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Chas Cronk
Chas Cronk is an English musician, best known as the bass player and acoustic guitarist for the Strawbs from 1973 to 1980 and again from 2004 to the present. Chas also toured and recorded with Steve Hackett and Rick Wakeman in the 1980s and Cry No More in the 1980/90s. He released a solo album, ''Liberty'', in March 2022 on Renaissance Records (USA). Discography Albums Phillip Goodhand-Tait band *''Songfall'' (1972) Strawbs *''Hero and Heroine'' (1974) *''Ghosts'' (1974) *''Nomadness'' (1975) *'' Deep Cuts'' (1976) *''Burning for You'' (1977) *'' Deadlines'' (1978) *'' Heartbreak Hill'' (1978) *'' Blue Angel'' (2003) *''Déjà Fou'' (2004) *'' Strawbs Live at Nearfest 2004'' (2005) *''A Taste of Strawbs'' (2006) (box with 4 CDs, recordings 1967–2006) *''Strawbs NY '75'' (2007) (live recording of a 1975 show) *'' Lay Down with the Strawbs'' (2008) (double CD recorded live at The Robin in Bilston 5 March 2006) *''The Broken Hearted Bride'' (2008) (with the ''Hero and Heroin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Hackett
Stephen Richard Hackett (born 12 February 1950) is an English musician, singer, songwriter and record producer who gained prominence as the lead guitarist of the progressive rock band Genesis from 1971 to 1977. Hackett contributed to six Genesis studio albums, three live albums, seven singles and one EP before he left to pursue a solo career. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis in 2010. Hackett released his first solo album, ''Voyage of the Acolyte'', while still a member of Genesis in 1975. After a series of further solo albums beginning in 1978, Hackett co-founded the supergroup GTR with Steve Howe in 1986. The group released the self-titled album '' GTR'', which peaked at No. 11 on the ''Billboard'' 200 in the United States and spawned the Top 20 single "When the Heart Rules the Mind". When Hackett left GTR in 1987, the group disbanded. Hackett then resumed his solo career. He has released albums and toured worldwide on a regular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Progressive Rock
Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. Initially termed "progressive pop", the style was an outgrowth of psychedelic bands who abandoned standard pop traditions in favour of instrumentation and compositional techniques more frequently associated with jazz, folk, or classical music. Additional elements contributed to its " progressive" label: lyrics were more poetic, technology was harnessed for new sounds, music approached the condition of "art", and the studio, rather than the stage, became the focus of musical activity, which often involved creating music for listening rather than dancing. Progressive rock is based on fusions of styles, approaches and genres, involving a continuous move between formalism and eclecticism. Due to its historical reception, the scope of progressiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Broken Hearted Bride
''The Broken Hearted Bride'' is the 17th studio album by English band Strawbs. Reception Track listing #"The Call to Action" (Dave Cousins) – 7:38 #"Christmas Cheer (Everything's Going to be Alright)" (Cousins, Chas Cronk) – 4:39 #"Too Many Angels" (Cousins, Cronk) – 5:55 #"The Broken Hearted Bride" (Cousins) – 5:11 #"Shadowland" ( Dave Lambert) – 4:48 #"Through Aphrodite's Eyes" (Cousins, Cronk) – 7:26 #"Deep in the Darkest Night" (Cousins) – 4:38 #"You Know as Well as I" (Lambert) – 3:44 #"Everybody Knows" (Cronk) – 4:30 #"Action Replay" (Cousins) – 4:54 #"We'll Meet Again Sometime" (Cousins) – 6:02 Personnel ;Strawbs *Dave Cousins – lead vocals, backing vocals, guitar, keyboards * Dave Lambert – lead vocals, backing vocals, guitar *Chas Cronk – backing vocals, bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, programming *John Hawken – keyboards *Rod Coombes Rodney Coombes (born 15 May 1946) is an English musician. He was mostly known from playing dru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charmer (Strawbs Song)
