String Driven Thing - String Driven Thing (1972/1995) [FLAC] torrent

String Driven Thing - String Driven Thing (1972/1995)

Genre: UK, Progressive Rock

Tracklist:

1. Circus (4:48)
2. Fairground (3:22)
3. Hooked On The Road (2:56)
4. Easy To Be Free (3:06)
5. Jack Diamond (5:20)
6. Let Me Down 4:03)
7. The Last Blue Yodel (3:56)
8. My Real Hero (3:56)
9. Regent Street Incident (3:54)
10. There You Are (2:58)
Bonus tracks:
11. Eddie (bonus studio track)
12. Let Me Down (Live in Switzerland '73)
13. Then I Met the Lady (Live in Switzerland '73)
14. My Real Hero (Live in Switzerland '73)
15. To See You (Live in Switzerland '73)
16. Circus (Live in Switzerland '73)
17. Pride (Live in London '95)

Band:
-Chris Adams / guitars, vocals
-Pauline Adams / vocals percussions
-Colin Wilson / bass, guitars, banjo
-Grahame Smith / violin, viola

Scotland's contribution to progressive rock may appear rather minute, but the role the Scots played in the development of folk rock (and by the same extent progressive folk)is simply enormous. After Donovan, the Incredible String Band, the Pentangle and a few more, came this Glaswegian trio called String Driven Thing in 67, composed of Chris Adams and his wife and guitarist John Mannion. While they stayed rather unsuccessful for a long while, with their debut album completely unnoticed on a independent label. By 71, the group had seen Mannion leaving, but he was replaced with violinist Grahame Smith and bassist Colin Wilson. Soon they got signed to the Charisma label and with Shel Talmy producing two excellent albums, encountering a certain kind of success in Continental Europe, but staying close to unknown in the Isles. After health-related problems in a tour founder Chris Adams quit with his wife leaving Grahame Smith reforming the group from scratch for two further albums. Neither of these albums will have the charm or adventure of the two earlier albums, developing a more AOR rock that had no real distinction except for a violin sound and the group folded in the mis-70's.