also playing rhythm guitar. Unable, for legal reasons, to use the name Renaissance, they chose "Illusion" – which had been the title of their second album as Renaissance. The group recorded two albums, Out of the Mist and Illusion, before disbanding in 1979. In 1990, a further album of unreleased material was released under the name Enchanted Caress. United States On 29 October 1979, John, his wife Alexandra and sons Barnaby & Jody moved to the United States from the UK, and Hawken went into a temporary retirement from music. In 2001, the surviving members of the original Renaissance – Jim McCarty, Jane Relf, Louis Cennamo and John Hawken – recorded and released the album Through the Fire under the band name 'Renaissance Illusion'. In 2004 the Hero and Heroine Strawbs line-up reunited, and undertook a number of tours both in the US and Europe, recording two new albums: Deja Fou and The Broken Hearted Bride. On 26 June 2008, Hawken announced his retirement from touring. In October 2011 Hawken came out of retirement to perform with Jim McCarty and Jann Klose at Hugh's Room and This Ain't Hollywood, Ontario for two Chamber Pop Summits. In 2019, he joined the Strawbs for their 50th anniversary show. Screen appearances Hawken appeared briefly in the David Essex film, That'll Be the Day (1973) as the keyboard player in the band led by Stormy Tempest (Billy Fury), which also featured Keith Moon on drums. Discography The Nashville Teens 1964: Tobacco Road Renaissance 1969: Renaissance 1971: Illusion Third World War 1972: Third World War II Strawbs 1974 : Hero and Heroine 1975 : Ghosts 1995 : Strawbs in Concert 2004 : Déjà Fou 2005 : Live at Nearfest 2008 : Lay Down with the Strawbs 2008 : The Broken Hearted Bride 2020 : Live In Concert Illusion 1977: Out of the mist 1978: Illusion 1990: Enchanted Caress (Recorded in 1979, released in 1990) 2001: Through the fire (Under the name "Renaissance Illusion") Collaborations 1971: Luther Grosvenor - Under Open Skies 1971: Claire Hamill - One House Left Standing 1972: The Sutherland Brothers - Lifeboat 2007: The Smithereens - Meet The Smithereens! 2018: Jim McCarty - Walking In The Wild Land References External links Official website (archived) Strawbs website Northern Lights Renaissance website Discogs.com entry 1940 births English keyboardists Living people Musicians from Bournemouth English expatriates in the United States Strawbs members Renaissance (band) members