Strawbs
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Biography
(1964 – present)
Strawbs were originally known as the Strawberry Hill Boys. Their long-time leader and most active songwriter is guitarist and singer Dave Cousins (guitar, dulcimer, banjo, vocals) (born David Joseph Hindson, 7 January, 1945, in Hounslow, Middlesex). In the early days Strawbs played with Sandy Denny (later lead singer of Fairport Convention and Fotheringay).
Although they started out in the sixties as a bluegrass band, the Strawberry Hill Boys’ repertoire soon shifted to favour their own (mainly Cousins’) material. They were the first UK signing to Herb Alpert’s A&M Records and recorded their first single “Oh How She Changed” b/w “Or Am I Dreaming” in 1968, which was produced and arranged by two highly influential seventies’ producers, Gus Dudgeon and Tony Visconti, who also worked on their critically acclaimed first album, Strawbs, which was released in 1969. (Note: Although that first single was issued in the U.S. on A&M, neither of their first two A&M LP’s were issued in the US until around 1975.)
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Bursting At The Seams
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From The Witchwood
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Hero And Heroine
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A Choice Selection
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filibusternut
Hero and Heroine, Ghosts, Bursting at the Seams, <3
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matt_white
Lovely
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Strawb77
well, what more can i say?
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jeffrey_chaucer
Josephine (For Better or Worse), Another Day - best songs by Strwabs!
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wilte01
Oh the shame that these guys never received the recognition that they deserved
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fevereb
Such meaningful stuff... Criminally underrated band.
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talski
didn't like the vocal
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Poisonnation
The vocalist sounds very similar to Peter Gabriel when he was in Genesis.
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robsonflorencio
Rick Wakeman é o ícone do rock prog, tanto assim, Annie Haslam da banda RENAISSANCE fez bela homenagem ao Yes. http://geocities.ws/renaissancehaslam Correspondente Lucas Teixeira da Silva - Minas Novas /MG
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falkmark
The debut album by the swedish psych folk band Valla is out now (www.recordheaven.net). Please visit www.myspace.com/vallamusik for more info and some music.
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DavidBG16
the vocals remembers me peter gabriel
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Big_Dip
Yeah, "Part Of The Union" is really one of the worst tracks the Strawbs ever did. But the worst of all worse tracks is "Thank You" from the same album.
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griinrifu
They played twice at High Voltage Festival! :D
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xactoman
Holy hell. These guys leave me speechless with every song.
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nocturana
:) <3
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EskimoPenguin
"AS SEASONS CHA-E-A-ANGE IN TIME-LEEE WAAAYS, THE SALT-SEA E-EE-EVER FLOWS"
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FjordSweetFjord
new to these guys, fantastic stuff!
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beatlenut909
Saw Acoustic Strawbs at Corn exchange, Ipswich on Tuesday night - brilliant!
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Lord_Krichian
grave new world <3
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SwordofFlame
Amazing set opening for Van Der Graaf Generator in NYC last month. Really liked "Midnight Sun" & "Ghosts".
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