Jon Rennard - info rqd

Subject: RE: Jon Rennard - info rqd
From: Jean(eanjay)
Date: 24 Jan 07 - 10:16 AM

I may be able to get a CD copy of both LPs if that is any good to you.

Subject: RE: Jon Rennard - info rqd
From: GUEST,Jean
Date: 28 Dec 06 - 04:15 PM

I have both of the LPs Brimbledon Fair and The Parting Glass but would not part with them. With the right equipment you should be able to get a copy from an LP. Jon and Marsh were killed on 29th July 1971 on Halcyon Hill in Leeds.

Subject: RE: Jon Rennard - info rqd
From: GUEST,motco
Date: 01 Sep 06 - 12:34 PM

I have tried in vain to get a copy of Brimbledon Fair to go with the ropey old cassette of Parting Glass I already have - a vinyl or CD of that would be good too. The master tapes are still extant I think, but the owners say they're not commercially worth publishing now. :(

Subject: RE: Jon Rennard - info rqd
From: breezy
Date: 24 Jan 06 - 11:17 AM

Hello Johnlilburne

Any chance of a copy please?

I ask blatantly as I see no other option open as it will be fitting to have seeing as he gigged me and worked hard to promote.

I used to know one of Jon's friends too !!

Subject: RE: Jon Rennard - info rqd
From: GUEST,johnlilburne
Date: 24 Jan 06 - 10:28 AM

My wife and myself have the two albums - Brimbledon Fair and The Parting Glass (live).

My wife used to go out with Jon's mate, Marsh, who died in the car accident with him.

This was before my time. I came to Leeds in 1974.

JL

Subject: RE: Jon Rennard - info rqd
From: Lancashire Lad
Date: 10 Feb 04 - 04:44 AM

Thanks for the info everyone
Glad to see there are still a few others around who appreciated him the music he made.
BTW Breezy, the track "Percy...." isnt on either of his 2 LPs

LL

Subject: RE: Jon Rennard - info rqd
From: GUEST,cusco
Date: 09 Feb 04 - 02:42 PM

You've got it right. There were only two recordings. Both on the Tradition label based in Macclesfield. I thought he was tremendous. Apart from his serious side he could be hilarious and stood up in comparison to all the other funnies at the time, Capstick, Harding, Williamson etc.

I still croak "Garners Gay" on occasions which I first heard from him. "I Live not Where I Love". Had a brilliant night once in the Bush in Hyde.

Subject: RE: Jon Rennard - info rqd
From: breezy
Date: 09 Feb 04 - 08:23 AM

1st saw Stefan sing at jons venue

Golden Vanity, then Black Velvet Band

Subject: RE: Jon Rennard - info rqd
From: The Borchester Echo
Date: 09 Feb 04 - 07:22 AM

Stefan Sobell the luthier who now lives in Northumberland may know more. Possibly he'll have tapes as they occasionally worked together.

Subject: RE: Jon Rennard - info rqd
From: breezy
Date: 09 Feb 04 - 07:16 AM

I knew him as he ran clubs in Ledds and he was good chap for supporting my eary attempts at performing.
I was trying to track down his song'Percy the Peeler from Poppleton' awhile back.
I was a student in Leeds at the time I met him but I left Leeds in 1967 to return south.
I will always remember him, you are lucky to have some recordings of him.
I remember turning up to a pub and he was sat in a back room, singing to 2 people in very dimmed lighting,I'ld have liked to have known him more but I moved out of the scene as work took over.
Thats why I run 2 folk clubs and a song swap session these days.

Subject: RE: Jon Rennard - info rqd
From: The Borchester Echo
Date: 09 Feb 04 - 04:52 AM

The accident happened close to his home in the Chapel Allerton district of Leeds.   With him in the car, and also killed, was his roadie Marsh, a distant relative of mine.

There were no other commercial recordings to my knowledge.

Subject: RE: Jon Rennard - info rqd
From: Lancashire Lad
Date: 09 Feb 04 - 04:47 AM

These are to two LPs I have. ,I wondered if there was anything more he recorded.
Was he from Leeds area?

LL

Subject: RE: Jon Rennard - info rqd
From: The Borchester Echo
Date: 09 Feb 04 - 04:40 AM

I have jusr remembered (it's a long time ago!) that there was also a tribute release of a live set called, I think, The Parting Glass.

Subject: RE: Jon Rennard - info rqd
From: The Borchester Echo
Date: 09 Feb 04 - 04:32 AM

Jon Rennard died in a car accident in Leeds in 1972.   Shortly before that I saw him do an excellent set at the Troubadour. As far as I am aware, his only recording was the album Brimbledon Fair.

Subject: Jon Rennard - info rqd
From: Lancashire Lad
Date: 09 Feb 04 - 04:19 AM

I have to 1970s LPs on the Tradition label by Jon Rennard. Does anyone know if he recorded anything else? Also can anyone supply any info on this singer who I believe is sadly now dead.

Thanks in advance
LL