Chas Cronk

Chas Cronk
Chas Cronk
	Cronk in 2008
Background information
Birth name	Charles Cronk
Genres	Progressive rock, art rock, folk rock
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instrument(s)	Bass; guitar;
Years active	1960s–present
Member of	Strawbs
Formerly of	Steve Hackett Band; Cry No More;
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).

Discography[edit]

Albums[edit]

Phillip Goodhand-Tait band[edit]

Songfall (1972)

Strawbs[edit]

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)
Strawbs 40th Anniversary Celebration Vol. 1: Strawberry Fayre (2010)

Acoustic Strawbs[edit]

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

Rick Wakeman[edit]

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[edit]

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

Solo[edit]

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

Lambert Cronk[edit]

Touch the Earth (2007)

Steve Hackett[edit]

Time Lapse (2001)
Live Archive 70/80/90s (2001)
Defector: Deluxe Edition (2016 remaster – Disc 2 1981 Live at Reading Festival)

Singles[edit]

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

Strawbs[edit]

"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[edit]

Strawbs[edit]

Complete Strawbs: The Chiswick House Concert (2002)
Strawbs Live in Tokyo DVD, plus Grave New World, the movie (2003)

References[edit]

^ 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[edit]

Cry No More website
Chas Cronk at Strawbs website
Chas Cronk Website https://chascronk.com

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[Romano2010-1] 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.

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v t e Strawbs
Dave Cousins Dave Lambert Chas Cronk Tony Fernandez Dave Bainbridge Tony Hooper Ron Chesterman Sandy Denny Rick Wakeman Richard Hudson John Ford Blue Weaver Rod Coombes John Hawken Andy Richards Brian Willoughby Oliver Wakeman Adam Wakeman
Albums	All Our Own Work (with Sandy Denny) Strawbs Strawberry Sampler Number 1 Dragonfly From the Witchwood Grave New World Bursting at the Seams Hero and Heroine Ghosts Nomadness Deep Cuts Burning for You Deadlines Don't Say Goodbye Heartbreak Hill Ringing Down the Years Blue Angel Déjà Fou The Broken Hearted Bride Dancing to the Devil's Beat Hero & Heroine in Ascencia Prognostic The Ferryman's Curse Settlement
Live albums	Just a Collection of Antiques and Curios Strawbs in Concert Greatest Hits Live Concert Classics The Complete Strawbs (Chiswick '98 Live) Live at Nearfest Recollection Lay Down with the Strawbs
Compilation albums	Strawbs by Choice The Best of Strawbs Preserves Uncanned A Choice Selection of Strawbs Halcyon Days Sandy Denny and the Strawbs The Collection Tears and Pavan
Box sets	A Taste of Strawbs
DVDs	The Complete Strawbs: The Chiswick House Concert
Acoustic Strawbs albums	Baroque & Roll Full Bloom Painted Sky
Singles	"Oh How She Changed" "The Man Who Called Himself Jesus" "Forever" "Benedictus" "Here It Comes" "Lay Down" "Part of the Union" "Shine on Silver Sun" "Hero and Heroine" "Hold on to Me (The Winter Long)" "Grace Darling" "Lemon Pie" "I Only Want My Love to Grow in You" "Charmer"
Related articles	Band members Discography