Renaissance (band)

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Renaissance
A group of musicians, four standing at the back, two sitting in front. One person sitting holds an acoustic guitar.
Renaissance, 2012. Clockwise from upper left: Jason Hart, David J. Keyes, Rave Tesar, Frank Pagano, Michael Dunford, and Annie Haslam
Background information
OriginLondon, United Kingdom
GenresProgressive rock
Years active
  • 1969–1987
  • 1998–2002
  • 2009–present
Labels
Members
  • Annie Haslam
  • Rave Tesar
  • Mark Lambert
  • Frank Pagano
  • Leo Traversa
  • Geoffrey Langley
WebsiteOfficial Website

Renaissance are an English

vocal harmonies
.

The band was founded by vocalist Keith Relf and drummer Jim McCarty, formerly of the Yardbirds; along with John Hawken, Louis Cennamo and Relf's sister Jane. They intended to put "something together with more of a classical influence".[2] Renaissance released their self-titled debut album in 1969, but fell apart during the sessions for their follow-up, Illusion (1971). New musicians were brought in to complete the record, and Renaissance was kept active through a period of fluctuating personnel until none of the original lineup remained, although McCarty continued providing compositions for the band to record for several more years. By 1972, a stable lineup consisting of Annie Haslam, Michael Dunford, John Tout, Jon Camp, and Terry Sullivan solidified. Aside from McCarty, they were assisted with lyrics on many songs from Cornish poet Betty Thatcher-Newsinger. From 1972 to 1979 Renaissance released seven studio albums, toured extensively, and sold out three nights in a row at Carnegie Hall with Tony Cox conducting the New York Philharmonic.[1] The band's success was largely concentrated in the United States, where they built a cult following.

Renaissance struggled through the 1980s with personnel changes and two relatively unsuccessful studio albums, leading to disbandment in 1987. Two different offshoots of the band existed at the same time at one period in the mid-1990s. The band re-formed in 1998 to record

Grandine il Vento
, re-released the following year under the title Symphony of Light.

Original incarnation (1969–1970)

As

acoustic
duo called Together. [3] They released "Henry's Coming Home" b/w "Love Mum and Dad" as a single on Columbia Records in November 1968 without chart success.[4]

In January 1969, Relf and McCarty organized a new group devoted to experimentation with rock, folk, and classical forms. In his book Mountains Come Out of the Sky: An Illustrated History of Prog Rock, Will Romano quoted McCarty: "Toward the end of the Yardbirds we wanted to do something a bit more poetic, if you like, not so heavy. A bit more folky... We had had enough of heavy rock."[2] This quintet—Relf on guitar and vocals, McCarty on drums and vocals, plus bassist Louis Cennamo, pianist John Hawken, and Relf's sister Jane as an additional vocalist—released a pair of albums on Elektra (US) and Island (UK-ILPS 9114), the first one, titled simply Renaissance (1969), being produced by fellow ex-Yardbird Paul Samwell-Smith.[5]

The band had begun performing in May 1969, before recording had commenced for the debut LP, mostly in the UK, but with occasional forays abroad, including festivals in Belgium (Amougies, October 1969) and France (Operation 666 at the Olympia in January 1970, and Le Bourget in March 1970, both in Paris). In February 1970, they embarked on a North American tour, but that month-long trek proved only marginally successful. Because of their Yardbirds credentials, they found themselves paired with bands such as the Kinks and their new classically-oriented direction did not always go down well because audiences were expecting rock/blues-based material.

Beginning in the late spring of 1970 as touring began to grind on them, the original band gradually dissolved. Keith Relf and McCarty decided to quit performing, and Cennamo joined Colosseum.[2] Hawken organized a new line-up to fulfill contractual obligations to Island Records and complete the band's second album, Illusion (1971) which had been left unfinished.

Transition (1970–71)

Apart from Jane Relf, the new band consisted mostly of former members of Hawken's previous band, the Nashville Teens – guitarist Michael Dunford, bassist Neil Korner and singer Terry Crowe, plus drummer Terry Slade.[2] This line-up recorded one track, "Mr Pine", a Dunford composition, and played a few gigs during the summer of 1970. Meanwhile, a final recording session brought together the original line-up minus Hawken, with Don Shin sitting in on keyboards, and produced the album's closing track "Past Orbits of Dust". The now completed Illusion was released in Germany in 1971, although it was not released in the UK until 1976 (Island HELP 27). The album marked the beginning of Renaissance's long-standing collaboration with poet Betty Thatcher-Newsinger as lyricist when she co-wrote two songs with Relf and McCarty.

