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Thread #138669   Message #3174472
Posted By: Jason Xion Wang
22-Jun-11 - 09:05 AM
Thread Name: Renee Armand and Jim Horn
Subject: Review: Renee Armand and Jim Horn
Renee is a country singer-songwriter who was active in the 70's and 80's, and Jim is probably the biggest saxophone and flute session player in the rock 'n' roll history.

Renee was living in Nashville since the 1980s and has recorded, written for, and sung with artists ranging from John Denver to Michael Jackson, Linda Rondstadt, EmmyLou Harris, Hoyt Axton, Little Feat, and Ringo Starr. She often appears as background singer in the late 70's. She also released a few solo albums including "In Time" and "Rainbook".

Jim was the first musician who brought saxophone to country and folk music. He performed with each single Beatle after the Beatles broke up in 1970, he also performed with other singers like the Mamas and Papas, John Denver, Neil Sedaka, Frank Sinatra, the Traveling Wilburys and so on. If you don't know what saxophone will be like in country and folk music, you can listen to "Lost in the Fifties Tonight" by Ronnie Milsap and "Sunshine on My Shoulders" from the 1995 live album by John Denver, in which Jim played an active part.

Though I knew Renee lately changed her name into Renee Armand-Horn, I never thought that she and Jim are lovers, until one day I noticed that the album "In Time" was produced by Jim. So I searched on the internet about the relationship between these two musicians, only to find that almost nobody knows that Renee and Jim are lovers. However, one page proved my supposition, but I still wonder why few people know their relationship - both of them are quite famous in their terrain.

Do anybody know more about this couple?

Thanks,
Jason