Tim Renwick

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Tim Renwick

Renwick with the Bucket Boys, performing at Fairport's Cropredy Convention Festival, 2007
Background information
Birth name Timothy John Pearson Renwick
Born 7 August 1949 (1949-08-07) (age 62)
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire England, United Kingdom
Genres Alternative rock
Occupations Musician, Songwriter
Instruments Guitar
Years active 1960s–present
Labels Audio Network Plc
Associated acts Al Stewart, Pink Floyd, Mike + The Mechanics
Website Official website

Timothy John Pearson 'Tim' Renwick (born 7 August 1949 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England) is an English guitarist.

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[edit] Career

Renwick started playing guitar in the 1960s. He performed with many bands, including Little Women, Wages of Sin, Junior's Eyes, The Hype, Quiver[1] (later Sutherland Brothers & Quiver) and Lazy Racer. He also worked for the Alan Parsons' rhythm section at Abbey Road Studios with Pete Moss for the Sutherland Brothers, Al Stewart, and Pink Floyd. He did session work for Elton John,[1] Procol Harum, Shirley Collins, Andy Gibb and The Albion Country Band,[2] David Bowie,[1] Mike Oldfield,[3] Gary Brooker,[4] Roger Waters, Eric Clapton,[5] David Byron, Richard Wright, Sally Oldfield, Pink Floyd[1][6][7][8] and Brian Joseph Friel.

[edit] Pink Floyd and other projects

Renwick is credited as the co-composer with Sir Elton John of Elton John's recorded song, "Dreamboat".[9] The song was released on the "I'm Still Standing" single, but was most likely recorded in the late 1970s.

In 1984, Renwick toured with Roger Waters during his The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking tour. In 1987, David Gilmour invited Renwick to tour with Pink Floyd as a session musician, and recordings from the August 1988 shows were released in the double live album Delicate Sound of Thunder. This makes Renwick, along with Michael Kamen, Patrick Leonard and Jon Carin, one of the few musicians who performed with both Waters and his former bandmates after Pink Floyd disbanded.

After the tour, Renwick joined the Tex Maniacs (1988) and Mike + The Mechanics (1989). Renwick joined Pink Floyd again later on their 1989 European tour, on the 1994 studio album, The Division Bell, and on the Division Bell tour, which again resulted in a double live album, P·U·L·S·E.[7][8][10]

Renwick made a live appearance with the Alan Parsons Band in the 1998 Michael Jackson Gala (replacing the original guitarist Ian Bairnson). He recorded with Pink Floyd colleague Rick Wright, playing guitar on his 1996 album Broken China. In 2005 he appeared once more with Pink Floyd, as guitarist and bassist for their Live 8 reunion.

Renwick has recorded an eponymous album; Tim Renwick,[11] released in 1980, and in 2007 compiled an instrumental album titled Privateer,[11] published by Audio Network Plc. and available from his website.

He now lives in Pentewan, Cornwall, and plays guitar in The Bucket Boys.

[edit] Solo Discography

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d "Allmusic bio.". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p20144. Retrieved 2010-02-06. 
  2. ^ ""No Roses" by Shirley Collins and The Albion Country Band". Mainly Norfolk. http://www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/~zierke/shirley.collins/records/noroses.html. Retrieved 2011-09-05. 
  3. ^ Mike Daly (1982-05-17). "Oldfield and his band magnificent". The Age. http://news.google.co.uk/newspapers?id=cjERAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nJQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3648,65238&dq=tim-renwick&hl=en. Retrieved 2010-02-06. 
  4. ^ Stephen Holden (1991-10-03). "Pop/Jazz in Review". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/03/arts/pop-jazz-in-review-521491.html. Retrieved 2010-02-06. 
  5. ^ John Pareles (1986-06-01). "Recent releases of video cassettes". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/01/arts/recent-releases-of-video-cassettes-846886.html. Retrieved 2010-02-06. 
  6. ^ "Tim Renwick has guitars stolen". Brain Damage. 2008-02-11. http://www.brain-damage.co.uk/archive/alert-tim-renwick-has-guitars-stolen.html. Retrieved 2010-02-06. 
  7. ^ a b Brad Tolinski (September 1994). "The Great Gig in the Sky". Guitar World. http://www.pinkfloydfan.net/t11633-tim-remwick-great-gig-sky.html. Retrieved 2010-07-29. 
  8. ^ a b "Inside the Mind of Pink Floyd: David Gilmour". Guitar. September 1995. http://www.pinkfloydfan.net/t1480-david-gilmour-inside-mind-pink.html. Retrieved 2010-07-29. 
  9. ^ "BMI "Dreamboat" song information". Broadcast Music Incorporated. http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=7453483&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID. Retrieved 2010-02-06. 
  10. ^ John Atkinson (2006-07-26). "Stereophile eNewsletter". Primedia Magazines. http://www.stereophile.com/images/newsletter/706Bstph.html. Retrieved 2010-02-06. 
  11. ^ a b "Allmusic discography". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p20144/discography. Retrieved 2010-02-06. 

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Albion Band
Studio albums
  • Shirley Collins and The Albion Country Band: No Roses (1971)
  • The Albion Country Band: Battle of the Field (1976)
  • The Albion Dance Band: The Prospect Before Us (1977)
  • The Albion Band: Rise Up Like the Sun (1978)
  • Keith Dewhurst & The Albion Band: Lark Rise to Candleford (1980)
  • The Albion Band: Light Shining (1983)
  • Shuffle Off (1983)
  • Under The Rose (1984)
  • A Christmas Present from the Albion Band (1985)
  • Stella Maris (1987)
  • The Albion Band with Chris Baines: The Wild Side of Town (1987)
  • I Got New Shoes (1988)
  • Give Me a Saddle, I'll Trade You a Car (1989)
  • The Best of 1989/90 (1990)
  • Songs from the Shows, v. 1 (1990)
  • Songs from the Shows, v. 2 (1991)
  • Acousticity (1993)
  • Captured (1995)
  • Albion Heart (1995)
  • Demi Paradise (1996)
  • Songs From The Shows (1997)
  • Happy Accident (1998)
  • BBC Sessions (1998)
  • Before Us Stands Yesterday (1999)
  • Christmas Album (1999)
  • Road Movies (2001)
Singles
  • Hopping Down in Kent / Merry Sherwood Rangers (1976)
  • The Postman's Knock / La Sexte Estampie Real (1977)
  • Poor Old Horse / Ragged Heroes (1978)
  • Pain and Paradise / Lay Me Low (1979)
  • Wings (1998)
Live albums
  • The Albion Band Live in Concert (1993)
  • Live at the Cambridge Folk Festival (1998)
  • An Evening with The Albion Band (2002)
  • Acousticity on Tour (2004)
  • Albion Heart on Tour (2004)

The Albion Band Live in Concert (2007)

Vintage Albion Band (2007)
Compilations
  • The Acoustic Years 1993-97 (1997)
  • Along the Pilgrims Way (1998)
  • The Best of 89/90 (1998)
  • Albion Heart (1999)
  • The HTD Years (2000)
  • No Surrender (2003)
  • Albion Sunrise - HTD Recordings: 1994-1999 (2004)
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