Sunday 4 April 2021

Strawbs - Hero And Heroine

Sunday, time for a classic.

"Hero And Heroine" is a song by English band STRAWBS featured on their 1974 album of the same name. It is written by Dave Cousins and has obvious drug allusions, the main reason it didn't get much airplay on BBC radio. The song is in a similar vein to an earlier track "Witchwood" but with rather more obvious allegory.

Dave Cousins originally demonstrated the song to the band on banjo and the guitar picking under the verses does indeed retain a bluegrass feel. Keyboardist John Hawken and guitarist Dave Lambert added mellotron and guitar power chords between the verses which gives the whole song a more epic bearing.

STRAWBS are an English rock band founded in 1964 as the Strawberry Hill Boys. The band started out as a bluegrass group, but eventually moved on to other styles such as folk rock, progressive rock, and (briefly) glam rock.

They are best known for their hit "Part of the Union", which reached number two in the UK Singles Chart in February 1973, as well as for "Lay Down", a popular progressive rock hit from the same LP. The STRAWBS also toured with SUPERTRAMP in their "Crime of the Century" tour, doing their own "Hero and Heroine" tour, which drew musical similarities and themes.

Hero And Heroine - Live in Tokyo 1975 with band members: Dave Cousins - vocals, guitar, Dave Lambert - vocals, guitar, John Hawken - keyboards, Chas Cronk - bass, vocals, Rod Coombes - drums



Enjoy today's classic where the video is a great one, filmed Live in Gettysburg: Rites of Spring Festival 2016. The video is a medley featuring following songs: Autumn: (I) Heroine's Theme / (Ii) Deep Summer's Sleep / (Iii) The Winter Long, Hero And Heroine, Angst & Lay a Little Light On Me / Hero's Theme / Round And Round (Reprise) / Shine On Silver Sun (Reprise). Band members: Dave Cousins / vocals, electric & acoustic guitars - Dave Lambert / lead guitar, vocals - Dave Bainbridge / keyboards / programming - Chas Cronk / bass, bass pedals, 12-string guitar, vocals - Tony Fernandez / drums, percussion.



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