Dave Lambert (guitarist)

Dave Lambert (born March 8, 1949 in Hounslow , Middlesex , England ) is a British guitarist and singer-songwriter .

Career

Fire

Lambert made his first public appearances in the 1960s with the band Friday's Child, which he founded with school friends Bob Voice ( drums ) and Dick Dufall ( bass ). The trio, influenced by The Who and Pink Floyd , later changed their name to Fire and received a recording deal with Decca Records . The single "Father's Name Was Dad," written by Lambert and produced by Tony Clarke, caught Paul McCartney's interest , but was unsuccessful despite his support. By the later resulting single "The Magic Shoemaker" was Dave Cousins of the Strawbs aware of the band. Although Fire had already made a name for itself in the London music scene, the band remained unsuccessful and broke up.

King-Earl Boogie Band

After Fire broke up, Lambert joined this band. The 1972 album "Trouble at t'Mill" went largely unnoticed.

Dave Cousins

When Dave Cousins wanted to record his own album in 1972, he invited Lambert to take part. The result was " Two Weeks Last Summer ". This album contained the title "Going Home" , which was originally intended to be Lambert's solo single.

Strawbs

Since both Lambert and Cousins ​​rated their collaboration positively, Lambert joined the band Strawbs in 1972 as a permanent member . With his participation, several albums were created, including the very successful track "Part of the Union", which, later released as a single, reached high chart positions (No. 2 in Great Britain). In 1978, however, Lambert left the band while working on the album "Heartbreak Hill" to turn to a solo project. He was replaced by Brian Willoughby .

Reforming the Strawbs

Lambert wrote and recorded some pieces with Strawbs bassist Chas Cronk, but another Dave Lambert solo album never came off. Lambert temporarily withdrew from the music business and worked as a ski instructor in Austria. In 1998, however, Cousins ​​reformed the Strawbs, whose line-up now included Lambert again. Since then, the Strawbs have been touring again with Lambert as a permanent member.

solo

The album "Framed" was created in 1978 in collaboration with John Entwistle from The Who . In 2004 "Work in Progress" was released , which contains some new titles as well as unreleased older material and studio outtakes . Outside of the Strawbs fan base and the folk rock scene, the albums received little attention and, in contrast to the Strawbs works, did not achieve any chart positions.

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 Day (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) (with newly recorded tracks from Two Weeks Last Summer and Bursting at the Seams )
• Déjà Fou (2004)
• Strawbs Live at Nearfest 2004 (2005)
• A Taste of Strawbs (2006) (four-CD box with recordings from 1967 to 2006)
• Strawbs NY '75 (2007) (recorded live in 1975)
• Lay Down with the Strawbs (2008) (double CD, recorded live at The Robin, Bilston, March 5, 2006)
• The Broken Hearted Bride (2008) (with the "Hero and Heroine" cast)
• Dancing to the Devil's Beat (2009) (replacement with Oliver Wakeman, keyboards)

Acoustic Strawbs

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

solo

• Framed (1978)

with bassist John Entwistle

• Work in Progress (2004)

Lambert Cronk

• Touch the Earth (2007)

Singles

(Year of publication in Great Britain unless otherwise stated)

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) (USA and Italy only)
• "Grace Darling" / "Changes Arranges" (1974)
• "Angel Wine" / "Grace Darling" (1975) (only in Japan)
• "Lemon Pie" / "Don't Try to Change Me" (1975)
• "Little Sleepy" (1975) (USA 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) (USA only)
• "Charmer" / "Beside the Rio Grande" (1976)
• "Back in the Old Routine" / "Burning for You" (1977)
• "Keep on Trying" / "Simple Visions" (1977)
• "Heartbreaker" (1977) (USA and Republic of 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) (USA only)

solo

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

Web links

• [1] Strawbsweb (accessed March 13, 2010)
• Biography on allmusic.com (accessed March 13, 2010)