Dave Lambert (English musician)

Dave Lambert
Dave Lambert on stage with the Strawbs at B.B. Kings in New York, 11 June 2008.
Background information
Birth name	David Lambert
Born	8 March 1949 (1949-03-08) (age 62)
Origin	Hounslow, Middlesex, England
Genres	rock, progressive rock
Occupations	singer-songwriter, musician
Instruments	guitar
Years active	1960s - present
Labels	Decca, A&M, Oyster, Arista
Associated acts	Strawbs, King Earl Boogie Band, Fire

Dave Lambert (born 8 March 1949, Hounslow, Middlesex, England)^[1] is an English singer-songwriter and musician, who was a member of The Strawbs in the 1970s.

Career

Lambert was a member of several bands in the 1960s, including The Syndicate, The Chains, and Friday's Chyld / Fire.^[2] In the early 1970s he joined the King-Earl Boogie Band and played on Dave Cousins' solo album Two Weeks Last Summer.^[2]

Lambert joined Cousins in The Strawbs on guitar and vocals in 1972, replacing Tony Hooper, and playing on the album Bursting at the Seams, which reached number two in the UK Albums Chart, the album including Lambert's song "The Winter and the Summer".^[1][2] In 1973 Lambert and founding member Dave Cousins started a new lineup of the band that continued until they split up in 1978.^[1] He susbsequently worked as a songwriter in partnership with Chas Cronk, recorded as a solo artist and spent time working as a ski instructor.^[2] Lambert rejoined The Strawbs in the 1980s.^[2][3] In 2006 he was part of a briefly-reformed Fire.^[2]

Discography

Albums

Fire

• The Magic Shoemaker (1970)
• Underground and Overhead (1997)

King-Earl Boogie Band

• Trouble at t'Mill (1972)

Strawbs

• Bursting at the Seams (1973)
• Hero and Heroine (1974)
• Ghosts (1974)
• Nomadness (1975)
• Deep Cuts (1976)
• Burning for You (1977)
• Deadlines (1978)
• Heartbreak Hill (1978)
• Halcyon Days (1997) (compilation)
• Concert Classics (1999) (Live BBC "Sight and Sound" performance from 1977)
• The Complete Strawbs (2000) (30th anniversary concert at Chiswick House)
• The Collection (2002) (compilation)
• Tears and Pavan – An Introduction to Strawbs (2002) (compilation)
• 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Strawbs (2003) (compilation)
• Blue Angel (2003) (includes re-recorded songs from Two Weeks Last Summer and Bursting at the Seams)
• 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) (new line-up with Oliver Wakeman on keyboards)

Acoustic Strawbs

• Baroque & Roll (2001)
• Full Bloom (2005) (live)
• Painted Sky (2005) (live)

Solo

• Framed (1978)
• Work in Progress (2004)

Lambert Cronk

• Touch the Earth (2007)

Singles

Unless otherwise stated, the details are of the singles released in the UK.

Fire

• "Father's Name is Dad"/"Treacle Toffee World" (1968)
• "Round the Gum Tree"/"Toothie Ruthie" (1968)

King-Earl Boogie Band

• "Plastic Jesus"/"If the Lord Don't Get You" (1972)
• "Starlight"/"Goin' to German" (1972)

Strawbs

• "Lay Down"/"Backside" (1972)
• "Part of the Union"/"Will You Go" (1973)
• "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)

Solo

• "Take a Little Bit of My Life" (1979)

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Strong, Martin C. (2002) The Great Rock Discography, Canongate, ISBN 1-84195-312-1, p. 1014
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f} Eder, Bruce "Dave Lambert Biography", Allmusic, retrieved 2011-07-16
3. ^ Unterberger, Richie "Painted Sky Review", Allmusic, retrieved 2011-07-16

External links

• Strawbs website
• Interview with Dave Lambert on Trilogy Rock (Spain)

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Name	Lambert, Dave
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Date of birth	8 March 1949
Place of birth	Hounslow, Middlesex, England
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