Biography Tim Renwick

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

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, David Bowie,[1] Mike Oldfield,[2] Gary Brooker,[3] Roger Waters, Eric Clapton,[4] David Byron, Richard Wright, Sally Oldfield, Pink Floyd[5][1] and Brian Joseph Friel

Renwick is credited as the co-composer with Sir Elton John of Elton John's recorded song, "Dreamboat".[6] 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 and 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]

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,[8] released in 1980, and in 2007 compiled an instrumental album titled Privateer,[8] published by Audio Network Plc. and available from his website.

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

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Tim Renwick is the first solo album by English guitarist Tim Renwick, released in 1980. Gary Brooker was among the guest artists playing on the album.

Forever recalled as one of the modern world's most reliable session men, with stints alongside Pink Floyd, Procol Harum, Nick Hayward, TV Smith, Al Stewart and David Bowie (to name but a fraction) littering his resume, Tim Renwick was also involved with some of the most distinctively original music of the 1970s, as a member of the ever-remarkable Sutherland Brothers and Quiver conglomerate. Whether or not this influenced the decision to let him cut a solo album is not for us to wonder; what should be said, however, is that Tim Renwick stands as one of the unsung jewels in his long career, a guitarist's tour-de-force that may occasionally stumble in the songwriting stakes, but is nevertheless a solid indication of his most saleable talent. Plus, the opening "Members Of The hard School" has a gritty street defiance that spun straight out of the Thin Lizzy school of urban mythology.Other numbers skip across the spectrum of styles, and not always to the best effect. But all is forgiven when Renwick unleashes his guitar — and that is most of the time.

Released 7 September 1980 (UK)

9 September 1980 (US)

Recorded December 1979-May 1980

Producer Glyn Johns

Tim Renwick – guitars, flute, vocals

Dave Wintour – bass guitar

Charlie Harrison – bass guitar

Mo Foster – bass guitar

Gary Brooker – keyboards, Yamaha CS-80, piano

Tim Gorman – keyboards

Henry Spinetti – drums

Mick Burns – drums

Noosha Fox – backing vocals

Glyn Johns – synthesizer

Trax

01. Members Of The Hard School (2:39)

02. Perfect Strangers (3:48)

03. Alison's Cold Tonight (2:26)

04. Stay Young (3:22)

05. Lip Service (2:41)

06. Dark Island (2:34)

07. Two Way Track (3:31)

08. When He Rides Away (2:33)

09. Speak Louder (3:52)

10. Havana Moon (3:54)

11. Nobody Here (3:52)

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