Renaissance

Renaissance was a 1970s progressive rock band.

Former members of The Yardbirds Paul Samwell-Smith, Keith Relf and Jim McCarty organised a new gr

Renaissance was a 1970s progressive rock band.

Former members of The Yardbirds Paul Samwell-Smith, Keith Relf and Jim McCarty organised a new group devoted to experimentation between rock, folk, and classical forms. This quintet (bassist Louis Cenammo, pianist John Hawken, and Relf's sister Jane as an additional vocalist) released a pair of albums on Elektra, but dissolved quickly, leaving McCarty to reform the band into a very different lineup, though McCarty also soon departed.