~  the  STRAWBS  /  David  COUSINS  ~

 

Angleterre -  folk-rock progressif  -  ***

 


Ce groupe renommé des 70's propose un rock progressif racé, feutré, précieux,
d'une grande beauté mélodique, avec de superbes passages de mellotron , orgue,
& guitare acoustique, on pense à
Gryphon , aux 1ers Genesis , Cressida .
 

 

MUSICIENS


  -  
David  COUSINS  -  chant, guitare, piano,....-
   -  Tony  HOOPER  -  chant, guitar, percu.,....- ( 69,70,71,72,DVD )
  -  
Ron  CHESTERMAN  -  double basse - ( 69,70* )
  -  
Claire  DENIZ  -  violoncelle - ( 70* )
  -  
Rick  WAKEMAN  -  claviers - ( 70,71 )
  -  
Richard  HUDSON  -  batterie, sitar, tablas, chant - ( 70,71,72,DVD )
  -  John  FORD  -  basse, guitare, chant - ( 70,71,72 )
  -
 Blue  WEAVER  -  claviers - ( 72 )
  -  Dave  LAMBERT  -  guitare, chant - ( 01, 08 )
  -  
Brian  WILLOUGHBY  -   guitare - ( 01 )
  -  
Howard  GOTT  -  violon - ( 01 )
  -  
Ruth  GOTTLIEB  -  violon - ( 01 )
  -  
Sophie  SIROTIA  -  alto - ( 01 )
  -  
Sarah  WILLSON  -  violoncelle - ( 01 )
  -
 Andy  WATERWORTH  -  contrebasse - ( 01 )
  -  
Brian  WILLOUGHBY  -  guitare - ( DVD )
  -  
Rod  DEMICK  -  basse - ( DVD )
  -  
Chris  PARREN  -  claviers - ( DVD )
  -  
Chas  CRONK  -  chant, basse, guitare, claviers - ( 08 )
  -  
Rod  COOMBES  -  batterie - ( 08 )
  -  
John  HAWKEN  -  claviers - ( 08 )
  -  
Ian  CUTLER  -  Fiddle - ( 08 )

                      ~  David  COUSINS   Solo  ~

   -  David  COUSINS  -  chant, guitare, claviers, percus -
   -  
Jon  HISEMAN  -  batterie - ( 72 )
   -  
Miller  ANDERSON  -  guitare - ( 72 )
   -  
Rick  WAKEMAN  -  claviers - ( 72 )
   -  
Roger  GLOVER  -  basse - ( 72 )
   -  
Brian  WILLOUGHBY  -  guitare - ( 80 )
 

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Strawbs      ( 1969 )

 titres : the man who called himself Jesus,
            that which  once was mine, all the little ladies,             pieces of 79 and 15, tell me what you see in me,
            oh how she changed, or am I dreaming,
            where is this dream of your youth,
            poor Jimmy Wilson, where am I / I'll show you             where to sleep, the battle.

Dragonfly        ( 1970 )*

 titres : the weary song, dragonfly,
             I turned my face into the wind,
             Josephine for better or for worse,
             another day,till the sun comes shiningt hrough,              young again, the vision of the lady of the lake,              close your eyes.

Just a collection of antiques
and curios
   ( 1970 )

 titres :Martin Luther King's dream,
            the antique suite,
            temperament of mind, fingertips,
            song of a sad little girl,
            where is this dream of your youth.

From the witchwood    ( 1971 )

 titres : glimpse of heaven, witchwood, thirty days,
             flight , the hangman and the papist, sheep,
             canon dale, the shepherd's song,
             In amongst the roses, I'll carry on beside you.

Grave new world    ( 1972 )

  titres : benedictus, hey little man ... thursday's child,
              queen of dreams, heavy disguise, new world,
              hey little man ... wednesday's child,
              the flower and the young man, tomorrow,
              on growing older, ah me ah my,
              Is it today lord, the journey's end.

Two weeks last summer  ( 1972 )

  titres : two weeks last summer, october to may, blue angel,
              
that's the way it ends (including the world), the actor,
              
when you were a child, ways and means,
              we'll meet again sometime, going home.

Bursting at the seams   ( 1973 )

  titres : flying, lady fuchsia, stormy down, river,
              down by the sea, part of the union,
              tears and pavan: tears / pavan,
              winter and the summer, lay down, thank you,
              will ye go, backside, lay down (single version).

Hero and heroine    ( 1974 )

  titres :autumn:heroine's theme deep summer's sleep,
             the winter long, sad young man, just love,
             shine on silver sun, hero and heroine,
             midnight sun, out in the cold, round and round,
             lay a little light on me, hero's theme.
 
bonus : still small voice (hitherto unreleased)
              lay a little light on me (early version)

Old school songs    ( 1980 )

  titres : grace darling, I've been my own worst friend,
              ways and means, you keep going your way, battle,
              hangman and the papist, hanging in the gallery,
              beside the rio grande,
             Josephine for better or for worse,
              lay down, song for me.

Sandy Denny & the Strawbs ( 1985 )

  titres : nothing else will do,
              who knows where the time goes?,
              how everyone but sam was a hypocrite,
              sail away to the sea, and you need me,
              poor Jimmy Wilson, all I need is you,
              tell me what you see in me,
              I've been my own worst friend, on my way,
              two weeks last summer,
              always on my mind, stay awhile with me.

Acoustic Strawbs baroque & roll 

( 2001 )

  titres : tears and pavan, remembering,
     you and I (when we were young), evergreen, ghosts,
     there will come the day, not all the flowers grow,
     Inside your hell tonight, the golden salamander,
     the river, down by the sea, flower and the young man,      benedictus (cousins), Alice's song.

The Strawbs

( 2001 )

~  DVD  ~

  titres : Cut Like A Diamond,
              Something For Nothing
              Ringing Down The Years
              The Hangman And The Papist
              Grace Darling
              The River/Down By The Sea
              Lay Down
              Part Of The Union
              Hero And Heroine

The broken hearted bride  ( 2008 )

 titres : the call to action,
             christmas cheer (everything's gonna be alright),
             too many angels, the broken hearted bride,
             shadowland, through aphrodite's eyes,
             deep in the darkest night,
             you know as well as I, everybody knows,
             action replay, we'll meet again sometime.

 

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