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player with The Strawberry Hills Boys, starring

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on guitar, dulcimer, banjo and vocals,

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on guitar and vocals and Ron himself on double bass. They kept that name from 1964 when they formed until June 1967, when they were giving a concert and needed to put the name of the band on stage, so they became The

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. Later, after he left the band, he became a county archivist in Chester.

Discography

; Steve Benbow : * ''Songs of Ireland'' (1966) - With David Cousins on banjo, Denny Wright on guitar, Jack Fallon on bass, Steve Benbow on guitar and vocals and The Strawberry Hills Boys : David Cousins, Tony Hooper and Ron Chesterman on backing vocals. Monitor MFS LP MFS 447 Label. ; Tea & Symphony : * ''An Asylum For The Musically Insane'' (1969) - With Dave ''Clem'' Clempson, Gus Dudgeon, etc. - Ron played double bass on ''Travelling Shoes''. ; Strawbs : - Singles : *"Oh How She Changed/Or Am I Dreaming" (1968) *"The Man Who Called Himself Jesus/Poor Jimmy Wilson" (1968) - Studio albums : *''

'' (1969) *''Strawberry Sampler Number 1'' (1969) *''

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'' (1970) - With

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on piano &

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on recorder. *''

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& The

: All Our Own Work'' (1973) - Compilation albums : *''Early Strawbs'' (1974) - Double album *''Classic Strawbs'' (1977) - Double album *''Sandy Denny & The Strawbs'' (1991) *''Preserves Uncanned'' (1991) *''Halcyon Days'' 1997) - Double album *''Strawberry Sampler Number 1'' (2001) *''The Collection'' (2002) *''Tears and Pavan'' (2002) *''The Witchwood Project'' (2006) Ron plays on one song, ''The happiest boy in town'' with The Strawberry Hill Boys. *''A taste of Strawbs'' (2006) 5-CD Box Set - Ron Double bass on 15 songs. *''Sandy Denny & The Strawbs : All our own work: CD - The Complete Sessions'' (2010) 2 CD *''Strawbs at The BBC - Volume 1 - In Session'' (2010) *''Of a time'' (2012) - With

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, etc. *''Sandy Denny & The Strawbs : All our own work'' (2014) - 2 LP Vinyl Reissue Includes Original Album Release + Out-takes & Demos & Previously Unreleased Demos. *''Witchwood: The Very Best Of'' (2014) ; Bernie Taupin * ''Bernie Taupin'' (1970) -

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on guitar, sitar, koto and vocals. ; Magna Carta : * ''Songs From Wasties Orchard'' (1971) - With

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Danny Thompson Daniel Henry Edward Thompson (born 4 April 1939) is an English multi-instrumentalist best known as a double bassist. He has had a long musical career playing with a large variety of other musicians, particularly Richard Thompson and John Mart ...

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, Chris Simpson, etc. ; The Crown Folk : * ''More Folk In Worship'' (1974)

References

* Steve Benbow : https://www.discogs.com/Steve-Benbow-With-Strawberry-Hill-Boys-Songs-Of-Ireland/release/5376196

External links

*http://www.strawbsweb.co.uk/ The Strawbs website *http://www.strawbsweb.co.uk/45s/4568.asp
Ron Chesterman on Strawbsweb1968 Promotional Pack on Strawbsweb
* http://www.strawbsweb.co.uk/ix_albs.asp 1943 births People from Chester English rock musicians English double-bassists Male double-bassists 2007 deaths Strawbs members 20th-century double-bassists 20th-century British male musicians {{England-musician-stub