Jon Rennard
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Jon Rennard (1946 — 29 July 1971) was an English folksinger who recorded two record albums of traditional material as well as his own songs.
Born in 1946, Jon Rennard was a folksinger based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. Rennard was appreciated as a singer in folk clubs. He died at the age of 24 on 29 July 1971 in a car accident in Leeds. He left a wife Pat and a son John.[citation needed]
Brimbledon Fair
Brimbledon Fair, recorded in 1970, is Jon Rennard's debut album.[1]
Track listing:
- "Brimbledon Fair
- "The Eigerwand" (Rennard)
- "I Live Not Where I Love" (traditional)
- "Regency" (Rennard)
- "Ballad of Joseph Myers" (Rennard)
- "Go From My Window" (traditional)
- "Broom Besoms"
- "The Sheffield Apprentice"
- "Chicken Fat"
- "The Bailiff's Daughter of Islington" (traditional)
- "The Old Man's Lament" (traditional)
- "Lullaby" (Rennard)
One of the tracks on that album is "The Bailiff's Daughter of Islington", Child ballad number 105. Rennard offers traditional rendering of traditional material, deftly sung and played on an acoustic guitar. Beside the title song, other traditional songs include "Broom Besoms", "Go From My Window", "I Live Not Where I Love", and "The Sheffield Apprentice", the latter two sung unaccompanied. There is also "The Old Man's Lament", adapted by Ian Campbell from the traditional Scottish ditty, "Nicky Tams", and his own compositions: "The Ballad of Joseph Myers" about a public hanging in 1864, "The Eigerwand" about a failed attempt to climb the Eiger mountain, "Lullaby", and "Regency", the latter an instrumental piece on guitar.