Strawberry Hill Boys
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Cliffs Pavilion, Southend, July 1965 |
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Possibly the earliest programme around which features the Strawberry Hill Boys
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Southampton Folk Festival, May 1966 |
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An early appearance of the Strawberry Hill Boys
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Strawbs UK tours and appearances
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5th Cambridge Folk Festival, 1969 |
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The first Cambridge appearance with Cousins, Hooper and Chesterman. They must have been late additions as they're not mentioned in the main programme but on two inserted flyers.
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Roy Harper tour, 1970 |
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The first tour by the Cousins/Hooper/Wakeman/Ford/Hudson band
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Unknown, 1970 |
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An appearance in a "whole season" programme alongside Englebert Hunperdinck, Tommy Steele and Shirley Bassey!
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Queen Elizabeth Hall, 11 July 1970 |
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The "Antiques and Curios" concert
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Grave New World tour, 1972 |
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The Strawbs add multimedia to their second major tour in the UK
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Bursting At The Seams tour, 1973 |
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Lambert joins the Strawbs for a 52-date marathon tour in the wake of the success of "Lay Down" and "Part Of The Union"
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Hero And Heroine tour, 1974 |
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The reshaped band plays its first UK tour in early 1974
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July Wakes Festival, 1976 |
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A Dave Cousins solo appearance before leaving by helicopter to play a Strawbs gig at Cardiff Castle
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Rock The Castle, Cardiff Castle, 1976 |
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Dave Cousins arrived by helicopter from the July Wakes Festival to play with Strawbs at Cardiff Castle
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Deep Cuts tour, 1976 |
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Back in the UK after a lengthy period wooing the States, a short but stunning tour with the four piece line-up (Cousins, Lambert, Cronk, Coombes) plus sidemen Ribert Kirby and John Mealing
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15th Cambridge Folk Festival, 1979 |
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A solo appearance from Dave Cousins ten years after the Strawbs first played at Cambridge.
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Strawbs US tours and appearances
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Schaeffer Music Festival, Central Park, 1972 |
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A key date on Strawbs first US tour was a festival gig in Central Park, performing with Billy Preston and Leo Kottke
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The Isle, Commack NY, May 1975 |
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Appearing at The Isle as Special Guests with Blue Oyster Cult in May 1975
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Capitol Theatre, Passaic NJ, 29 Nov 1975 |
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Betty White was support at this concert. The programme also covers two other nights concerts featuring The Kinks, Cockney Rebel and Hot Tuna
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Calderone Concert Hall, Hempstead NY, 4 Dec 1975 |
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Extracts from a Calderone Hall programme for Strawbs' 1975 date there
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Latter days
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Suffolk'n'Good Festival, 28 Aug 1993 |
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Strawbs' would be Cropredy - festival with Roy Harper, John Martyn, Bert Jansch, Heaven Bent Hell Bound
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Tour with Lindisfarne, late 1993 |
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Having toured extensively earlier in '93 for their Silver Jubilee tour, Strawbs hit the road again in late '93 for a tour coupled with Lindisfarne
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30th Anniversary gig, Chiswick House, 29 Aug 1998 |
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The groundbreaking Chiswick gathering, which paved the way for the Strawbs' revival
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The 1999 tour |
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The BATS plus Brian line-up first outing on tour in the UK, taking in a Bergen rock festival to boot
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The 2000 tour |
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This tour introduced an acoustic opening set and included a triumphant return to the Queen Elizabeth Hall, 30 years on from their Antiques And Curios concert
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The 2001 tour |
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The last tour for a while as Acoustic Strawbs took over the limelight
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