RIVALS, FRIENDS AND FELLOW TRAVELLERS
Updated: 18 Feb 2010
Relevant artists and others who have contributed over the years to the Strawbs story or who link to the Strawbsweb site.
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A&M RECORDS - Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss formed the label off the back of Herb's success with the Tijuana Brass, and Strawbs were the first UK signing of this US-based label, on which the undoubted classic Strawbs albums appeared. An eclectic mix of music appeared on A&M and the label has two sites devoted to it, with lots of memorabilia, label scans etc. |
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MILLER ANDERSON - guitar legend Anderson has played with many many people, - Keef Hartley Band, Spencer Davis Group to name but two - he played on Cousins first solo album, and guested on late 70s Strawbs set Heartbreak Hill. As a member of the Blue Angel Orchestra, he's featured on Dave forthcoming second solo album - The Boy In The Sailor Suit. |
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HERB ALPERT - The "A" in "A&M Records", who made the Strawbs their first UK signing in 1968. |
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AMEN CORNER - Blue's old band seems to have a new lease of life in the "noughties" with a new touring line-up and recordings. |
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THE BEE GEES - post Strawbs, Blue Weaver ended up in the Bee Gees round about the time of their greatest chart successes, playing on mega-hit albums Saturday Night Fever (even the 8-track cartridge version of this sold a million copies) and Spirits Having Flown amongst others. |
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STEVE BENBOW - veteran folk performer, died in November 2006. The Strawberry Hill Boys performed as backing for one of his records. |
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DAVID BOWIE - Bowie was around in the old White Bear Arts Lab days and performed a TV mime for "Poor Jimmy Wilson"; he was less than impressed with the B-side to "Lay Down" |
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JOE BOYD - highly influential producer of Fairport, Incredible String Band amongst others; produced 1991's reworking of Sandy And The Strawbs CD on his Hannibal label. |
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PAUL BRETT - a member of Fire and played with Hud and John in Velvet Opera; an accomplished 12-string guitarist and guitar expert |
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DEREK BRIMSTONE - Well nown on the folk scene as a comedian and singer, Brimstone's biography "I'm Glad I Practised" includes some Strawbs-related material. He was support at the White Bear gig in August 2001: I ha\dn;t seen him perform for years - he warned me not to leave it for song as he might be dead! |
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BULLY WEE - 1970's folk rock band, still going strong with Ian Cutler on fiddle |
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CAMBRIDGE FOLK FESTIVAL - Strawberry Hill Boys played at the very first Cambridge Folk Festival in 1965; 1983 saw the band reform for the Festival that year after organiser Ken Woollard caught then on Rick Wakeman's Gastank TV show. |
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ALEX CAMPBELL - seminal folk singer, responsible for giving Sandy Denny her first solo recording opportunities; Cousins played banjo on two of his albums. |
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CECIL SHARP/EFDSS - Cecil Sharp House is the base of the English Folk Dance and Song Society in NW London (not far from where I work. Back in the 60s, Tony Hooper worked there for a while, and some truly excellent demos were recorded there by the Strawberry Hill Boys. |
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CONNY CONRAD - Dave Cousins has worked with Conny on tracks for some of Conny's albums/his band Dark Ocean's albums as well as the splendid Cousins & Conrad: High Seas. |
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CURVED AIR - lead vocalist Sonja Kristina spent a very short period with Strawbs replacing Sandy Denny ...
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IAN CUTLER - Member of Blue Angel Orchestra, ace fiddle player, also member of Feast of Fiddles, and Bully Wee |
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JENNIFER CUTTING - her album OCEAN: Songs for the Night Sea with a host of folk world special guests is a stunning album release.
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DEAD LIKE HARRY - Sheffield based young prog band, DLH joined the Strawbs for their 2006 tour. Well worth catching. |
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DECAMERON/JOHNNY COPPIN - Strawbs' contemporaries, in action from 1969 to 1973, the combination of Dave Bell's gruff voice and Coppin's mellower approach brings Cousins and Hooper to mind. Johnny Coppin carried on on the circuit, producing some fabulous material. |
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CLAIRE DENIZ - member of Strawbs in 1969-1970, featured on Dragonfly, returning to add cello on 1974's Ghosts. |
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GUS DUDGEON - influential producer of Elton John and many others. Produced Strawbs first single and album. |