Renaissance

Uhh... I mention them all the time.  John Tout is one of my favorite musicians.. and I just love "Can You Understand", "Ashes are Burning", "Running Hard", "Ocean Gypsy", etc..  John Tout's piano on "Can You Understand" is just beautiful.

Annie Haslam has a voice very hard to beat.. she was one of those with a supposedly 5-octave range.  Renaissance actually had a really big following here in the States.  Their "Live at Carnegie Hall" album is a really great live album.

Annie lives here in the States these days in PA... she's doing an east coast tour of the US in 2005 accompanied by original E Street Band member DAVID SANCIOUS.

http://www.anniehaslam.com/ah_news.html

Not my favorite band but I respect those who hold
them in high esteem. Turn of the Cards and
Scheherazade and Other Stories are good albums.
Throw them in there with other what I consider
second tier Canterbury spin along with Fairport
Convention - Liege and Lief and Steeleye Span -
Commoners Crown.

As good as most of the Soft Machine, National
Health, Henry Cow, Bill Bruford,
Colusseum(noisehead) and Barclay James
Harvest, Caravan(mellowhead) so so's, but on a
different level.

Not up to par with lesser hyped Robert Wyatt - Rock
Bottom, Audience - House on the Hill, Gryphon - Red
Queen to Gryphon Three, the true classics of
Canterbury.

Of course Jethro one upped them all with Aqualung
and Thick As A Brick!!!



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