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Ron Chesterman

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Occupation(s)
  
musician

Role
  
Musician

Instruments
  
double bass

Died
  
March 16, 2007


Years active
  
1960s–2007

Name
  
Ron Chesterman

Genres
  
Bluegrass, Folk music

Birth name
  
Ronald George Arthur Chesterman

Born
  
November 27, 1943 (
1943-11-27
)

Origin
  
Chester, Cheshire, England

Associated acts
  
Strawbs, Draught Porridge

Albums
  
Strawbs 40th anniversary celebration Vol. 1: Strawberry Fayre

Similar People
  
Dave Cousins, Richard Hudson, Dave Lambert, John Ford, Blue Weaver

Music group
  
Strawbs (1964 – 1970)

Strawbs - Where Am I / I'll Show You Where To Sleep


Ronald George Arthur Chesterman (27 November 1943 – 16 March 2007) was an English musician and archivist. He is best known as the original double bass player with The Strawbs. He was county archivist in Chester.

Contents

Discography

Tea & Symphony 
  • An Asylum For The Musically Insane (1969)
    • Strawbs 

    - Albums :

  • Strawbs (1969)
  • Strawberry Sampler Number 1 (1969)
  • Dragonfly (1970) - With Rick Wakeman on piano & Tony Visconti on recorder.
  • Sandy Denny & The Strawbs : All Our Own Work (1973)
  • Sandy Denny & The Strawbs (1991)
  • Preserves Uncanned (1991)
  • The Witchwood Project (2006) Ron plays on one song, The happiest boy in town with The Strawberry Hill Boys.
  • A taste of Strawbs (2006) 5-CD Box Set - Ron Double bass on 15 songs.
  • Sandy Denny & The Strawbs : All our own work: CD - The Complete Sessions (2010) 2 CD
  • Strawbs at The BBC - Volume 1 - In Session (2010)
  • Of a time (2012) - With John Paul Jones, Nicky Hopkins, Tony Hooper, etc.
  • Sandy Denny & The Strawbs : All our own work (2014) - 2 LP Vinyl Reissue Includes Original Album Release + Out-takes & Demos & Previously Unreleased Demos.

    • - Singles :

  • "Oh How She Changed"
  • "The Man Who Called Himself Jesus"
  • "Forever"
    • Bernie Taupin 
  • Bernie Taupin (1970) - Shawn Phillips on guitar, sitar, koto and vocals.
    • Magna Carta 
  • Songs From Wasties Orchard (1971) - With Rick Wakeman, Nick Potter, Danny Thompson, Davy Johnstone, Chris Simpson, etc.
    • The Crown Folk 
  • More Folk In Worship (1974)

    • References

    Ron Chesterman Wikipedia
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