Band, 1964-1980 GB, London
Rock
A.k.a. Acoustic Strawbs Ciggy Barlust & The Whales From Venus The Strawberry Hill Boys
Strawbs (or The Strawbs) are an English rock band founded in 1964, led by Dave Cousins. Although the band started out as a bluegrass group they eventually moved on to other styles such as folk, folk rock, (briefly) glam rock and progressive rock..Members included Sandy Denny (who later went on to join Fairport Convention), Rick Wakeman (who was discovered whilst in the Strawbs, joined Yes and has had a lengthy solo career), Richard Hudson and John Ford (who wrote "Part Of The Union" and then spun off as Hudson Ford),. They are best known for their hit, Part of the Union, which reached number two in the UK charts in February 1973, as well as for Lay Down a number 12 UK hit from the same LP. Their album Hero And Heroine was voted one of the Top 50 prog records of all time by Rolling Stone magazine.
Andy Richards key, syn *1952 GB | |
Rick Wakeman key *1949 GB | |
Blue Weaver syn, key *1947 GB | |
Dave Cousins voc *1945 GB | |
Chas Cronk b, voc GB | |
Chris Parren org GB | |
Tony Hooper voc *1944 | |
Richard Hudson dr, voc *1948 GB | |
John Ford voc, b *1948 GB | |
Tony Fernandez dr, perc *1946 GB | |
Rod Demick b, voc *1947 GB | |
Dave Bainbridge key GB | |
Rod Coombes dr, perc *1946 GB | |
Dave Lambert voc, eg, acg *1949 GB | |
John Hawken org, p *1940 GB | |
Brian Willoughby g, acg *1949 GB | |
Ron Chesterman b, cb 1943-2007 GB |
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