What Are You Listening To?

[Ruby]

Where to start??! Somehow missed this very unusual offering from Strawbs – or at least some of them. I had no idea Mr Cousins had been in my hood. Obviously don’t know the right people. LOL! Nothing like their 70’s stuff and redolent with South African flavours (percussively speaking and lyrically too, in places - Mr C seems to have been very impressed with our Waterfront and some local musos) which is very weird indeed! Huh! Not my favourite Strawbs release by any stretch and in any case, not the band as it was known – this release has Dave Cousins, John Ford and Blue Weaver alongside a bevy of our local talent - one Jonno Sweetman, drummer, is not too shabby. Sooo - not Strawbs as you would expect and once you get over that, things feel better. Also definitely not prog rock - erring more on the side of folk rock if anything. 

Quite possibly the biggest anomaly of the Strawbs catalogue – even the cover kinda yells Cape Town … who'da thort???

From The Magic of it All ... full album here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgQLl7QD...Ls&index=1