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1.
  An Introduction to The Strawbs    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The Strawbs have been around since 1964, and were still performing in 2012. If you don't know a lot about them, take this quiz and learn more!
Average, 10 Qns, Dizart, Mar 13 16
Average
Dizart gold member
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  Strawbs    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Dave Cousins started the British group in 1967-68 and although the lineup had changed, they are still playing 35 years later. Their best work was produced in the 70's. Here follows a few questions to test your knowledge of them.
Difficult, 10 Qns, Mugaboo, Mar 13 16
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Mugaboo gold member
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The Strawbs Trivia Questions
1. In which country were The Strawbs formed in 1964?

From Quiz An Introduction to The Strawbs

Answer: England

The band was formed in England in 1964 under their original name of the Strawberry Hill Boys. Their founder, and only permanent member, was guitarist/vocalist Dave Cousins.

2. Which type of music are The Strawbs best known for?

From Quiz An Introduction to The Strawbs

Answer: Folk Rock

The Strawbs have experimented with various forms of music over the years, including bluegrass and progressive rock, but it as a folk rock band that they have achieved the greatest success.

3. What is the missing word? "There's a light in the distance It is easy to see They're burning a ____ by day and by night" ("Burning for Me")

From Quiz Strawbs

Answer: Candle

"Lantern" and "Beacon" are what is burning in verses one and two on this track by Dave Cousins and John Mealing. Dave Cousins got a degree in statistics at Leicester University and has worked in radio broadcasting.

4. Which female vocalist was briefly a member of The Strawbs in 1968?

From Quiz An Introduction to The Strawbs

Answer: Sandy Denny

Denny is best known as the singer with Fairport Convention. She was a member of The Strawbs for only a few months, but recored an album in Denmark with them called "All Our Own Work", which wasn't released until 1973.

5. Which famous keyboardist was a member of The Strawbs in the early 1970s?

From Quiz An Introduction to The Strawbs

Answer: Rick Wakeman

Rick Wakeman, from London, was a member of The Strawbs between 1970-71, and appeared on the studio albums "Dragonfly" and "From the Witchwood". He left the band to join the prog rock giants Yes.

6. In what song do you find these lyrics? "The French boat, at the ready, stands at anchor on the swollen tide"

From Quiz Strawbs

Answer: The Soldiers' Tale

This is from "Deep Cuts" (1976) and written by Cousins/Cronk. Chas Cronk joind for the "Hero and Heroine" album and left in 1980, when the band broke up for three years. He wrote a number of songs with Cousins during this time.

7. Although known primarily as an album band, The Strawbs had a surprise UK hit single in 1973 with which song?

From Quiz An Introduction to The Strawbs

Answer: Part of the Union

"Part of the Union" hit number two in the UK charts in the autumn of 1973, and is regarded as an anthem for the UK Trade Union movement. The other three options were all hit singles for another English folk rock band, Lindisfarne.

8. Which album cover had a picture of a man drowning in a telephone box?

From Quiz Strawbs

Answer: Deadlines

The cover design by was by HIPGNOSIS, and was meant as a pun on the title, as was the inner picture of a struggling newspaper editor on on the phone with two assistants.

9. Shortly following the success of their 1973 hit single, which drummer and bassist left the band to pursue a career as a duo?

From Quiz An Introduction to The Strawbs

Answer: Richard Hudson and John Ford

Hudson Ford, as they were imaginatively called, had a number of UK hit singles and albums in the mid-1970s, with "Pick up the Pieces" reaching number eight in the singles chart. Both artists rejoined The Strawbs at various times over the following decades.

10. Who wrote the music for "The Life Auction - part i: Impressions of Southall from the Train"?

From Quiz Strawbs

Answer: Hawken/Cousins

The words were by Cousins. "Part ii: The Auction" was written by Cousins/Lambert. John Hawken backed Chuck Berry on his first UK tour, and is a member of Renaissance Illusion.

11. The 1974 album "Hero and Heroine" has a sleeve featuring which species of bird?

From Quiz An Introduction to The Strawbs

Answer: Dove

"Hero and Heroine" was the first Strawbs album to feature Chas Cronk, Rod Coombes and John Hawken. The sleeve depicts a hand releasing a white dove.

12. On "The Dragonfly", who played drums on "Vision of the Lady of the Lake"?

From Quiz Strawbs

Answer: Bjarne Rostvold

This was the only track he ever played on. Bjarne was only brought in as a local drummer, and has an interest in Jazz. Rick Wakeman played the piano on that track. Hudson, Coombes, and Fernandez were all Strawbs drummers. Tony Fernandez has also played on Rick Wakeman albums.

13. What was the title of the 1975 album that was the band's first to crack the US Billboard top 50?

From Quiz An Introduction to The Strawbs

Answer: Ghosts

"Ghosts" peaked at number 47 in the USA, yet surprisingly failed to chart at all in the UK. Tracks include "Grace Darling", about a famous 19th century lighthouse keeper's daughter from Northumbria who helped her father rescue survivors of the shipwrecked "Forfarshire" in rough seas.

14. Compete the lyrics: "Still the seasons come and go, Bad influences pile up _______ ."

From Quiz Strawbs

Answer: Like the dirty driven snow

Part of "A Mind of my Own" by Rod Coombes. Coombes was in Jeff Beck Band and Juicy Lucy before joining the Strawbs.

15. The band went on a three year hiatus between 1980-83, before reforming with many of the members from their 1973 heyday. They didn't release another album until the release of which 1987 record?

From Quiz An Introduction to The Strawbs

Answer: Don't Say Goodbye

"Don't Say Goodbye" featured a line-up including Dave Cousins and Richard Ford but failed to make any impact on the charts on either side of the Atlantic.

16. What is the missing word? "Come and see me When the ____ has turned another turn" ("Round and Round")

From Quiz Strawbs

Answer: Screw

Written by Cousins. Dave Cousins, Brian Willoughby, and Dave Lambert play as the Acoustic Strawbs, which they created in 2000, with a higher acoustic content than the normal band.

17. Which son of a former band member joined The Strawbs for the 2009 album "Dancing to the Devil's Beat"?

From Quiz An Introduction to The Strawbs

Answer: Oliver Wakeman

Oliver Wakeman has followed in the footsteps of dad Rick by playing keyboards, and, as well as The Strawbs, has also been a member of another of his father's former bands, Yes.

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