Timothy John Pearson Renwick (born 7 August 1949) is an English guitarist. He is best known for his association with

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in his early career and for his long-standing role as lead guitarist for the Sutherland Brothers &

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. His single "Dark Island" peaked at number 80 in Australia in 1980. He also performed with

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on their 1987 and 1994 tours, as well as accompanying the band at their

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performance.

Career

Renwick was born and grew up in Cambridge. He passed his 11 plus and consequently attended Cambridgeshire High School for Boys, as had future Floyd members

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and

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. After dabbling in other instruments, he started to play guitar when he was 14, and progressed to playing in local bands in 1963. Throughout that decade he performed with Little Women, Wages of Sin, Junior's Eyes, The Hype,

(later Sutherland Brothers & Quiver) and Lazy Racer. He also worked for the

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with Pete Moss for the

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and

. He did session work for

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, Procol Harum, Andy Gibb, Bridget St. John,

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and The Albion Country Band,

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, Rick Wright, Jonathan Kelly (credited also with flute),

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, Maggie Reilly, China Crisis,

and Brian Joseph Friel.

Pink Floyd and other projects

Renwick is credited as the co-composer of

's song "Dreamboat". The song was released on the " Kiss the Bride" single in 1983, but was most likely recorded in the late 1970s, when Renwick was briefly a member of Elton John's band, recording with him on ''

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'' and playing with him in John's 1980 concert in

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, New York. In 1984, Renwick toured with

during his The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking tour. Among the other musicians in Waters' band was

, with whom Tim toured the following year, on Clapton's '' Behind The Sun'' Tour. He appeared as a member of Clapton's band at the Live Aid Concert July 13, 1985 in

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, PA. In 1987,

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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 ''

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''. This makes Renwick, along with

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, Patrick Leonard and

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, one of the few musicians who performed with both Waters and his former bandmates after Waters had left Pink Floyd. Renwick joined the Tex Maniax with Andy Roberts and other ex Wangfords (1984) and

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(1989). Renwick joined Pink Floyd again later on their 1989 European tour, on the 1994 studio album, ''

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'', and on the

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tour, which again resulted in a double live album, ''

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''. Renwick made a live appearance with the

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in the 1998

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Gala (replacing the original guitarist

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). He recorded with Pink Floyd colleague Rick Wright, playing guitar on his 1996 album ''

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''. In 2005 he appeared once more with Pink Floyd as second guitarist (and bassist on "

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") for their

reunion. He also played with

at Cambridge Corn Exchange on 7 October 2013, and again on Stewart's 2015 UK and Ireland tou

Solo work

Renwick has recorded an

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album, '' Tim Renwick'', released in 1980, and in 2007 compiled an instrumental album titled ''

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'', published by Audio Network Plc. and available from his website. ''Privateer II'' was released in 2017 following a similar theme. He now lives in Pentewan, Cornwall, and plays guitar in The Bucket Boys. He also played in a duo called Hobson's Choice, and is an occasional guest player with Cornish band The Hoodle.

Solo discography

* '' Tim Renwick'' (1980) * ''

'' (2007) * '' Electric Blue'' (2008) * ''Vintage Blues Guitar'' (2013) * ''Privateer 2'' (2017)

References

External links

Official websiteTim Renwick Myspace

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