Chas Cronk

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Chas Cronk
Chas Cronk 2008 (cropped).jpg
Cronk in 2008
Background information
Birth nameCharles Cronk
Genres Progressive rock, art rock, folk rock
Occupation(s)Musician
Instrument(s)
  • Bass
  • guitar
Years active1960s–present
Member of Strawbs
Formerly of
Website chascronk.com

Chas Cronk is an English musician, best known as the bass player and acoustic guitarist for the Strawbs [1] from 1973 to 1980 and again from 2004 to the present. Chas also toured and recorded with Steve Hackett and Rick Wakeman in the 1980s and Cry No More in the 1980/90s. He released a solo album, Liberty, in March 2022 on Renaissance Records (USA).

Contents

Discography

Albums

Phillip Goodhand-Tait band

  • Songfall (1972)

Strawbs

Acoustic Strawbs

  • Painted Sky (2005) (Acoustic Strawbs live)
  • Acoustic Gold (2011)

Rick Wakeman

Cry No More

  • Smile (1986)
  • Cry No More (1987)
  • Love and Power (1989) (produced by Andy Richards)
  • Strawbs 40th Anniversary Celebration Vol. 1: Strawberry Fayre (2010)

Solo

  • Mystic Mountain Music (2002)
  • Liberty [LP] (2022) (Renaissance Records)

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 Arrange Us" (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

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References

  1. 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.