The powerful, and empowering image is the bold retort of Small Faces founder Ronnie Lane to a very personal foe; multiple sclerosis. Stricken in 1976, Lane responded with ARMS, Action for Research into Multiple Sclerosis, and his friends Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker and Jeff Beck participated with others in a highly successful all-star benefit concert at Royal Albert Hall in September, 1983. The concert was such a draw that the performers agreed to a four-city tour for ARMS-America in late '83 which featured sell-out stops in Dallas, New York, San Francisco and L.A.