Chas Cronk
Chas Cronk is an English musician, best known as the bass player and acoustic guitarist for the Strawbs from 1973 to 1980 and again from 2004 to 2023.
Cronk also toured and recorded with Steve Hackett and Rick Wakeman in the 1980s and Cry No More in the 1980s and 1990s. He released a solo album, Liberty, in March 2022 on Renaissance Records. He is currently playing bass with the Colin Blunstone Band having started in April 2024.
Discography
Albums
Phillip Goodhand-Tait band
- ''Songfall''
Strawbs
- Hero and Heroine
- Ghosts
- Nomadness
- Deep Cuts
- Burning for You
- Deadlines
- Heartbreak Hill
- Blue Angel
- Déjà Fou
- Strawbs Live at Nearfest 2004
- A Taste of Strawbs
- Strawbs NY '75
- Lay Down with the Strawbs
- The Broken Hearted Bride
- Dancing to the Devil's Beat
- Strawbs 40th Anniversary Celebration Vol. 1: Strawberry Fayre
Acoustic Strawbs
- Painted Sky
- ''Acoustic Gold''
Rick Wakeman
- The Six Wives of Henry VIII
- Crimes of Passion soundtrack
- Glory Boys
- Live at Hammersmith
- ''Wakeman & Cousins – Hummingbird''
Cry No More
- Smile
- Cry No More
- Love and Power
- ''Strawbs 40th Anniversary Celebration Vol. 1: Strawberry Fayre''
Solo
- Mystic Mountain Music
- Liberty
Lambert Cronk
- ''Touch the Earth''
Steve Hackett
- Time Lapse
- Live Archive 70/80/90s
- ''Defector: Deluxe Edition''
Singles
Unless otherwise stated, the details are of the singles released in the UK.Strawbs
- "Shine on Silver Sun"/"And Wherefore"
- "Hero and Heroine"/"Why"
- "Hold on to Me (The Winter Long)"/"Where do You Go"
- "Round and Round"/"Heroine's Theme"
- "Grace Darling"/"Changes Arrange Us"
- "Angel Wine"/"Grace Darling"
- "Lemon Pie"/"Don't Try to Change Me"
- "Little Sleepy"
- "I Only Want My Love to Grow in You"/"Wasting My Time "
- "So Close and Yet So Far Away"/"The Soldier's Tale"
- "Charmer"/"Beside the Rio Grande"
- "Back in the Old Routine"/"Burning for You"
- "Keep on Trying"/"Simple Visions"
- "Heartbreaker"
- "Joey and Me"/"Deadly Nightshade"
- "New Beginnings"/"Words of Wisdom"
- "I Don't Want to Talk About It"/"The Last Resort"