Fire was a late 1960s/early 1970s band that consisted of Dave Lambert (who later joined

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 fo ...

), Bob Voice and Dick Dufall (Paul Brett Sage). Brett himself joined them for their now classic ''Magic Shoemaker'' LP recorded at Pye Studios

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, in 1970. This vinyl LP has been in the UK's top 10 of collectable vinyl, being listed in Millers Antique Collectable guide. A 2008 archival release, The Magic Shoemaker Live, features live recordings of the original Fire line up, plus

Paul Brett Paul Brett (born 20 June 1947 in Fulham, London) is an English classic rock guitarist. He played lead guitar with Strawbs (although he was never actually a member), The Overlanders, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera, T ...

and

Dave Cousins Dave Cousins (born David Joseph Hindson; 7 January 1945) is an English musician who has been the leader, singer and most-active songwriter of Strawbs since 1967. Career Cousins is a founder member of the Strawbs, which started out as the S ...

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), with Ray Hammond as the narrator.

Discography

*"Father's Name Is Dad"/"Treacle Toffee World" (1968) *"Round the Gum Tree"/"Toothie Ruthie" (1968) *''Magic Shoemaker'' *''The Magic Shoemaker Live''

References

*http://www.strawbsweb.co.uk/related/fire/fire.asp Fire at strawbsweb.co.uk *http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-magic-shoemaker-live!-mw0002356783 Musical groups established in 1967 English psychedelic rock music groups 1967 establishments in England {{England-band-stub