"Shine on Silver Sun" is a song by
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band
Strawbs featured on their 1974 album ''
Hero and Heroine
''Hero and Heroine'' is the seventh studio album by English band Strawbs.
Background
After the tour supporting the previous album, ''Bursting at the Seams'' (1973), there was an acrimonious split leaving only Dave Cousins and Dave Lambert to ...
''. It is written by
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 Str ...
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
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.
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
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,
acoustic guitar
*
Dave Lambert –
backing vocals
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,
electric guitar
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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 C ...
– backing vocals,
bass guitar
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*
Rod Coombes
Rodney Coombes (born 15 May 1946) is an English musician. He was mostly known from playing drums with British bands Stealers Wheel in 1972 to 1973 and again in 2008 and Strawbs from 1974 to 1977 and again from 2004 to 2010.
Career
He has pla ...
–
drums
*
John Hawken –
piano
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,
mellotron
References
"Shine on Silver Sun" at Strawbsweb official site
External links
Lyrics to "Shine on Silver Sun" at Strawbsweb official siteLyrics to "And Wherefore" at Strawbsweb official site
1973 singles
Strawbs songs
1973 songs
Songs written by Dave Cousins
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