The two remaining original members left in late 1970; Jane Relf was replaced by American folk singer Anne-Marie "Binky" Cullom, then John Hawken left to join Spooky Tooth and pianist John Tout replaced him.[2] There is an extant video (released on the DVD "Kings & Queens" in 2010) of that line-up performing five songs on a German TV program (Muzik-Kanal). The plan at the time was that Relf and McCarty would remain involved as non-performing members – Relf as a producer and McCarty as a songwriter. Both were present when singer Annie Haslam successfully auditioned in January 1971[5] to replace the departing Cullom (who would later marry drummer Terry Slade and retire from the music scene). While McCarty would go on to write songs for the new band, Relf's involvement would be short-lived. Dunford soon emerged as a prolific composer, and continued the writing partnership with Thatcher, who would go on to write most of the lyrics for the band's 1970s albums.

Second incarnation (1971–1980)

Sometime in 1971, new manager Miles Copeland III decided to re-organize the band, focusing on what he felt were Renaissance's strong points – Haslam's voice and Tout's piano. Will Romano in Mountains Come Out of the Sky explained that "unlike many of the artists to which they were compared Renaissance allowed the piano and female voice to come to the forefront".[2] Until then Haslam had shared vocals with Terry Crowe, who was in effect the band's chief vocalist. Crowe and Korner went, the former not replaced, the latter replaced by a succession of bass players, including John Wetton (later of King Crimson, U.K., and Asia), Frank Farrell (formerly of Supertramp) and Danny McCulloch (formerly of the Animals and a former bandmate of Dunford and Crowe in the Plebs), until the position settled with the inclusion of Jon Camp. It was also decided that Dunford would now concentrate on composing, and a new guitar player, Mick Parsons, was brought in for live work. In 1972, shortly before recording sessions for the new band's debut LP, drummer Terence Sullivan joined after Slade's initial replacement, Ginger Dixon,[6] was deemed unsuitable following a European tour. Parsons died in a car accident and was replaced at short notice by Rob Hendry.[7] The resulting line-up entered the studio having played only a dozen gigs together.

Prologue was released later in 1972 on EMI-Sovereign Records in the UK and on Capitol-Sovereign in North America. Prologue's music was, except for two songs by McCarty, composed by Dunford, with all lyrics by Thatcher-Newsinger. Rock radio stations (particularly in the northeast US and Cleveland) gave the song "Spare Some Love" significant airplay for a few months after the album's release, and fans of Yes and Emerson, Lake & Palmer in particular, took notice of the band. Francis Monkman, of the group Curved Air (another group managed by Copeland), was a guest on VCS3 synthesizer on the final track "Rajah Khan".[1]

Hendry left

Ashes are Burning, released in 1973. Though the band were trying to transition to a more acoustic sound, Andy Powell, of the group Wishbone Ash (yet another group managed by Copeland), was brought in for an electric guitar solo on the final track "Ashes are Burning",[7] which became the band's anthem piece, often extended in live performances to over twenty minutes with a long bass solo and other instrumental workouts. The album became the band's first to chart in the US, where it reached No. 171 on the Billboard 200.[8] Shortly after the album's release, Michael Dunford returned as (acoustic) guitarist, completing what most fans regard as the classic five-piece line-up, which would remain together through five studio albums. The band played their first US concerts during this period,[7] enjoying success on the East Coast in particular, which soon resulted in a special orchestral concert at New York's Academy of Music
in May 1974. Soon Renaissance would choose to concentrate on the US market, as the UK press virtually ignored them.

