I was thinking about my top 10 guitarists the other day and i had been meaning to find out exactly who Tim Renwick was.
I hate it when there are so many great players out there and a lot of them seem to be left obscure......
Tim Renwick played with Pink Floyd, it was the first time i had heard his stuff, but reading different websites he has even played with David Bowie, Elton John, Mike Oldfield, Roger Waters, Mike and the Mechanics etc
An outstanding talent and one that i won't forget in a hurry!
hey! I saw Tim in the '82 mike oldfield tour! you cant mention the live PF without mentioning Snowy White, he played from behind the curtains a lot, filling in the double tracked/overdubbed stuff
Thanks for that FD, i have the "Roger Waters: In the Flesh Tour" DVD, im pretty sure he was in that........., Jeff Beck is another one that comes to mind...his sound went well with "Amused To Death" album of Roger Waters.....
after syd barrett fried his brain, PF waters ect. begged JB to take his place, he declined, as he did many lucrative offers over the years, like the stones post jones,) they took second choice, the rest is history
he famously hates drugs, except piss and cigs, and wouldnt have anything to do with anybody there was even a hint of it. (altho strangely he was jimmy hendrixs best mate in the UK - guess he made an exception in that case)
interestingly, in late '60s he toured the US with PF on the same bill as a support, in the JBG version 1 with rod stewart as an unknown singer lol.
man what a line up drool!
what an artist of integrity! passed up on squillions $ and fame to stay true to himself and his vision! incredible! there cant be a similar case in history?
check out the recent crossroads festival footage - with current line-up including *AUSSIE* sydney sider and all round cutie pie 22 yr old Tal Wilkenfeld as his bass player! OI OI OI!
check out all the other MSN web broadcast from vicoustruth
i can get this bootleg on DVD, hopefully will soon, just got a copy of the boot DVD from UDO festival in japan, end of 2006 tour AWESOME!!
definitely gonna get the double disc crossroads festival DVD from this year, just released, 5.1 and HD widescreen :-))))))))) only two JB tracks on there tho
interestingly it was brian may that rightly gave JB the name 'the GUV'NER' ' i think it was when they collaberated on the muddy waters tribute album by Paul Rodgers (of Free, bad comapny fame)
well thats because he is the inspiration for nigel tufnell lol kinda
here's the very clip that i think the actor based his character on also JB was involved in sequel, he has a huge sense of humour, listen to many comic strip presents music, hes on the plane in the episode where they hi jack plane go to south america, as well as the sound track, i think he did the music for free as there were his mates, specially lenny henry and dawn french
i am reminded as i listen loud now to recently purchased Seal's CD of 2004 'live in paris' in good ol' glorious 41.1 kHz on the Denon/Richter system i liked the stuff Jb did with him at one stage.
speaking of recently remastered stuff out there, ive been getting some 50's and 60's blues artists, specially chess stuff, sound like they were recorded yesterday!!!! check out muddy waters 2006 issue 'the definitive collection' spooky stuff
You are the first person I've ever met outside my circle of friends (in the 80s) who saw Mike Oldfield in Australia in 1982. What a concert that was!
In Sydney he played the Capitol Theatre which is not a huge venue but it was packed to the rafters. He did most of TB, Ommadawn, Five Miles Out and bits of QE II and he was on stage for about 2 1/2 hours.
Wish he'd come back! I have a DVD of a concert Mike did at the Montreux Jazz festival in 1981 that is available at JB Hi Fi for about $20-. It contains basically the same set as we saw in 1982 but Rick Fenn (ex 10cc) plays Bass and guitar, not Tim Renwick.
There is nothing better in this world than listening to Amarok or Instructions for Angels under a pristine sky with a big 'scope at hand -- my idea of pure heaven!
Is Steve Howe (Yes) on your list? He ought to be. In my books it is Oldfield, Howe and Gilmour 1,2 & 3 in that order.
Hi Guys
I also used to be a big fan of Steve Howe & actually heard him mentioned around the traps more recently,playing somewhere
My long term favourites would have to be Ry Cooder(love Slide!) & lest we forget Frank Zappa--god bless 'im
cheers
Bryan
gday Les I just dug up the ticket stubs (i collect them all that i go too)
I remember it well enough tho, was front row in front of speaker columns, i certainly lost some hearing ability i think! lol
Thebarton Theatre (no tour name hmm maybe on other half?) monday May 17th 1982, 8:00 pm seats A 11 and 12
wasnt it around the time of 'moonlight shadow' and Maggie Reilly was there that night, and sang it? hmmm false memories? cool memories even if they are false!!!?
i remember him changing guitar every song/piece and he had about 20 gits in a half circle
i could see up his nostrils just about from memory?
have you heard the mike oldfield treatment of x-files theme music 'tubular-x' cant remember if it is his or a remix using his stuff? best space observing track in history
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one of the weirdest of re-mastered thinsg I have seen in recent times was a jan 2007 re-release of the seminal 1956 movie 'rock around the clock' with Bill Haley and His Comets
i was watching classic movies channel on foxtel and suddenly i was watching razor sharp HD sound and picture version in WIDESCREEN b&w tho, 5.1 (on DVD) of this movie, that looked like it was shot yesterday! VERY VERY VERY spooky!!!
i had to have my jaw rewired straight after viewing, as it detatched in shock! totally remastered in evry way!
not much of it is live, some is, but it is hard to pick!!! but then this soundtrack is a one off made specially for the movie, never released on cd's/vinyl ever. can only hear it during this movie. And fine recordings they are. man its just like a freaky time warp, and is so alive and now!!
I've got to chime in here (sorry!) for Mike Oldfield, I also saw him play down in Melbourne. As for the Album, it's got to be Ommadawn Part One.
michael
Great guitarists.... well, he's not great but I still have the memory of a 16 y.o. on a youth camp and one of the older guys started playing Stairway on acoustic 6 or maybe a 12..... he opened up a new world of music beyond the German Head Machine.
Oh dear, so there are individuals out there who are almost as sad as myself --I have to admit that I have my ticket stubs too. They were for the 24th May I think -- I was only married a month before that. I also still have the concert program and the front cover -- which gives the name of the tour is attached. Hope it revives a good memory or two.
No, Maggie couldn't have sung Moonlight Shadow. That was on the Crises album 1983 or 1984. But she did sing several bits where voice was needed on Five Miles Out -- Deep, deep sound etc, Ommadawn and a QE II track or two.
Dunno about 20 gits, maybe 8 or 10, though the main one used was a deep red Gibson SG but he also had a Tele as well -- probably the instrument that was used to record most of Tubular Bells. All played through a big Fender twin.
Yep, Ommadawn is one of the very finest of Mike's works -- my favs are Incantations (particularly parts 3&4), Amarok and Tubular Bells III.
There is a new album to be released in early January. Can't wait -- it is a purely orchestral piece.
Steve Howe still plays occasionally with Yes but is now really into Jazz. He plays a lot of Jazz gigs.
Virtually all my music is prog rock -- that is nothing to be ashamed off. I've a feeling our collections wold have a lot in common.