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The Best Of Strawbs
''The Best of Strawbs'' is a compilation album of songs by Strawbs, with one track from the Dave Cousins solo album ''Two Weeks Last Summer''. Track listing Side one #"Hero and Heroine (song), Hero and Heroine" (Dave Cousins) #"Tears and Pavan" #:"Tears" (Cousins) #:"Pavan" (Richard Hudson (musician), Richard Hudson, John Ford (musician), John Ford, Cousins) #"A Glimpse of Heaven" (Cousins) #"Round and Round" (Cousins) #"New World (Strawbs song), New World" (Cousins) Side two #"Benedictus (Strawbs song), Benedictus" (Cousins) #"Shine on Silver Sun" (Cousins) #"To Be Free" (Cousins) #"Where Do You Go (When You Need a Hole to Crawl In)" (Cousins) #"Autumn (song), Autumn" #:"Heroine's Theme" (John Hawken) #:"Deep Summer's Sleep" (Cousins) #:"The Winter Long" (Cousins) Side three #"Don't Try to Change Me" (Dave Lambert (British musician), Dave Lambert) #"Little Sleepy" (Lambert) #"Part of the Union" (Hudson, Ford) #"Song of a Sad Little Girl" (Cousins) #"Down by the Sea" (Cousins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strawbs
Strawbs (or The Strawbs) are an English rock band founded in 1964 as the Strawberry Hill Boys. The band started out as a bluegrass group, but eventually moved on to other styles such as folk rock and progressive rock. They are best known for their hit "Part of the Union", which reached number two in the UK Singles Chart in February 1973, as well as for "Lay Down", a popular progressive rock hit from the same LP. Strawbs toured with Supertramp in their "Crime of the Century" tour, doing their own "Hero and Heroine" tour, which drew musical similarities and themes. History Early days The Strawbs formed in 1964 as the Strawberry Hill Boys while the founder members were at St Mary's Teacher Training College, Strawberry Hill, London. The name was shortened to 'The Strawbs' for a June 1967 concert in which they wanted to display the band name on stage. Their long-time leader and most active songwriter is guitarist and singer Dave Cousins (guitar, dulcimer, banjo, vocals) (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |