THE COMPLETE STRAWBS (CHISWICK '98 LIVE)

A Gathering of four generations of the Legendary Folk-Rock Band on one stage for a wonderfull evening. This CD eddition, alongside with the DVD release of the Concert, is a perfect example for the vitality of their music. they preform songs from the folk era with an ellectric toutch (Willoughby in a sensative and emotional guitar playing; Adam Wakeman as a modest replacement to his father; rick sunders virtuose and ellectrified violin playing) souch as: "how she change" and "Witchwood" and some finest mellotrone tunes from the prog era, such as: Hero and Heroine and the river-down by the sea. it is a great pleasure to listen (and watch on DVD) the combination of three guitars (Willoughby, Cousins and Lambert) with a remarkable keyboard playing by Blue Weaver. The only complain about this production is the abscense of Rick Wakeman and John Hawken, two of the best Keyboardist of the seventies.

Four different generations of Strawbs line up members gathered together at the Chiswick in 98. IMO the albums starts off pretty poorly with ' Further Down The Road' and ' Grace Darling' I think Dave Cousins needed to warm up his vocal chords a bit, After this though the album redeems itself and goes from strength to strength. Listen out for the songs off From The Witchwood and ' New World' from Grave New World. The Chiswick album was history in the making and is an essential addition for any Strawbs enthusiast's collection.