The Strawbs have organised a London show at the iconic Under The Bridge venue at Chelsea FC football ground in Fulham. The show takes place on Sun 29 Oct at the end of the UK tour - you owe it to yourself to see this line-up before they depart for the US. There's a state of the art sound system, a fantastic stage setting and a quality band which truly deserves such great treatment. I've seen 6 of the gigs so far, and the new material is superb, along with faultless versions of some of the classic Strawbs tracks. It's NOT a folk gig for sure, with power, prog and pathos in abundance. This is the launch gig for the stunning new album The Ferryman's Curse, which is released in early November. Gig details below.
Under The Bridge, Stamford Bridge Under the Bridge Stamford Bridge Fulham Road London
SW6 1HS
In The Beginning/The Nails From The Hands Of Christ
The Song Of Infinite Sadness
The Familiarity Of Old Lovers
When The Spirit Moves
The Ten Commandments
The Ferryman's Curse
Bats And Swallows
We Have The Power
Pre-ordering has now closed
We will get them out to you as soon as possible, please bear with us....
DAVE COUSINS/UK DATES IN OCTOBER, US IN NOVEMBER!!
Glad to say that Dave is back to reasonable health and is ready to start on the UK tour tonight (5 Oct). Do let us have your thoughts, reviews and pictures from the tour or about the new album Send them to:
Great reaction to the inclusion of no fewer than FOUR new album tracks in the live set. Reviews and comments for MK and Cardiff now on the tour pages
Thu 5 Oct, The Stables, Wavendon
Fri 6 Oct, Village Hall, Lowdham
Sat 7 Oct, Globe, Cardiff
Thu 12 Oct, Tivoli, Wimbourne
Fri 13 Oct, Dorking Halls, Dorking
Sat 14 Oct, Arlington Arts Centre, Newbury
Sun 15 Oct, Centre Spot, Dover (fundraising benefit)
Mon 16 Oct, The Apex, Bury St Edmunds
Thu 19 Oct, Arts Centre, Solihull
Fri 20 Oct, Vivacity, Peterborough Sat 21 Oct, Music Centre, Barnoldswick Tue 24 Oct, Truck Theatre, Hull
Wed 25 Oct, Green Hotel, Kinross Thu 26 Oct, The Buccleuch Centre, Langholm
Fri 27 Oct, Tollbooth, Stirling Sat 28 Oct, King George's Hall, Blackburn Sun 29 Oct, Under The Bridge, Chelsea (album launch for The Ferryman's Curse
Fri 10 Nov, Sellersville Theatre, Sellersville PA (two shows)
Sun 12 Nov, BB Kings, New York NY
Tue 14 Nov, Music Box, Cleveland OH
Wed 15 Nov, Loving Cup, Rochester, NY Fri 17 Nov, Centre for the Arts, Homer, NY Sun 19 Nov - no gig on this date, contrary to previous listing Mon 20 Nov, Jammin Java, Vienna VA Tue 21 Nov, Tin Pan, Richmond, VA
Fri 24 Nov, The Strand, Lakewood, NJ
Sun 26 Nov, Towne Crier, Beacon, NY
For a long time we have been waiting for Hudson Ford, an important part of the Strawbs story, to be released on CD. There have been some bootlegs, some Japanese card sleeve releases, but now there are firm plans for a proper boxed set release of the three A&M records, with bonus tracks, released by Caroline International. As well as the three albums, the boxed set includes non-album single B-sides and other unreleased tracks (such as "When The Lights Go Out" which was only ever on the Repertoire sampler). Sleeve notes by me.
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There is now a preview from Dick Greener on 
Sat 21 Oct, Music Centre, Barnoldswick
