im McCarty made his name as drummer – and songwriter and backing vocalist – in The Yardbirds, but when they split in 1968, McCarty and singer Keith Relf formed Renaissance, with Relf’s sister Jane on vocals. Their self-titled 1969 debut was one of the earliest progressive rock albums – but here it gets complicated. They disintegrated when recording its 1971 follow-up, , but reformed – minus Keith Relf, who died in 1976 – as Illusion, recording (1977) and (1978). A compilation of unreleased material, , was released in 1989 and in 2001 McCarty reunited with Jane Relf and Louis Cennamoe as Renaissance Illusion. was reissued in 2022 and a four-CD Illusion box set, , is due at the end of February.
JIM McCARTY
Feb 03, 2023
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