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Strawbs: Hero and Heroine | Extended Play Lounge Ep. 95 (Patreon)

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2025-07-22 23:19:46
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I'm pleased to offer this special episode, as we're listening to Hero and Heroine, a classic album from Strawbs. Founding member Dave Cousins has recently passed, and this is the album that won the poll. This is a thought-provoking and aesthetically pleasing and varied listen. If you haven't heard from this band before, I hope you'll give them a try.

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Strawbs: Hero and Heroine | Extended Play Lounge Ep. 95

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Scot Poland

Thanks Doug! This is from a very long time Strawbs listener, I bought From the Witchwood in 1971 and have loved Dave C and Strawbs ever since. IMO he's one of the finest songwriters England has produced. So I'm delighted that you've featured them in an EPL. Given the circumstances, I felt GNW was the more appropriate choice, and I'm happy that you'll feature it next time. But you'll find musical and lyrical brilliance on every album. HIs 1972 solo album Two Weeks Last Summer is also worth seeking out; like Witchwood it features Rick Wakeman. A couple random notes: -The title track Hero and Heroine is a metaphor for addiction. -You're correct that the final fade out is the chorus from Shine on Silver Sun played backward. -I saw the H&H tour in '74, at the UT arena in Knoxville. We'd driven several hours. They were the opening act for (as I recall) Foghat and Frampton's Camel. There were maybe a hundred of us down by the stage listening, while the rest of the crowd ignored them. -DC was a quite accomplished banjo player, as might be expected given their beginnings as a bluegrass band. -Their 1967 album All Our Own Work features Sandy Denny, and is a quite lovely folk/pop album. Annie Haslam filled in for Sandy during their 50th anniversary event in 2019.

Ron Swirson

Doug, I'm soooooo happy you paid attention to the lyrics. Dave Cousins is/was a poet and an underrated song writer.

Ralph Darvill

Wow! What a great album. I'm old enough to remember the band from their rather limited singles chart success in '73, but I've always dismissed them as something of a novelty band because of their most high profile song in the UK - "Part of the Union", which fitted into a genre of "working man's music" that was popular at the time. This came after, and totally passed me by. My brother had their "Best Of" album (a double)in '78, and I think I gave it a cursory listen and dismissed it. So, 50 years later,it's great to hear the musicality, the great performances, and some excellent lyrics. Thanks for doing this Doug...I have some exploring to do!!!

Mansel77

I'll look forward to listening to this. Pressed for time at the mo. The Strawbs were never on my mind that much, Lay Down was the first I had heard of them, and as a young guitarist I tried desperately to learn how to play it. Roll on to 1984 and Unemployed (yet again) I took a few pennies down to the local pub for a Pint of bitter, which had to last the whole evening. It was a pub which many up and coming local musicians of the folk, blues and roots ilk used to congregate, as I supped my pint I had the impression something was about to happen. Two fellows appeared and started to perform. I was scratching my head trying to remember who the singer/guitarist was, he looked familiar. I noticed that all the local guitar slingers had the mouths and jaws firmly fixed to the floor as the other guitarist blistered his way through the set. It wasn't until they played 'Lay Down' that the penny dropped, that's the penny I hadn't spent on beer. It was Dave Cousins from the Strawbs, and the name of the other guitarist Brian Willoughby. An Absolutely amazing evening, in a small Bristol pub. Since then I have seen Cousins, Lambert and Cronk on several occasions, usually at small folk venues. Always a really good entertaining evening. Thank you Mr. Cousins, you will be well remembered.

Dave Cohen

Thanks for the shoutout on my recommendation, Doug.

Allen

After listening to this again after a decade's hiatus, my initial reaction is justified: "From the Witchwood" is less proggy but way more interesting. . .

Tom (the soggy one)

Major confession- this is my first listen to an entire Strawbs album. And I bought a used copy of this in the late-80's when I was working my way through the world of prog thanks to the 'Rolling Stone Record Guide'. And while I had been listening to Rick Wakeman since middle school (and Yes since HS senior year), I didn't get very far with this album. Stayed in my collection for decades, unplayed. I even knew "Round And Round" from the "Supernatural Fairy Tales" box set. And yet... So... wow. Just wow. Virtuosity without pretension. Just the right amounts of everything. And Cousins' voice! Oh, my! I'll definitely be revisiting this on my own.

Trevor Cotterell

So many great albums. And always so good live - in fact I booked them only a few years ago before Dave's earlier illness and they had to cancel. Prog, or folky prog, or proggy folk, but still a sound that's pretty much their own. One of the very, very many great bands that far too few people ever discover. There are so many more that need to be championed by those in a position to do so.

BrianTheJeepGuy

This is one of my Desert Island recordings. I fell in love with this album in the early / mid 70s as a sad bullied kid. It's timeless, it doesn't sound dated at all aside from it's an analog to tape recording which is sonically more pleasing to my ears.