Joining BTM label

The band left Sovereign Records and joined Miles Copeland's new prog rock stable and label BTM (for British Talent Management). The label's first release was Turn of the Cards in 1974. With a larger budget, the album went from folk-flavoured to a more dark, lush, orchestral rock sound. One of the album's songs, "Things I Don't Understand", which clocked in at 9:30, was Jim McCarty's last co-writing credit with the group (although it was actually in the band's live repertoire for years). A lengthy tribute to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, called "Mother Russia", closed out the album, with lyrics inspired by his autobiographical novel, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. Turn of the Cards was first issued in the United States on Sire Records in August 1974, where it reached No. 94,[8] some months before an official UK release. It remained in the Billboard 200 for 21 weeks. Although Renaissance's fan base was relatively small, its following was heavily concentrated in the large cities of the northeast US. The album was eventually released in the UK in March 1975.

It was soon followed by Scheherazade and Other Stories, released on both sides of the Atlantic in September 1975. The album, whose second side was taken up with the epic tone-poem "Song of Scheherazade" based on stories from One Thousand and One Nights, peaked at No. 48 in the United States.[8] There is "no musical connection to the well-known classical work Scheherazade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov",[2] but the track does have a recurring six-note motif that alludes to that work.[9]

A double live album, Live at Carnegie Hall, followed in 1976. Despite criticisms that much of the album was little more than a note for note reproduction of highlights from their previous four studio albums,[10] the album reached No. 55 in the US.[8] Renaissance were the first British band to sell out three consecutive nights at Carnegie Hall.[2] They were joined on stage by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. While introducing the song "Ashes Are Burning", Haslam refers to it as the title track from the group's second album, rather than their fourth, suggesting that the Haslam-led lineup by this point considered themselves a distinct band from Keith Relf's incarnation of the group. (This point is further underscored by the band's including an album discography in the gatefold of LP copies of Live at Carnegie Hall, which lists only the four albums from Prologue forward.)

Live at Carnegie Hall's follow-up,

Novella, saw more chart success in the US, peaking at No. 46 in 1977,[8] although its UK release was delayed by yet another label change. Will Romano in Mountains Come Out of the Sky describes the band: "Renaissance was at an all-time popularity high, finding themselves playing to sold-out audiences ... in the U.S., particularly in the northeastern part of the country, in Pennsylvania and New York."[2]

Renaissance, 1979. Clockwise from upper left: Terry Sullivan, Michael Dunford, John Tout, Annie Haslam, and Jon Camp.

UK hit single

Although commercial success was limited during this period, Renaissance scored a hit

Mike Douglas Show, where they played "Northern Lights
".

Renaissance floundered following 1979's Azure d'Or, as many fans could not relate to a largely synthesizer-oriented sound.[11] As a result, the band's fan base began to lose interest and the album only reached No. 125.[8] Dunford and Camp assumed most of the band's songwriting.

In the 1970s, Renaissance defined their work with

WVBR
.

Critical reaction to the "classic line-up"

Reviewers were deeply divided in their reactions to the "classic" period of Renaissance, and their style of music. Some critics saw little value in their music, like Wayne King's entry in The New Rolling Stone Record Guide describing the period 1974 to 1983: "Their inability to compose songs that would allow for any fluidity or improvisation meant that Renaissance's appeal, nonexistent in their native England and cultish at best in America, declined ... and the remainder of the Sire material matches this commercial decline with an artistic one. The comeback attempt on IRS ... was a ludicrous failure."[10] Progressive rock reviewers were much more supportive, such as Charles Snider in The Strawberry Bricks Guide to Progressive Rock evaluating the album Scheherazade and Other Stories, who describes:

Renaissance "Trip to the Fair" (1975)
John Tout playing piano on "Trip to the Fair" from the album Scheherazade and Other Stories.
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"Annie Haslam's crystal clear five-octave voice high in the mix, supported by the virtuoso talents of pianist John Tout and Jon Camp's distinctive Rickenbacker bass, and orchestral arrangements by Tony Cox."[1]

1980–1998

After the Azure d'Or tour, Tout left the group for personal reasons, quickly followed by Sullivan. Subsequent albums

Georgetown, DC
, until splitting up in August 1987).

In 1988, Sire issued a two-part compilation, Tales of 1001 Nights, focusing on the band's 1972–79 period. In the 1990s most of their catalogue appeared on CD from reissue record labels such as Repertoire Records (Germany). In 2006 Repertoire issued remastered versions of Ashes are Burning, Turn of the Cards and Scheherezade and Other Stories.

