Uncertain but believed
to have included at this time:
Kings and Queens;
Innocence; Face of Yesterday; No Name Raga; Island; Bullet
band line up
Renaissance
Jim McCarty (drums)
Keith Relf (vocs/guitar) Louis Cennamo (bass) Jane Relf
(vocs) John Hawken (keys)
gig poster and flyer (click to
enlarge flyer)
ticket
memories
Jim
McCarty:
Friars was a good "old fashioned" gig that hadn't changed much since
the 60`s. If I remember by 1976 (Illusion gigs) there weren't many
of those venues left. There were either little clubs or huge venues.
Friars always had that sort of "hippie" vibe. Quite different to the
punk thing happening at the time
odds and trivia
what
happened?
Renaissance: This version of Renaissance
completely fizzled out by 1972 - 73, the then current Renaissance having
no original members. The original members reformed in 1977 as Illusion
(who played Friars twice) as the new Renaissance was well established. All
original members bar Keith Relf, who died in 1976, having been tragically
electrocuted playing his guitar at home. McCarty and Cennamo later joined
up as Stairway, last releasing material in 1995
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