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ACOUSTIC STRAWBS DATES
CANCELLED - Saturday 31 July, Knowle Hall, Bridgwater
Booking office, map, details etc.

ACOUSTIC STRAWBS US TOUR 9-26 SEPTEMBER 2010
Thu 9 September 2010, The Ark, Ann Arbor, MI
Fri 10 September 2010, The Abbey, Chicago, IL
Sat 11 September 2010, Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland OH
All gigs, booking office, map, details etc.

BAD INFLUENCE (Chas Cronk on bass)
A series of July dates for this rhythm and blues band with Chas on bass
Details on the gigs page

HUD DATES
For upcoming gigs over the Summer period featuring Hud, see details



FORD & HAWKEN AT ROCKCON - THIS WEEKEND

John Ford and John Hawken will both be at ROCKCON 2010: Weekend of 100 Rock Stars - The National Rock & Roll Celebrity Show, Meadowlands Hotel & Conference Center 2 Meadowlands Plaza, E. Rutherford, NJ:

FRI JULY 30th 2010: 6pm–11pm –
SAT 31st JULY: 1pm-10pm –
SUN AUG 1st 2010: 1pm-9pm
Tickets $20 Advance /$30 Door & up - VIP Early-Bird Passes & Special Hotel Rates Available
@ Meadowlands Hotel & Conference Center 2 Meadowlands Plaza, E. Rutherford, NJ 07073

John Ford & Ian Lloyd will be doing a 30 min set together on Saturday at 6 PM and later again that evening. Impromptu jams may occur throughout the weekend!

Along with John Ford, John Hawken will be at the Strawbs table (with an occasional trip to other bands he's been involved with). Do go and see them there.

Website: www.nationalrockcon.com


40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS
VOL 1: STRAWBERRY FAYRE (2CD)
VOL 2: RICK WAKEMAN & DAVE COUSINS (CD+DVD)

STRAWBERRY FAYRE (2CD)

I now have information on the much-awaited first recordings from the 40th Anniversary last September. Scheduled for release on 5th October, Vol. 1 is a 2CD set of highlights from the whole weekend, with a 16 page booklets with photographs and line-up details. The track listing is below.

We will shortly open up the usual pre-ordering process with Witchwood Records where, if you order online before a date in August (TBC, but either 14th or 21st) your name will be included in the Strwaberry Fayre booklet only (we're not including names in the Wakeman /Cousins release). I hope you will be able to support this release in this way, as many of you have before. I'll e-mail the Strawbswebnews list/Witchwood as soon as this is available.

Both packages are priced at £15.99 plus p&p from Witchwood Records; we'll be offering a pre-order special price for both at £27.00 plus p&p.

Strawberry Fayre track listing

CD1

  1. Heartbreak Hill – Strawbs (Heartbreak Hill line-up)
  2. Starting Over – Strawbs (Heartbreak Hill line-up)
  3. Landslide – Cry No More
  4. Don't Leave Me Here – Cry No More
  5. Skip To My Lou – Dave Cousins & Blue Angel Orchestra
  6. Hellfire Blues – Dave Cousins & Blue Angel Orchestra
  7. On My Way – Acoustic Strawbs With Sonja Kristina
  8. All I Need Is You – Acoustic Strawbs With Sonja Kristina
  9. Autumn – Strawbs (current line-up)
  10. Lay Down – Strawbs (current line-up)
  11. Angie – Zeus
  12. True Love – Zeus
  13. October To May – Rick Wakeman & Dave Cousins
  14. Can You Believe – Rick Wakeman & Dave Cousins

CD2

  1. Blue Angel – Strawbs (Blue Angel line-up)
  2. Cry No More – Strawbs (Blue Angel line-up)
  3. Alice's Song – Cathryn Craig & Brian Willoughby
  4. That Ol' Guitar – Cathryn Craig & Brian Willoughby
  5. Copenhagen – Acoustic Strawbs
  6. Josephine – Acoustic Strawbs
  7. Together Apart – John Ford
  8. Floating In The Wind – John Ford
  9. Song Of A Sad Little Girl – Dave Cousins & Ian Cutler
  10. Grace Darling – Dave Cousins & Ian Cutler
  11. Flies Like A Bird – Fire
  12. Father's Name Is Dad –Fire
  13. Evergreen - Acoustic Strawbs &The Royal Artillery Orchestra (conducted by Robert Kirby)
  14. Where Silent Shadows Fall - Strawbs (current line-up) & RA Orchestra (conducted by Robert Kirby)

For info on musicians and, in due course, previews/reviews, see main Strawberry Fayre page.

