The Passing Show:
The Life And Music Of Ronnie Lane (DVD)
The Life And Music Of Ronnie Lane (DVD)
This page is in progress
The Passing Show: The Life And Music Of Ronnie Lane
Produced and Directed by Rupert Williams and James Mackie
Produced and Directed by Rupert Williams and James Mackie
This brilliant musical documentary tells the story of Ronnie Lane from his heyday with first the Small Faces and then the Faces through the sixties and seventies and then his experiments with a rural life and the touring musical circus that he dubbed The Passing Show. Finally it charts his latter days once he developed Multiple Sclerosis. Featuring numerous musical clips and interviews with family, friends and colleagues including Eric Clapton, Pete Townshend, Ian McLagan, Kenney Jones, Glyn Johns, Henry McCullough, Joe Ely and many more.
|
Featuring rare performance film, interviews with Pete Townshend, Eric Clapton, Ian McLagan, Kenney Jones and many more - including archive interviews with Ronnie himself - 'The Passing Show' will take you on a musical and emotional roller-coaster journey through Ronnie Lane's life with Bonus Features including brand new unseen performances by some of Ronnie's friends of 'Ooh la la', 'The poacher', 'Kuschty rye' & 'Annie'
(107 min.)
(107 min.)
Call for readable images of inserts to The Life & Music of Ronnie Lane: The Passing Show:
Please email: [email protected]
Please email: [email protected]
The short BBC version of the film was shown on BBC4 (cable and satellite only) in the UK on
January 6, 2006 and was one of the most watched documentaries in the history of BBC4.
January 6, 2006 and was one of the most watched documentaries in the history of BBC4.
Rent The Life & Music of Ronnie Lane: The Passing Show on Netflix
https://dvd.netflix.com/Movie/The-Life-Music-of-Ronnie-Lane-The-Passing-Show/70056769
https://dvd.netflix.com/Movie/The-Life-Music-of-Ronnie-Lane-The-Passing-Show/70056769
Purchase The Passing Show - The Life & Music of Ronnie Lane at Amazon UK
Producer & Director: Rupert Williams
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ronnie-Lane-Passing-Show-Music/dp/B000HWXQTS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1287509344&sr=1-1
Producer & Director: Rupert Williams
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ronnie-Lane-Passing-Show-Music/dp/B000HWXQTS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1287509344&sr=1-1
Purchase The Passing Show - The Life & Music of Ronnie Lane at Amazon US
Producer & Director: Rupert Williams
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=ronnie+lane&i=dvd&Go=Go&Go.x=0&Go.y=0&ref=nb_ss_d
Producer & Director: Rupert Williams
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=ronnie+lane&i=dvd&Go=Go&Go.x=0&Go.y=0&ref=nb_ss_d
Purchase The Passing Show - The Life & Music of Ronnie Lane at Amazon with 80+ Reviews
https://www.amazon.com/Passing-Show-Life-Music-Ronnie/dp/B000ION7CG
https://www.amazon.com/Passing-Show-Life-Music-Ronnie/dp/B000ION7CG
The Passing Show – The Life & Music of Ronnie Lane at Discogs
https://www.discogs.com/The-Passing-Show-The-Life-Music-of-Ronnie-Lane/release/8685359
https://www.discogs.com/The-Passing-Show-The-Life-Music-of-Ronnie-Lane/release/8685359
IMAGES of DVD The Passing Show - The Life & Music of Ronnie Lane
https://www.musik-sammler.de/release/ronnie-lane-the-passing-show-the-life-music-of-ronnie-lane-dvd-1201728/
https://www.musik-sammler.de/release/ronnie-lane-the-passing-show-the-life-music-of-ronnie-lane-dvd-1201728/
The Passing Show - The Life & Music of Ronnie Lane, Producer & Director: Rupert Williams
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1826009/
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0931620/?ref_=tt_ov_dr
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1826009/
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0931620/?ref_=tt_ov_dr
Very informative forum discussion of The Passing Show - The Life & Music of Ronnie Lane
Produced and Directed by Rupert Williams and James Mackie
"I'm one of the producers of a documentary on the life of Ronnie Lane, founder of both the Small Faces, The Faces, and Slim Chance.
The film features a huge amount of rare footage, televised performances from around the world, home movie footage, family photos, etc., and the filmmakers shot all the interview footage actually on location (for instance, Ronnie's step-daughter Lana was filmed overlooking the site of Ronnie's old farm, Ian 'Mac' McLagan was filmed in London at the actual Small Faces communal flat in Pimlico, and at his current home in Manor, Texas outside Austin) whenever possible, in London, Austin, Houston, Los Angeles, and Trinidad, Colorado..
