Bjelke.[2][3]
In 2003 Friis started the publishing house Saranya Forlag together with coin dealer Jan Olav Aamlid to publish an updated version of the scientist Carl Bock's work Temples and Elephants from 1884. The book will be published in Thailand by River Books and Saranya Forlag in 2016. Friis wrote the thriller "Hanumans maske" in 2004, published by Saranya Forlag. In 2014 he wrote the book "Beatles og jeg", published by Spetakkel Forlag and Saranya Forlag.
At the local election in 2007 Friis was candidate for the Coastal Party.[4]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yan_Friis
Friis started his writing career at the Norwegian Labour daily newspaper Arbeiderbladet. After that he worked years at the youth magazine Det Nye where he established himself as a music writer. Since 1993 he has written articles and interviews for the magazine Vi Menn, he is editor for the magazine's numerous bookazines and off-shots. In 2000 he got the prize "Friends of Thailand" from Tourist Authorities of Thailand.
Friis also works as a humourist in NRK P1, where he since 1996 has been a co-host at the radio program Herreavdelingen together with Finn Bjelke.[2][3]
In 2003 Friis started the publishing house Saranya Forlag together with coin dealer Jan Olav Aamlid to publish an updated version of the scientist Carl Bock's work Temples and Elephants from 1884. The book will be published in Thailand by River Books and Saranya Forlag in 2016. Friis wrote the thriller "Hanumans maske" in 2004, published by Saranya Forlag. In 2014 he wrote the book "Beatles og jeg", published by Spetakkel Forlag and Saranya Forlag.
At the local election in 2007 Friis was candidate for the Coastal Party.[4]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yan_Friis
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