STRAWBERRY FOOLS - LIVE AT LAST

WITH SPECIAL GUESTS, ROY HILL, WYCHWOOD

14 MAY, ALDERMASTON VILLAGE HALL, THE STREET, ALDERMASTON, BERKSHIRE RG7 4LW

15 MAY, THE HYTHE CENTRE, THORPE ROAD, STAINES, MIDDLESEX. TW18 3HD

The Strawberry Fools are a Strawbs tribute band featuring:
# David Claridge - guitar, dulcimer, percussion, vcls
# Les Cotton - bass, guitar, vcls
# Dick Greener - guitar, percussion, vcls
# Pete Rand - keyboards
# Ralph Tonge - guitar, ebow, vcls

They made their live debut as guest at the Strawbs Christmas Party in 2008, by kind invitation of Dave Cousins, and were to have played a slot at the Strawbs 40th anniversary celebrations in 2009 but had to pull out owing to family illness. This and the following night's show at The Hythe Centre, Staines, Middlesex are their two first full-scale shows, and they'll draw on the rich vein of Strawbs music, often selecting material that is some way off the beaten track. Selections for this show are likely to include: "Fingertips", "Tell Me What You See In Me", "When You Were A Child", "The Golden Salamander", "The Flower And The Young Man" and many more.

Doors 7.00pm, show 8.00pm

ALDERMASTON - No bar - BYOB - Bring Your Own Bottles (handy pub just down the road)
HYTHE CENTRE - Licensed Bar

Tickets: £8.00 - NB Tickets must be purchased ahead of both the shows.

Info and Tickets HERE

New Solo CD availble here...Northern Slums to Western Dreams

My debut solo album, "Northern Slums to Western Dreams", is now available.

Recorded in my Home Studio in Lancashire, UK, between 2003 and 2009, its something I've always wanted to do. Lots of hours involved, but all great fun. Note that nearly all the tracks are different, superior versions to those on the website player...I went back to the original multi-track recordings and totally remixed them over a two week period in December 2009.

Here's the Video Promo -

One Of Those Days from Les Cotton on Vimeo.

The full 15 track album is available as a high quality mp3 Download, complete with full artwork and sleeve notes, for £4.50. You can pay with any Credit Card securely by clicking the BUY NOW button below. Download link will be sent straight away....

thanks,

Les

2010 Animal Calendar from Artwork

Beautiful ringbound 2010 Calendar featuring images of animals from original pencil drawings by
Sue Cotton
Reproduced on quality matt paper stock

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Discovering Turner's Lakeland by Stanley Warburton

Stanley kindly gave me a name credit on the sleeve of this book (I assisted him with tech stuff during production..)
The edition is almost exhausted, and so, if you want a copy, contact the author immediately -

22 Coronation Road
Lytham St Annes
Lancashire
FY8 1BH
(tel: 01253 735563)

Stan, in his 93rd year, bases this on a lifetime’s admiration of Turner and the Lakes. An artist and former chairman of the Northern Branch of the Turner Society, he was the author of Turner and Revd. Dr. Whitaker (Towneley Hall Art Gallery, Burnley, 1982).

Fylde Gallery, Haven Road, Lytham

Thursday 16th February - Sunday 25th March 2012:

'An Art Refined'

A stunning exhibition by the Lancashire nonagenarian artist Stanley Warburton - a wonderful collection of oils and watercolours by this talented artist and one time friend of L.S.Lowry. A must for all Lancastrians who are interested in their heritage.

Witchwood badges...buy them here

Witchwood
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Strawbs

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Homecoming...the video

Homecoming from Les Cotton on Vimeo.

Bjorn says:
Here is a song i wrote earlier this summer.Most of the pictures from Hestøysund/Helgeland in Norway.

Who did what -
Bjorn:
Electric & acoustic guitars
Les:
Jamstix Drums, Luxonic Bass program, Pianoteq Piano, Cakewalk SI Strings, Les Paul Lead Guitar via Toneport UX2 Dual Amp patch..also Mixing / Mastering
Peter:
Mellotron keys, Organ

...hope you enjoy
Bjorn, Les and Pete

Strawbs...40th Anniversary Weekend

40th ANNIVERSARY

TWICKENHAM, 12/13 SEP 2009
THE LIVE ROOM, TWICKENHAM STADIUM
South Stand, Twickenham Stadium
Rugby Road, Twickenham TW1 1DZ

• Rick Wakeman & Dave Cousins
• Electric Strawbs – current line-up
• Electric Strawbs – Heartbreak Hill line-up (including Andy Richards and Tony Fernandez)
• Electric Strawbs – Blue Angel line-up (including Blue Weaver and Brian Willoughby)
• Acoustic Strawbs (with Sonia Kristina guesting)
• Blue Angel Orchestra
• Cathryn Craig & Brian Willoughby
• Cry No More
• Fire
• Zeus
• John Ford
• The Strawberry Fools