Interviewees include Lane's wives (both his first wife Susan Tacker, and his last wife, Susan Gallegos Lane), girlfriends, caretakers, friends, and dozens of his musical companions, including Pete Townshend (who was really enormously supportive of the whole project, and provided rare Meher Baba films to us), Eric Clapton, Ian McLagan, Kenney Jones, Joe Ely, Charlie Hart, Gallegher & Lyle, Henry McCullough, and many more. Faces/Slim Chance road manager Russell Schlagbaum is also a co-producer of the film. We were able to tell a lot of the story in Ronnie's own voice via a local television show I did with him in 1988 in Austin, and via several radio interviews from over the years collected when I did the Live in Austin CD.
The DVD has bonus footage -- live performances of Lane's songs that were shot exclusively for the film.
It's one of rock's most colorful and touching stories, and there's great chunks of his career that've barely ever even been told in print, and I think the filmmakers have done a really fantastic job with it. I only wish it were hours longer, to be honest, but it's probably at the length it needs to be. We debuted it at SXSW in March, and it's had a few theatrical showings in longer, less tight versions. Hope you guys enjoy it as much as I have." Kent Benjamin
https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/the-passing-show-ronnie-lane-dvd.93179/
Produced and Directed by Rupert Williams and James Mackie
"I'm one of the producers of a documentary on the life of Ronnie Lane, founder of both the Small Faces, The Faces, and Slim Chance.
The film features a huge amount of rare footage, televised performances from around the world, home movie footage, family photos, etc., and the filmmakers shot all the interview footage actually on location (for instance, Ronnie's step-daughter Lana was filmed overlooking the site of Ronnie's old farm, Ian 'Mac' McLagan was filmed in London at the actual Small Faces communal flat in Pimlico, and at his current home in Manor, Texas outside Austin) whenever possible, in London, Austin, Houston, Los Angeles, and Trinidad, Colorado..
Interviewees include Lane's wives (both his first wife Susan Tacker, and his last wife, Susan Gallegos Lane), girlfriends, caretakers, friends, and dozens of his musical companions, including Pete Townshend (who was really enormously supportive of the whole project, and provided rare Meher Baba films to us), Eric Clapton, Ian McLagan, Kenney Jones, Joe Ely, Charlie Hart, Gallegher & Lyle, Henry McCullough, and many more. Faces/Slim Chance road manager Russell Schlagbaum is also a co-producer of the film. We were able to tell a lot of the story in Ronnie's own voice via a local television show I did with him in 1988 in Austin, and via several radio interviews from over the years collected when I did the Live in Austin CD.
The DVD has bonus footage -- live performances of Lane's songs that were shot exclusively for the film.
It's one of rock's most colorful and touching stories, and there's great chunks of his career that've barely ever even been told in print, and I think the filmmakers have done a really fantastic job with it. I only wish it were hours longer, to be honest, but it's probably at the length it needs to be. We debuted it at SXSW in March, and it's had a few theatrical showings in longer, less tight versions. Hope you guys enjoy it as much as I have." Kent Benjamin
https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/the-passing-show-ronnie-lane-dvd.93179/
Lane had publicly unveiled Slim Chance on November 11, 1973 – Armistice Day – on Clapham Common, South London, in a Chipperfield’s Circus tent. Enthused by the chaos, he decided to take his own version on the road. It would be called The Passing Show. Ronnie was euphoric. “It’ll be more carnival than circus,” he enthused. “The audience will come because it’s music, and there won’t be any animals or trapeze acts. But we’ll have dancing girls and a good comedian/compere. We’re now in the process of buying a load of old single-decker London Transport buses, cos they’re in good nick. We’ll put bunks in and turn them into box offices.”
The Passing Show premiered in Marlow, Buckinghamshire in June 1974
https://www.loudersound.com/features/ronnie-lane-s-escape-to-the-country
https://www.loudersound.com/features/ronnie-lane-s-escape-to-the-country
Ronnie Lane Passing Show Newcastle Town Moor July 1974 ~ David Cavanagh
It was the summer of ’74 and Ronnie Lane set out on one of the most ambitious tours of the decade. “A merry troupe of minstrels, travelling the country in caravans, accompanied by clowns, animals and a big top. Ronnie Lane, the beloved entertainer, was taking his music back to the people….. while the likes of Deep Purple cruised from hotels to concert halls in limousines, Lane and his band Slim Chance snailed around Britain in a raggle-taggle convoy. Wearing spotted neckerchiefs and scarves, they almost begged to be flagged down by a patrol car and asked what century they’d come from” (Uncut, 2010).
The tour concept was based on the travelling shows of the past, the circus, and the days of the troubadour. Ronnie assembled a collection of folk singers, dancing girls, and clowns to accompany himself and his band Slim Chance, and promised us “all the fun of the circus and a carnival atmosphere”. Support acts were (according to my programme, which I still have) Lucas and McCulloch, Bill Barlcay, Nicol and Marsh, and Billy Livsey. The line-up of Slim Chance was quite fluid and featured Gallagher and Lyle at one point, although I don’t recall if there were part of the band when I saw the Passing Show. My programme lists the members as Bruce Rowland, Jimmy Jewel (not the comedian) and Kevin Westlake. ronnieposterRonnie’s lovely wife, Katie, entertained us with dance and much swirling of her long flowing skirts. Viv Stanshall, from the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, was a short-lived ringmaster, but wasn’t at the Newcastle gig.