RICK WAKEMAN & DAVE COUSINS(CD+DVD)

The CD contains the music, but the DVD also contains the anecdotes, chat and banter which made this performance such a delight.

Track listing

  1. The Hangman And The Papist
  2. Witchwood
  3. Martin Luther King's Dream
  4. October To May
  5. Temperance Of Mind
  6. Can You Believe?
  7. A Glimpse Of Heaven
  8. The Shepherd's Song

The main page for this album has been added - there'll be previews, reviews and comments in due course.


A WEEKEND OF MUSIC

Over the weekend of 17/18 July, there were two separate Strawbs-related events in West London: the Hampton Hill Summer Festival, featuring an appearance by Cry No More and the Strawberry Hill Music Day in the grounds of Strawberry Hill House which featured both Acoustic Strawbs and Brian Willoughby's band, the Three Mustgetbeers (cut down to an acoustic duo of Brian and Big John owing to Dr. Bob's indisposition). There's a new page, written by Pete Bradley, about the The Three MustGetBeers on Strawbsweb, check it out.

Dick Greener review and pix from Strawberry Hill and Pete Bradley review and pix of Cry No More now uploaded.

31 JULY KNOWLE GIG CANCELLED

NB Please note that the Acoustic Strawbs Knowle gig announced for 31 July has been cancelled by the promoter.


ACOUSTIC STRAWBS - US TOUR, SEPT 2010

More dates added to the Acoustic tour in the US in September: datesheet currently looks like this (other dates are yet to be confirmed/added - watch this space !!)

Thur 9 Sept, The Ark, Ann Arbor MI
NEW - FRI 10 SEPT, ABBEY, CHICAGO IL
Sat, 11 Sept, Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland OH
Sun 12 Sept, TBA
Mon 13 Sept, TBC
NEW - TUE 14 SEPT, THE TURNING POINT CAFE, PIERMONT NY
Wed 15 Sept, Music on Main Street, Woodbridge NJ
Thu 16 Sept, Sellersville Theatre, Sellersville PA
Fri 17 Sept, Strand Theatre, Lakewood NJ
Sat 18 Sept, Towne Crier, Pawling NY
NEW - SUN 19 SEPT, UNIVERSITY CAFΙ, STONY BROOK NY
Tue 21 Sept, BB King's, New York NY
Wed 22 Sept, Showcase Live, Foxborough MA
NEW - THU 23 SEPT, GE THEATRE, SCHENECTADY NY (EIGHTH STEP AT PROCTOR'S)
Fri 24 Sept, Redhouse, Syracuse NY
Sat 25 Sept, Lovin' Cup, Rochester NY
Sun 26 Sept - TBC

The gig details page has now been uploaded. Further details on unconfirmed dates to follow when we have them.


SANDY DENNY AND THE STRAWBS: ALL OUR OWN WORK: THE COMPLETE SESSIONS

All Our Own Work: The Complete Sessions front cover

June 2010 sees the release on CD of the complete Sandy and the Strawbs sessions which took place in Copenhagen in 1967. This is the first time that the whole of the All Our Own Work album has been legitimately released on CD. The lavishly illustrated packaging includes extracts from Dave Cousins' diary of the time and never before seen pictures of Sandy.

The master tapes have been remastered by Chris Tsangarides and sound fantastic, bringing out elements of the music we've never heard before on either the old Pickwick release in 1973 or the Hannibal release (Sandy And The Strawbs). And there are various demos and outtakes from the period, including two Dave Cousins songs "Indian Summer" and "The Falling Leaves" which have never before seen the light of day, and a version of "Pieces of 79 and 15" with a Cousins lead vocal.