"Charmer" is a song by English band Strawbs featured on their 1976 album '' Deep Cuts''. The song was written by Dave Cousins and Chas Cronk. The single version has some additional overdubs compared to the version on the album. Release history B-Side of the single The B-side track "Beside the Rio Grande" is a Dave Cousins composition also appearing on the album. The lyrics recount a story of the unjust lynching of a preacher, in the American Wild West. Personnel *Dave Cousins – lead vocals, acoustic guitar * Dave Lambert – electric guitar, backing vocals *Chas Cronk – bass guitar, backing vocals *Rod Coombes – drums with *Robert Kirby – mellotron *John Mealing – keyboards *Rupert Holmes David Goldstein (born February 24, 1947), better known as Rupert Holmes, is a British-American composer, singer-songwriter, dramatist and author. He is widely known for the hit singles "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" (1979) and " Him" (1980). ... - keyboards Mello ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Only Want My Love To Grow In You
"I Only Want My Love to Grow in You" is a song by English band Strawbs featured on their 1976 album Deep Cuts. The song was written by Dave Cousins and Chas Cronk and was the first single to be released under their new deal with Oyster Records. This was the first single to be written by the Cousins/Cronk partnership and was chosen for its radio friendliness. Indeed it was BBC Radio 1's record of the week when released and got plenty of airplay. However, this did not translate into record sales Release history B-Side of the single The B-side track "(Wasting My Time) Thinking of You" is another Cousins/Cronk composition also appearing on the album. The B-side of the 1975 United States release is a monophonic version of the A-side. Personnel *Dave Cousins – lead vocals, acoustic guitar * Dave Lambert – electric guitar, backing vocals *Chas Cronk – bass guitar, backing vocals *Rod Coombes – drums with *Robert Kirby – mellotron * John Mealing – piano The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lemon Pie (song)
A lemon tart (french: tarte au citron) is a dessert dish, a variety of tart. It has a pastry shell with a lemon flavored filling. In the UK, lemon tart consists of a pastry case (often made in a fluted tart tin) containing a baked lemon custard (usually composed of eggs, sugar, lemon juice and cream). Usually recipes include blind-baking before adding the custard. Sometimes, the tart is dusted with icing sugar prior to serving. Alternatively, the lemon filling can be cooked in a saucepan and then added to the baked pastry case. A dessert very similar to the lemon tart is the lemon pie, usually served for dessert, made with a crust usually made of shortcrust pastry and lemon custard filling. The lemon pie is prepared with a bottom pie crust. This pie is different from the lemon meringue pie Lemon meringue pie is a dessert pie consisting of a shortened pastry base filled with lemon curd and topped with meringue. History Fruit desserts covered with baked meringue wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Darling (song)
"Grace Darling" is a song by English band Strawbs, featured on their 1975 album ''Ghosts''. Recording The track was recorded in the chapel of the Charterhouse School, which the members of the band Genesis had attended in the 1960s, and which Strawbs' producer at the time, Tom Allom, had also attended. According to Dave Cousins, the chapel's pipe organ was used, played by the Alastair Ross, choirmaster and organist of St Lawrence's Church, West Wycombe; the band's keyboardist, John Hawken, chose not play on the recording, as he was not used to the very noticeable delay that falls between the pressing of a key on a pipe organ and the sounding of the corresponding note.''Ghosts'' CD booklet, A&M 540 937-2 (1998) During the recording of the album, Cousins fell ill and spent some time in hospital, returning to the studio after a lumbar puncture to record his vocals lying on the studio floor. Lyrical and musical content The title derives from the refrain "You are my saving ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Autumn (song)
"Autumn" is a three-part song by English band Strawbs featured on their 1974 album ''Hero and Heroine''. The final part "The Winter Long" was released as a single in 1974 under the title "Hold on to Me (The Winter Long)". Heroine's Theme The first part of the three part song is an instrumental written by keyboardist John Hawken. It was later released as a single in the United States due to demand from black radio stations. The music begins with a menacing riff played on a Moog synthesizer, gradually builds to a climax and then segues into the much quieter second part of the song. Deep Summer Sleep "Deep Summer Sleep" is written and sung by Dave Cousins. The Winter Long The final part of the song is written by Dave Cousins but sung by Dave Lambert. It was released as a single in the UK in 1974. Several overseas releases followed. Release history B-side of the single The B-side track "Where Do You Go (When You Need a Hole to Crawl In)" is a Dave Cousins composition, fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hero And Heroine (song)
