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Part 1: Folk club days
Early days - bluegrass, folk and pop - Sandy Denny, Ron Chesterman, Strawberry Hill Boys and beyond. Signed to A&M, produced and engineered by Gus Dudgeon, Tony Visconti
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Part 2: Electric band
From Wakeman to the Post BATS breakup - Strawbs' journey from folk to rock, recording some of the seminal albums in Strawbs repertoire
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Part 3: After the break
Hudson-Ford pick up the pieces; Cousins and Lambert re-group and secure North American success with Hero And Heroine and Ghosts; Nomadness to Deadlines
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Part 4: Don't say goodbye ...
Reformation in 1983 for Cambridge and beyond, touring and recording again up to the 25th anniversary celebrations in 1993
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Part 5: End of the millenium
Strawbs make it to cyberspace; 30th anniversary show at Chiswick in 1998 ushers in new lease of life for the electric band
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Part 6: Acoustic odyssey
Acoustic Strawbs emerges triumphantly, touring in the UK, US and beyond. Strawbs' own label Witchwood Records is formed to release Strawbs and erlated material
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Part 7: Multiple line-ups
Acoustic Strawbs loses Willoughby and gains Chas; not one but two electric line-ups in action and an all new album and North American/UK tours from the Hero And Heroine line-up
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Part 8: 40 and counting
Loads of releases on CD and DVD, the Six Wives gig at Hampton Court, a new Strawb - Oliver Wakeman, and then another one - John Young. The 40th anniversary weekend extravanagza in September 2009, followed in 2010 by various 40th related releases, material from the BBC vaults and the re-issue of Sandy and the Strawbs. Hero and Heroine live on tour and re-recorded.
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