Track details and Preview by Dick Greener


SECRETS, STORIES AND SONGS
DAVE COUSINS' COLLECTED LYRICS - LIMITED EDITION
WITH CD OF READINGS BY DAVE COUSINS

Secrets Stories  and Songs coverPUBLISHING AUGUST 2010

This newly produced full colour book (including some lyrics from the depths of Dave's archived notebooks which have never seen the light of day) runs to nearly 400pp. See a chapter page.

Click on the cover shown on the right to see a larger version.

Each song includes a commentary from Dave Cousins about the song, and where non-standard, information about the guitar tuning the song is played in. See a sample page . Another sample page on the main Secrets, Stories and Songs page.

There are some fantastic never before seen photographs and some facsimile reproductions of original Dave Cousins hand-written lyrics.

The book comes with a 17-track CD which features Dave reading various lyrics. Listen to Beside The Rio Grande from the album Deep Cuts.

The book has a limited edition of 1000 copies and is now available through Amazon.


STRAWBS AT THE BBC

Universal's major compilation of live tracks from BBC sessions/live appearances WAS releaseD on 12 July 2010.

Volume 1 (In Session, 1CD) features sessions tracks from 60s and 70s shows Top Gear, Sounds Of The Seventies etc.
Volume 2 (In Concert, 2CDs) comprises three hour long concerts broadcast by the BBC in 1971 (Wakeman's last show with Strawbs), 1973 (BATS line-up) and 1974 (Hero And Heroine line-up).

Track details

You can order on Amazon:
Vol 1 (£7.99)
Vol 2 (£11.99)


WITCHWOOD IS 10 YEARS OLD

July 10 saw the 10th anniversary of the Yahoogroups Strawbs discussion forum, Witchwood. Populated by 300 or so hardly souls, it was founded by Steve Young on 10 July 2000, who sent the first message at 5.51am that morning.

It's amazing to think that this has been going on for a decade!!! In addition to all the great comments on matters (mainly) Strawb-related, from all around the world, we've introduced the noun "Witchwooder" to the world, and added to the number of fancy badges you can wear to gigs.

Happy birthday Witchwood, here's to the next decade.

Browse 10 years of Witchwood postings. You'll need to be a YahooGroups member, but otherwise, the message archive is open to all.

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- updated 17 Jul 10

September 2010 US Dates
ACOUSTIC STRAWBS UK - updated 22 May 10
Spring/summer 2010 UK Dates
OTHER GIGS - updated 30 Jul 10
Listing of related band/artist gigs
 NEWS PAGE - updated 30 Jul 10
More detail on Breaking News -
NEWLY ADDED COVER VERSIONS
Updated 9 Feb 10

Recent cover versions added
NEWLY ADDED STUFF
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STILL ON STRAWBSWEB ...
  • Dave Cousins Facebook interview
    Transcript from Roch Parisien of Facebook interview on 26 June, includes live interview and questions answered after the session fnished. Check it out on the features page.

  • Craig & Willoughby Rocckin' Rhythm Review
    Performing in front of a rocking band at the Eel Pie Club in Twickenham on 23 June. For a review and some pix, click here.

  • COMING SOON!
  • 40th Anniversary, Vol. 1: Strawberry Fayre
    a 2CD set compiled from the whole weekend extravanza. Pre-ordering opening shortly at Witchwood Records. £15.99+P&P (or £27.00+P&P if you order this and Vol. 2)


  • 40th Anniversary, Vol. 2: Rick Wakeman & Dave Cousins
    CD + DVD. Pre-ordering opening shortly at Witchwood Records. £15.99+P&P (or £27.00+P&P if you order this and Vol. 1)


  • Dave Cousins: Secrets, Stories & Songs
    Dave Cousins' complete lyrics - available from Amazon.


  • OUT NOW !
  • Strawbs At The BBC
    Released by Universal on 12 July 2010 (confirmed). Track details and previews/reviews
  • Vol 1 (1CD)
    Live sessions by the Strawbs between 1968 and 1975.
  • Vol 2 (2CD)
    Three full hour BBC Live In Concert programmes from 1971 (including Rick Wakeman), 1973 and 1974.

