Privateer (album)

Privateer
Studio album by Tim Renwick
Released	March 2007 (2007-03)
Recorded	Early 2006
Genre	Jazz fusion rock
Length	75:32
Label	Audio Network
Producer	Tim Renwick
Tim Renwick chronology
Tim Renwick (1980) Privateer (2007)

Privateer is the second album by British guitarist Tim Renwick, only available on Audio License, released in 2007 as the follow-up to his 1980s Tim Renwick album.

A collection of instrumental folk/jazz/rock pieces, it features all instruments played by Renwick himself, with various guest musicians.The songs were written over the span of multiple years. ^[1]

Speaking on the albums contents, Renwick said: "With these tunes I was given a free rein to do what I wanted and it occurred to me that they sounded like a band. I asked permission to repackage some of them into album form. The tracks have been, where necessary, edited, overdubbed and compiled to make them more easily listenable and then remastered. So this CD was actually an accident, but I hope, a happy one!" ^[1]

Track listing

All tracks by Tim Renwick. ^[2]

1. "Nighthawk" -3:18
2. "Cornish Patsy" -3:22
3. "Gridlock" -3:13
4. "Polly's Song" 3:34
5. "Bertholletia Excelsa" -3:12
6. "Texas Nexus" -3:34
7. "Rolling" -2:47
8. "Slideaway" -3:39
9. "Open Road" -3:55
10. "Blue Monday" -3:45
11. "Strumtastic" -2:52
12. "Rockabilly Jo" -3:30
13. "Bertholletia Excelsa (Acoustic Reprise)" -2:20

Non-album tracks

• "Gladsome Girl" -2:58
• "Miami Beach" -3:00
• "Right As Rain" (Tim Renwick, Elfed Hayes) -3:38
• "Righteous Road" (Tim Renwick, Elfed Hayes) -3:51
• "Gridlock" -3:13
• "Freehand" -3:51
• "Boogie Shuffle" -3:33
• "Getting Jiggie" -3:29
• "Dirty Man Blues" -2:20
• "Way To Go" -3:44
• "The Shore" -2:16
• "Masquerade" -2:16
• "Gladsome Christmas" -2:58
• "Consort" -2:18

Personnel

• Tim Renwick - all instruments
• Guy Pratt - bass guitar (Tracks 1, 4, 5, 9, 13)
• Paul Harris - keyboards (Tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 13)
• Henry Spinetti - drums, percussion
• Steve Jackson - drums, percussion (Tracks 2, 11)
• Frank Ricotti - percussion (Tracks 1, 4, 5, 8, 13)
• Willie Wilson - tambourine (Tracks 3, 10)
• Alan Glen - harmonica (Tracks 10, 12)
• Steve Turner - National steel guitar (on "Slideaway")
• Martin Bell - fiddle (on "Slideaway")

References

1. Bjorn (25 June 2007). "Interview with Tim Renwick! – gilmourish" . Retrieved 13 May 2025.
2. "Audio". Tim Renwick. Retrieved 13 May 2025.