In the mid-1990s, both Haslam (who had released a self-titled solo album in 1989) and Dunford (who had been working on a proposed musical based on the Scheherazade storyline) formed their own bands, each using the name Renaissance and releasing albums with different line-ups.

Third incarnation

Renaissance partially re-formed in 1998 around a nucleus of Haslam, Dunford and Sullivan, plus Tout and several new musicians, most notably Roy Wood and Mickey Simmonds, to record the CD Tuscany.[12] In 1999, Haslam, Dunford and Simmonds played a one-off trio concert at London's Astoria supporting Caravan.

In March 2001, following the delayed release of Tuscany, a full band tour was organised, with a line-up of Haslam, Dunford, Sullivan, Simmonds, Rave Tesar (keyboards) and David J. Keyes (bass/vocals), who played one London concert on 9 March (again at the Astoria) and three dates in Japan – Osaka on the 13th, Nagoya on the 14th and Tokyo on the 16th. The Tokyo concert was recorded and released as In the Land of the Rising Sun: Live in Japan 2001. (Tout, although in the audience at the Astoria, did not perform on this tour.) Haslam, who had become the band's spokesperson, said that several factors made further touring and recording impractical. The band's short third incarnation was soon over.

Terry Sullivan recorded an album called South of Winter in 2004, with a studio group he named Renaissant.[13] It is evocative of Renaissance's music, with lyrics by Thatcher-Newsinger and keyboard contributions by John Tout.

On 20 September 2008, John Tout made his first public appearance in the US in over 25 years, with Annie Haslam and the Jann Klose band, at the Sellersville Theatre 1894 in Sellersville, Pennsylvania. In 2009, Tout suffered a heart attack.

In August 2009, Haslam announced that she and Dunford were commemorating the 40th anniversary of Renaissance with a re-formed band, called Renaissance 2009 (including no other members of the "classic" line-up, but with musicians from the 2001 incarnation of the band), and a concert tour.[14]

A tour in Eastern North America and Japan was undertaken in 2010, together with a three-song EP release and a new official website. Renaissance headlined the sold-out final edition of the North East Art Rock Festival, entitled NEARfest Apocalypse, on 23 June 2012.

Bassist/vocalist David J. Keyes died in July 2019 from leiomyosarcoma.[15]

Deaths of Betty Thatcher, Michael Dunford, and John Tout

Betty Thatcher (born 16 February 1944), the band's non-performing lyricist who wrote most of the lyrics for the band (mostly for the second 'classic' lineup, but starting with the original Relf-led version), died on 15 August 2011.

On 20 November 2012, Michael Dunford (born 8 July 1944) died from a

Surrey, England.[16] A few weeks later, Haslam stated that the band would continue touring in the future,[17] despite losing "her guiding light".[18] In February 2013, it was announced that Ryche Chlanda would be the guitarist on their 2013 tour,[19]
and he has established a permanent role in the band, although not appearing on their 2015 UK and European dates.

John Tout died of lung failure on 1 May 2015 at the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead, London.[20] According to ultimateclassicrock.com, the band paid tribute to their former keyboardist on their Facebook page, saying: “He was an amazing musician, highly contributing to the unique sound of the band from 1970–1980."[20]

Symphony of Light

In April 2013 a new Renaissance album,

Symphony of Light
in April 2014 with three bonus tracks.

Renaissance "The Mystic and the Muse" (2014)
30 second sample of Renaissance playing "The Mystic and the Muse"
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Symphony of Light follows a similar path to the band's early work with a combination of shorter songs, and longer, more progressive tracks such as the title track, and "The Mystic and the Muse". The band were joined by well-known guest musicians Ian Anderson playing the flute on "Cry to the World", and John Wetton performing a duet with Haslam on "Blood Silver Like Moonlight". All the music was written by Dunford, except "Renaissance Man" (dedicated to Dunford) which was written by Rave Tesar. All the lyrics were written by Haslam, and the artwork featured a painting 'Symphony of Light' also by Haslam. [21]

Ralph Greco, Jr. in vintagerock.com observed that "Symphony of Light thrives on lush production, evocative lyrics, excellent playing and that superlative voice that could only belong to Annie Haslam."[22]

The current line-up is not as English as the band's early period with five U.S. born members, and one English born member who lives in the U.S.