The show took up residency on Newcastle Town Moor for 5 nights from July 10th to July 14th 1974 (according to my poster). I went along, much out of curiosity, with my mate Norm. I have a feeling that these dates may have been put back by a week, as I recall that I had been to see the Allman Brothers at Knebworth the day before, and the date of that gig was Sat 20th July, which would mean we saw the Passing Show on Sunday 21st July. I still have my ticket stub, but it doesn’t help as there is no date on it. It does show that the gig cost us all of £1.10 :).
I remember the show as being very different, good fun, quite long, and that it was pretty cold in the circus marquee. Sadly it was very poorly attended. “How Come” had been a hit for Ronnie the year before, and I remember that song was played, but don’t recall the rest of the set; I think the material was unfamiliar to us. I don’t think any Faces or Small Faces tunes were played, but I could be wrong.
Sadly, the tour was not a success and…. ‘eventually ran out of luck. It was abandoned in Newcastle, where, over three nights, Slim Chance played to a total of 30 people. Ronnie had spent thousands keeping it afloat, as had Bruce Rowland “I lost about four-and-a-half grand, a lot of money in those days,” Rowland says. “Everything was broken and we had to bring it home. I took a 40-foot caravan down the M1 with a Land Rover, then went back to Newcastle on the train and drove the Pantechnicon down. It had two gears, no reverse, back brakes only, and no starter. I drove between 5mph and 10mph most of the way. It took me three days.”’ (Uncut, 2010).
|
David Cavanagh’s article, ‘ONE FOR THE ROAD’, on Ronnie Lane, was published in UNCUT, July 2010.
Ronnie Lane Passing Show Newcastle Town Moor July 1974
https://vintagerock.wordpress.com/2013/09/24/ronnie-lane-passing-show-newcastle-town-moor-july-1974/
https://vintagerock.wordpress.com/2013/09/24/ronnie-lane-passing-show-newcastle-town-moor-july-1974/
Ronnie Lane And Slim Chance The Passing Show Tour Bus
https://www.ronnielane.com/ronnie-lane-and-slim-chance-the-passing-show-tour-bus-for-sale.html |
"This was an email sent by Ken Slaven, former fiddle player for Ronnie Lane during The Passing Show.
Here he discusses his experiences with The Passing Show."
http://www.angelfire.com/home/telleveryone/passingshowstories.html
Here he discusses his experiences with The Passing Show."
http://www.angelfire.com/home/telleveryone/passingshowstories.html
The Passing Show - The Life & Music of Ronnie Lane at Amazon with 80+ Reviews
https://www.amazon.com/Passing-Show-Life-Music-Ronnie/dp/B000ION7CG
https://www.amazon.com/Passing-Show-Life-Music-Ronnie/dp/B000ION7CG#customerReviews
https://www.amazon.com/Passing-Show-Life-Music-Ronnie/dp/B000ION7CG
https://www.amazon.com/Passing-Show-Life-Music-Ronnie/dp/B000ION7CG#customerReviews
https://www.discogs.com/The-Passing-Show-The-Life-Music-of-Ronnie-Lane/release/8685359
http://www.markbowmanimages.com/articles-various-press/movie-ronnie-lane-the-passing-show/
http://www.slim-chance.co.uk/pages/ronnielane.html
https://www.whereseric.com/eric-clapton-discography/eric-clapton-videos-dvds-and-bluray-discs-documentaries-films-all-1
https://www.amazon.com/Passing-Show-Life-Music-Ronnie/product-reviews/B000ION7CG/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_paging_btm_next_2?ie=UTF8&reviewerType=all_reviews&pageNumber=2
http://www.markbowmanimages.com/articles-various-press/movie-ronnie-lane-the-passing-show/
http://www.slim-chance.co.uk/pages/ronnielane.html
https://www.whereseric.com/eric-clapton-discography/eric-clapton-videos-dvds-and-bluray-discs-documentaries-films-all-1
https://www.amazon.com/Passing-Show-Life-Music-Ronnie/product-reviews/B000ION7CG/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_paging_btm_next_2?ie=UTF8&reviewerType=all_reviews&pageNumber=2
You Are Here:
https://www.ronnielane.com/the-passing-show-the-life-and-music-of-ronnie-lane-2006-film-video-dvd.html
https://www.ronnielane.com/the-passing-show-the-life-and-music-of-ronnie-lane-2006-film-video-dvd.html
Ronnie Lane And Slim Chance The Passing Show Tour Bus
https://www.ronnielane.com/ronnie-lane-and-slim-chance-the-passing-show-tour-bus-for-sale.html
https://www.ronnielane.com/ronnie-lane-and-slim-chance-the-passing-show-tour-bus-for-sale.html
Ronnie Lane Complete Album Discography
https://www.ronnielane.com/ronnie-lane-complete-album-discography.html
https://www.ronnielane.com/ronnie-lane-complete-album-discography.html