EPISODE · Jul 8, 2017 · 47 MIN
The Heart of Markness Podcast: Episode 2 - The ARMS Tour
from The Heart of Markness Led Zeppelin Podcast · host Mark Donahue
We examine the 1983 benefit tour for Ronnie Lane, put on by "The best of British" rock. Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page on the same bill, with Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, Kenney Jones, et al as a stellar rhythm section. Ronnie Lane, former bassist for the Small Faces, and The Faces, was stricken with MS, and his famous friends held a benefit concert, and then tour, to raise money for research into Muscular Dystrophy.
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We examine the 1983 benefit tour for Ronnie Lane, put on by "The best of British" rock. Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page on the same bill, with Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, Kenney Jones, et al as a stellar rhythm section. Ronnie Lane, former bassist for the Small Faces, and The Faces, was stricken with MS, and his famous friends held a benefit concert, and then tour, to raise money for research into Muscular Dystrophy.
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