Pete Townshend/Ronnie Lane

• Rough Mix [MCA, 1977] A-

See Also:

• Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance
• Peter Townshend
• Pete Townshend
• Ron Wood & Ronnie Lane
• merge all

Consumer Guide Reviews:

Rough Mix [MCA, 1977]
Meher Baba inspired psalmody so plain and sharply observed, maybe he was all reet after all. Three of Townshend's contributions--"Keep Me Turning," "Misunderstood," and an unlikely song of adoration called "My Baby Gives It Away"--are his keenest in years, and while Lane's evocations of the passing scene are more poignant on his Island import, One for the Road, "Annie" is a suitably modest folk classic. Together, the two disciples prove that charity needn't be sentimental, detachment cold, nor peace boring. Selah. A-