Personnel

Main article: List of Renaissance band members

Current members

  • Annie Haslam – vocals, percussion (1971–1987, 1998–2002, 2009–present)
  • Rave Tesar – keyboards, piano (2001–2002, 2009–present)
  • Mark Lambert – guitar, backing vocals (2015–present); bass (1985–1987)
  • Frank Pagano – drums, percussion, backing vocals (2009–2017, 2018–present)
  • Leo Traversa – bass, backing vocals (2015–2018, 2022–present)
  • Geoffrey Langley – keyboards, backing vocals (2016–present)

Discography

Studio albums

Year Title Chart positions Comments
UK
[23] 		US
[8]
NL
[24]
1969 Renaissance 60 ― 10
1971 Illusion ― ― ― 1977 (UK)
1972 Prologue ― ― ―
1973 Ashes Are Burning ― 171 ―
1974 Turn of the Cards ― 94 ―
1975 Scheherazade and Other Stories ― 48 ―
1977 Novella ― 46 ―
1978 A Song for All Seasons 35 58 ―
1979 Azure d'Or 73 125 ―
1981 Camera Camera ― 196 ―
1983 Time-Line ― 207 ―
2001 Tuscany ― ― ―
2013 Grandine il vento ― ― ― Reissued in 2014 as Symphony of Light with bonus tracks
"―" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

Year Title Chart positions Comments
UK
[23] 		US
[8]
1976 Live at Carnegie Hall ― 55
2002 In the Land of the Rising Sun: Live in Japan 2001 ― ―
2011 Renaissance Tour 2011 – Turn of the Cards and Scheherazade & Other Stories Live in Concert (DVD and double CD set) ― ―
2016 Renaissance 2012 (recorded April 16, 2015) – Renaissance Live at the Union Chapel (DVD and digital only audio set) ― ―
2016 Renaissance Live at the BBC Sight & Sound (DVD and 3-CD set) ― ― Contains radio/television broadcasts of three live concerts, one each from the years 1975-77. The DVD contains the video of the televised concert in London on 8 January 1977.
2018 A Symphonic Journey (recorded October 27, 2017) – Live In Concert (DVD and double CD set) ― ―
2021 Renaissance 50th Anniversary: Ashes Are Burning - An Anthology - Live in Concert (Blu-ray/DVD/2CD Box) ― ― 2019 lineup performing 12 October 2019 in Glenside, PA.
2023 The Legacy Tour 2022 (2CD) ― ― Recorded on 21 October 2022, at the Keswick Theatre, Glenside, PA.
"―" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Other releases

  • In the Beginning (compilation double-album of Prologue and Ashes are Burning), 1978
  • Tales of 1001 Nights (compilation in two volumes), 1990
  • Da Capo (Repertoire Germany compilation), 1995 (2 CDs) (Limited Edition in tall digipak with a much more concise, detailed booklet)
  • Live at the Royal Albert Hall: King Biscuit Flower Hour, 1997 (live performance recorded 1977; two volumes)
  • Songs from Renaissance Days, 1997 (compilation of
    B-side
    and two Haslam solo tracks, 1979–88)
  • The BBC Sessions 1975–1978, 1999 [2 CDs]
  • Day of the Dreamer, 2000 (live performance recorded 1978)
  • Live at the Academy of Music, Philadelphia, 2000 (live performance recorded 1985)[nb 2]
  • Live + Direct, 2002 (edited 1970 live recording plus demos and miscellany, by Renaissance and related artists, from 1968 to 1976)
  • Innocents and Illusions, 2004 (compilation double CD of Renaissance and Illusion from the original incarnation)
  • Dreams & Omens, 2008 (live performance recorded 1978)
  • Live in Chicago, 2010 (live performance recorded 1983)
  • The Mystic and the Muse (Three-track EP of new songs), 2010
  • Past Orbits of Dust, 2012 (live performances, plus one remastered studio track, from 1969 to 1970)
  • DeLane Lea Studios 1973, 2015 (live performance recorded 1973)
  • Academy of Music, 2015 (live performance recorded 1974)

Singles

Year Title
UK
[23]
Certifications
1970 "Island" ―
1972 "Spare Some Love" ―
1973 "Carpet of the Sun" ―
1974 "Mother Russia" ―
1977 "Back Home Once Again" ―
"Midas Man" ―
1978 "Northern Lights" 10
1979 "The Winter Tree" ―
"Jekyll and Hyde" ―
1981 "Faeries (Living at the Bottom of My Garden)" ―
"Bonjour Swansong" ―
1983 "Richard IX" ―
2010 "The Mystic and the Muse" (EP) ―
"–" denotes releases that did not chart.

