John Tout

John Tout (2 September 1944 – 1 May 2015) was an English musician. He was the keyboardist for the progressive rock band Renaissance from 1970 to 1980, and played the piano on two tracks of John Lennon's Imagine album in 1971.

Early life John Tout was born in Hackney in 1944 to a father who played violin. John first took piano lessons at age eight. On two occasions, Tout nearly died while on tour with the band when they were involved in two traffic collisions. They spent six months on tour in Beirut.

In 2004 he played on the album South of Winter with former Renaissance colleague Terry Sullivan under the name Renaissant. Lyricist Betty Newsinger (formerly Thatcher) also contributed to the album.

He appeared with Annie Haslam and the Jann Klose band, at the Sellersville Theatre 1894 in Sellersville, Pennsylvania on 20 September 2008. A year later, Tout suffered a heart attack. Argus — Wishbone Ash — 1972 On the Frontier — Shoot — 1973 Per-Spek-Tiv — Louis Clark — 1979 Ocean Gypsy — Michael Dunford's Renaissance — 1997 South of Winter - Renaissant - 2004