Anyone know who Ronnie Lane is?

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I was just listening to the RAL Austin, TX boot and Stevie dedicates HAEWEFY to Ronnie Lane and says something about him being a wonderful guitar player. Anyway, I was just wondering if anyone knows how Stevie knew him?

I did a search on him and I guess he was a member of a group with Rod Stewart in the late 60s early 70s (the name of the group escapes me). He later was diagnosed with MS and died in 1997.