"Hero and Heroine" is a song by English band Strawbs featured on their 1974 album of the same name. It is written by Dave Cousins and has obvious drug allusions, the main reason it didn't get much airplay on BBC radio. The song is in a similar vein to an earlier track "Witchwood" but with rather more obvious allegory. Dave Cousins originally demonstrated the song to the band on banjo and the guitar picking under the verses does indeed retain a bluegrass feel. Keyboardist John Hawken and guitarist Dave Lambert added mellotron and guitar power chords between the verses which gives the whole song a more epic bearing. B-Side The B-side track "Why" is another Dave Cousins composition, not released on any studio album. It forms the first part of the composite song "Why and Wherefore" which appears on the compilation/rarities album '' Halcyon Days''. Personnel *Dave Cousins – vocals, acoustic guitar * Dave Lambert – electric guitar *Chas Cronk – bass guitar *John Hawke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shine On Silver Sun
"Shine on Silver Sun" is a song by English band Strawbs featured on their 1974 album ''Hero and Heroine''. It is written by Dave Cousins and was intended as a "come-back" single after the post-"Part of the Union" band split. The single was a minor success peaking at number 34 in the UK Singles Chart. B-Side The B-side track "And Wherefore" is a band composition, not released on any studio album. It forms the second part of the composite song "Why and Wherefore" which appears on the compilation/rarities album '' Halcyon Days''. Personnel *Dave Cousins – vocals, acoustic guitar * Dave Lambert – backing vocals, electric guitar *Chas Cronk – backing vocals, bass guitar *Rod Coombes – drums * John Hawken – piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ..., mellot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Richards
Andrew John Richards (born 26 October 1952) is a British-Australian pianist, composer, music producer and keyboardist. The artists he has played with include Frankie Goes to Hollywood, George Michael, Propaganda, Grace Jones, Rush, Annie Lennox, Gary Moore, Pet Shop Boys, Godley & Creme, Dusty Springfield, Petula Clark, Strawbs, OMD, Malcolm McLaren, Nik Kershaw, T'Pau, Maddy Prior and Denny Laine. Richards has performed and programmed keyboards on 8 UK No. 1 singles, namely: "Relax" (1984) and "Two Tribes" (1984) by Frankie Goes To Hollywood, "Careless Whisper" (1984) by George Michael, " The Lady in Red" (1986) by Chris de Burgh, "It's a Sin" (1987), " Always on My Mind" (1987) and "Heart" (1988) by Pet Shop Boys and " Spaceman" (1996) by Babylon Zoo. The movies Richards has worked on include ''Bridget Jones's Diary'' (2001), '' Touching the Void'' (2003), ''The Last King of Scotland'' (2006), ''Slumdog Millionaire'' (2009), which gained 2 Oscars for the music, and ''127 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live At Hammersmith (Rick Wakeman Album)
''Live at Hammersmith'' is the second live album by Rick Wakeman. Despite being a 1985 concert, the music performed is from the first three albums (1973–1975). During this show there was a power failure, and Wakeman walked to the front and told jokes for 45 minutes, although had to subsequently pay for running over time as the power had been restored after 3 minutes. Track listing #"Arthur" 13.02 #"Three Wives" 16.55 #"Journey" 21.56 #"Merlin" 7.37 Song titles Three of these songs have shorter or altered names: *''Three Wives'' is a made-up name implying this is a medley of 3 songs from the album '' The Six Wives of Henry VIII'' *''Journey'' is short for ''Journey to the Centre of the Earth'' *''Merlin'' is short for ''Merlin the Magician'', a song from ''The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table'' Personnel Musicians *Rick Wakeman – keyboards *Rick Fenn – guitars *Gordon Neville – lead vocals, percussion *Tony Fernandez – dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
