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)

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

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.

External links

• Cry No More website
• Chas Cronk at Strawbs website