Michael Dunford's Renaissance

These albums were essentially collaborations between Dunford and singer Stephanie Adlington.

  • The Other Woman, 1994 (originally issued as by "Renaissance")
  • Ocean Gypsy, 1997 (mostly new versions of past Renaissance songs)
  • Trip to the Fair, 1998 (compilation of tracks from the previous two releases)

Annie Haslam's Renaissance

This album was essentially an Annie Haslam solo release (one of several).

  • Blessing in Disguise, 1994.

Renaissant

This album was essentially a Terry Sullivan solo release with lyrics by Betty Thatcher-Newsinger and keyboards by John Tout. Terry's wife Christine did most of the vocals, with Terry himself taking lead on two songs.

  • South of Winter (2005)

Major television appearances

  • Don Kirshner's Rock Concert

Multi-artist television programme with Renaissance performing "Can You Understand" and "Black Flame". Syndicated (USA), 1974. 11 minutes, original running time unknown.

  • The Midnight Special

Multi-artist television programme with Renaissance performing "Carpet of the Sun" and "Midas Man". NBC (USA), 1976. 5 minutes, original running time unknown.

  • Sight and Sound in Concert

First in a series of programmes consisting of artists performing live with the first performance broadcast simultaneously on BBC TV and FM radio, hosted by DJ Alan Black. Songs performed were: "Carpet of the Sun", "Mother Russia", "Can You Hear Me?", "Ocean Gypsy", "Running Hard", "Touching Once" and "Prologue". Originally broadcast on 8 January 1977. BBC (UK), 1977. Approximately 50–55 minutes.

  • The Mike Douglas Show

Television talk show features Renaissance performing "Northern Lights" and "Day of the Dreamer" on 4 May 1978.

  • MTV Interview

Interview by J.J. Jackson with Annie Haslam and Jon Camp on the Time Line album Tour. MTV (USA), April 1983. 10 minutes.

Illusion

Shortly prior to his death (May 1976),

Illusion
after Renaissance's second album. Illusion released two albums for Island Records before splitting, while a third made up of unreleased demos appeared years later. The demos were recorded in 1979 but no label was interested in them which caused Illusion to break up. The original four reformed again for the production of Through the Fire which was released under the bandname of Renaissance-Illusion. There are two second albums entitled Illusion: the second album of the original Renaissance (1971); and the eponymous second album of their reunion band, Illusion (1978).

  • Out of the Mist (1977) produced by Paul Samwell-Smith (original bass player of the Yardbirds)
  • Illusion (1978) produced by Douglas Bogie (recording engineer)
  • Enchanted Caress: Previously Unreleased Material (1990) produced by Jim McCarty
  • Illusion: The Island Years (2003) 2-CD compilation of Out of the Mist/Illusion with unreleased track by Keith Relf

Renaissance-Illusion

  • Through the Fire (2001) produced by Jim McCarty

Covers of Renaissance songs

This list does not include Renaissance songs performed by individual former members of the band.

References

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    .
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    .
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    .
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    .
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    .
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  12. ^ Eder, Bruce. "Renaissance – Tuscany (2001): Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
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  15. ^ "Renowned Franklin Lakes Musician Dies After Long Cancer Fight". Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes Daily Voice. 12 July 2019.
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  17. ^ Hughes, Rob (April 2013). "I and Thou". PROG magazine. No. 35. p. 27.
  18. ^ Haslam, Annie (5 December 2012). "Annie Haslam: Artist". Facebook. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
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Notes

  1. ^ In 1974, after leaving Renaissance, Hendry briefly joined The Nashville Teens, which four other Renaissance members had previously belonged to. See The Nashville Teens - Former members.
  2. ^ The title of this CD is not given consistently in the CD package. The title listed here is the one given on the spine of the CD package. However, the text on the front cover and physical CD reads: "Unplugged" "Live" at the Academy of Music, Philadelphia USA.

External links

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