The Bass Player At The Gates Of Dawn: How come Ronnie Lane left The Faces?
John Pidgeon, Let It Rock, May 1975
THERE MUST BE something frustrating about playing bass in a group. Else why would so many want to swap instruments like Ron Wood, go solo like Jet Harris, form his own group like Andy Fraser?
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