Chas Cronk

Chas Cronk

Background information
Birth name	Charles Cronk
Genres	Progressive rock, art rock, folk rock
Occupation(s)	singer-songwriter, musician
Instruments	Bass guitar, guitar, bass pedals, keyboards
Years active	1960s - present
Associated acts	Strawbs, Cry No More

Chas Cronk is an English rock singer-songwriter and musician, best known as the bassist for the Strawbs^[1] from 1973 to 1980, then again from 2004 to the present, as well as touring as part of Steve Hackett's band in the 1980s.

Discography

Albums

Phillip Goodhand-Tait band

Songfall (1972)

Strawbs

Hero and Heroine (1974)
Ghosts (1974)
Nomadness (1975)
Deep Cuts (1976)
Burning for You (1977)
Deadlines (1978)
Heartbreak Hill (1978)
Blue Angel (2003)
Déjà Fou (2004)
Strawbs Live at Nearfest 2004 (2005)
A Taste of Strawbs (2006) (box with 4 CDs, recordings 1967–2006)
Strawbs NY '75 (2007) (live recording of a 1975 show)
Lay Down with the Strawbs (2008) (double CD recorded live at The Robin in Bilston 5 March 2006)
The Broken Hearted Bride (2008) (with the Hero and Heroine line-up)
Dancing to the Devil's Beat (2009)

Acoustic Strawbs

Painted Sky (2005) (Acoustic Strawbs live)

Rick Wakeman

The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1973)
Crimes of Passion soundtrack (1984)
Glory Boys (1984)
Live at Hammersmith (1985)
Wakeman & Cousins - Hummingbird (2002)

Cry No More

Smile (1986)
Cry No More (1987)
Love and Power (1989) (produced by Andy Richards)

Solo

Mystic Mountain Music (2002)

Lambert Cronk

Touch the Earth (2007)

Steve Hackett

Time Lapse (2001)
Live Archive 70/80/90s (2001)
Defector: Deluxe Edition (2016 remaster - Disc 2 1981 Live at Reading Festival)

Singles

Unless otherwise stated, the details are of the singles released in the UK.

Strawbs

"Shine on Silver Sun"/"And Wherefore" (1973)
"Hero and Heroine"/"Why" (1974)
"Hold on to Me (The Winter Long)"/"Where do You Go" (1974)
"Round and Round"/"Heroine's Theme" (1974) (US and Italy only)
"Grace Darling"/"Changes Arranges" (1974)
"Angel Wine"/"Grace Darling" (1975) (Japan only)
"Lemon Pie"/"Don't Try to Change Me" (1975)
"Little Sleepy" (1975) (US and Portugal only)
"I Only Want My Love to Grow in You"/"Wasting My Time (Thinking of You)" (1976)
"So Close and Yet So Far Away"/"The Soldier's Tale" (1976) (US only)
"Charmer"/"Beside the Rio Grande" (1976)
"Back in the Old Routine"/"Burning for You" (1977)
"Keep on Trying"/"Simple Visions" (1977)
"Heartbreaker" (1977) (US and South Africa only)
"Joey and Me"/"Deadly Nightshade" (1978)
"New Beginnings"/"Words of Wisdom" (1978)
"I Don't Want to Talk About It"/"The Last Resort" (1978) (US only)

DVDs

Strawbs

Complete Strawbs: The Chiswick House Concert (2002)
Strawbs Live in Tokyo DVD, plus Grave New World, the movie (2003)

References

↑ Romano, Will (2010). Mountains Come Out of the Sky: The Illustrated History of Prog Rock. Backbeat Books. pp. 240–241. ISBN 9781617133756. Retrieved 1 February 2016.

External links

Strawbs

Dave Cousins Dave Lambert Chas Cronk Rod Coombes Oliver Wakeman Tony Hooper Ron Chesterman Rick Wakeman Blue Weaver John Hawken Richard Hudson John Ford Brian Willoughby Tony Fernandez Andy Richards

Albums	All Our Own Work (with Sandy Denny) Strawbs Strawberry Sampler Number 1 Dragonfly From the Witchwood Grave New World Bursting at the Seams Hero and Heroine Ghosts Nomadness Deep Cuts Burning for You Deadlines Don't Say Goodbye Heartbreak Hill Ringing Down the Years Blue Angel Déjà Fou The Broken Hearted Bride Dancing to the Devil's Beat

Live albums	Just a Collection of Antiques and Curios Strawbs in Concert Greatest Hits Live Concert Classics The Complete Strawbs (Chiswick '98 Live) Live at Nearfest Recollection Strawbs:NY '75 Lay Down with the Strawbs

Compilation albums	Strawbs by Choice The Best of Strawbs Preserves Uncanned A Choice Selection of Strawbs Halcyon Days Sandy Denny and the Strawbs The Collection Tears and Pavan 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Strawbs

Box sets	A Taste of Strawbs

DVDs	Acoustic Strawbs Live in Toronto Strawbs Live in Tokyo DVD, plus Grave New World, the movie The Complete Strawbs: The Chiswick House Concert

Acoustic Strawbs albums	Baroque & Roll Full Bloom Painted Sky

Singles (UK)	"Oh How She Changed" "The Man Who Called Himself Jesus" "Forever" "Benedictus" "Here It Comes" "Lay Down" "Part of the Union" "Shine on Silver Sun" "Hero and Heroine" "Hold on to Me (The Winter Long)" "Grace Darling" "Lemon Pie" "I Only Want My Love to Grow in You" "Charmer" "Back in the Old Routine" "Keep on Trying" "Heartbreaker" "Joey and Me" "New Beginnings" "I Don't Want to Talk About It" "The King" "Alice's Song"

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