Old music: Ronnie Lane – The Poacher

He was a city boy, but Ronnie Lane's solo music evokes nothing so much as his love of the English countrysideSome musicians simply seem to "belong" to certain cities. For a generation of Londoners, and for many from subsequent generations, the Small Faces, the Kinks and the Who epitomised London – its attitude, arrogance and soul. Putting aside my inexplicable dislike of the Who and my very explicable love of Ray Davies, that just leaves the Small Faces, who were not merely from London but "of...

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