DAVE COUSINS
Dave Cousins (born David Joseph Hindson, 7 January 1945, Hounslow, Middlesex, England) is an English singer and songwriter, who has been the leader, singer and most active songwriter of Strawbs since 1967. (More from Wikipedia)
Like another English band, the Yardbirds, the Strawbs (also known as Strawbs) is known as much for its previous musicians as it is for its early folk-rock and progressive-rock albums. Founded as a bluegrass band in 1964 called the Strawberry Hill Boys, their repertoire began to shift more toward folk rock, with longtime leader Dave Cousins writing much of their material.
After Rick Wakeman left Strawbs in 1971, bandleader Dave Cousins consulted the I Ching to see what was next for the band. Quoting Wikipedia: “The answer from the coins, ‘Humble must he constant be, where the paths of wisdom lead, distant is the shadow of the setting sun’, forms part of the first two lines of the lyrics of the song [‘Benedictus’].”
(July 2014)