  • Sandy Denny & The Strawbs: All Our Own Work: The Complete Sessions
    The 1967 Copenhage Sessions with unreleased bonus tracks, remastered by Chris Tsangarides. Released 16 June. Track details


  • Strawbs: Dancing To The Devil's Beat
    Strawbs' 40th anniversary album, featuring Oliver Wakeman
    Released 24 August, available from Witchwood Records.
    For preview/reviews see main album page.

  • Acoustic Strawbs: Live At Hampton Court Place (DVD)
    Acoustic Strawbs opened for the Rick Wakeman "Six Wives" spectacular at Hampton Court. Bonus audio tracks with Rick and Acoustics and a preview of the Six Wives live DVD.
    Released 24 August, available from Witchwood Records.
    For further details see main album page.

  • Cry No More: Temptation
    1980s Cry No More lost tracks released by Deepdene Records. To buy it, e-mail Deepdene Records or check out Roy Hill's MySpace

  • Cry No More: Live In Germany
    A live Cry No More show from 1990 released by Deepdene Records. To buy it, e-mail Deepdene Records or check out Roy Hill's MySpace

  • STILL AVAILABLE !
  • Cry No More: Cry No More
    Cry No More's first album re-issued on CD by Deepdene Records. To buy it, e-mail Deepdene Records or check out Roy Hill's MySpace

  • Roy Hill: Hello Sailor
    Material recorded prior to Roy's first solo album, including different versions. To buy it, e-mail Deepdene Records or check out Roy Hill's MySpace

  • Roy Hill: Fun With Dave
    1980s material recorded with big name producer. To buy it, e-mail Deepdene Records or check out Roy Hill's MySpace

  • Cry No More: Live At The Mulberry Tree
    A 1980s live Cry No More set performed in front of their home audience. To buy it, e-mail Deepdene Records or check out Roy Hill's MySpace

  • Strawbs: The Broken Hearted Bride
    Strawbs' fantastic 2008 album.
    BHB reviews and comments -

  • Dave Cousins: Duochrome
    Dave live solo from his US tour, joined on some tracks by Ian Cutler on fiddle. Duochrome reviews and comments

  • John Ford: Big Hit In India
    All new album from John Ford - Track details. Sample them now at John's Myspace page and buy CD or download MP3s from John's website

  • Fire - Magic Shoemaker Live
    The live reunion shows from late 2007, released by Angel Air Records - released 6 Oct 2008. Track details, reviews, interviews etc.
  • Craig & Willoughby: Calling All Angels
    Their new album (formerly announced as Surrender) now available from Cathryn & Brian's website.

  • The Monks - Suspended Animation
    Reissue of this huge-selling album, with loads of bonus tracks from the Monks unreleased third album - release date 12 Jan 2009. Order it from Angel Air.

  • High Society - I Never Go Out In The Rain
    Released on 12 Jan 2009. Details and sample clips on High Society website. Order from Angel Air.

  • Strawbs: Lay Down With The Strawbs
    July 2008.
    At last the 2006 Bilston recording available on CD and DVD

  • Strawbs: Strawbs


  • Strawbs: Dragonfly


  • Strawbs: Nomadness


    ON 5 August 2008 Universal re-issue the "missing three" A&M albums, with bonus tracks. Bonus tracks preview
  • Dave Cousins: Secret Paths
    2008 solo CD from Dave Cousins with steel guitarist Melvin Duffy. Details on album page. Released 3 Mar 2008. Buy from Witchwood Records and get free bonus unreleased Dave Cousins MP3

  • Strawbs: NY '75
    Classic Calderone Music Hall live show from 1975 - released 29 Oct 2007. Buy online from Witchwood Records and get two bonus MP3 live tracks from 1975. Track listing, info etc.

  • Dave Cousins - The Boy In The Sailor Suit
    Dave Cousins 2007 solo album, with Blue Angel Orchestra backing. Buy online from Witchwood Records. Reviews.
    Some clips from the album

  • Strawbs: Best
    German compilation. Track listing, info etc.


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