After the band’s successful gigs in Bavaria last year, they have been asked back to do a few more. Chris will do a rare solo acoustic gig at Cafe Konrad, Vilsbiburg on Saturday 8th May. Then, after a few days rest, the rest of the band will join him for three gigs the following weekend. Note that Pauline will be in attendance and, hopefully, may be persuaded to rattle her tambourine. Put it this way, it will be in the luggage!!!!

Hey Carla, as promised. Look forward to hearing your version.
EASY TO BE FREE
Would you like to be travelling on a sailing ship at sea,
Out on the waves as they move beneath your feet,
Feeling the wind as it quivers in the sheets,
It’s easy to be free
It’s easy to be free
It’s easy to be free
Would you like to be leaving your city life behind,
To look for adventure among the South Sea Isles,
If you don’t believe in treasure, then I’ll have to change your mind,
It’s easy to be free
It’s easy to be …

SxSE
No, not another alternative festival but a 1000mile round trip to London & Cambridge for a gig and two radio sessions. Regular rhythm section, Andy & Dick, were (due to work commitments) unable to make the trip but Ronnie Garrity (bass guitar) & John Bradley (drums) were more than adequate replacements. Chris’s son Robin also joined us on the trip. Read all about it in our diary below and have a swatch at the photovideo of the trip.
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String Driven play NXNW
No, the above is not a typo. The band ventured on a trip during August that may not have had the kudos of SWSW, but everyone agrees that NXNW was equally satisfying. A stripped down version of the band – Chris, George & Andy – crossed the Atlantic to perform at a tiny gig in a small island pub.

Easdale Island has a population of about 70, no shops & no cars but it does have a delightful little venue… The Puffer Bar. With everyone …

Use the comments box to request lyrics from over 30 years of Chris Adams’ songs

PLACE TO LIE
(Chris Adams/
Backshop Music)

Well I gotta find me a place to lie
Yeah I gotta find me a place to lie
Some little churchyard, shady and green,
In some little village that I’ve never seen,
Down with the beetles, down with the stones
Down with the zombies in the dead zone.

Yes I gotta find me a place to lie,
Said I gotta find me a place to lie,
Out on the ocean, stormy and deep
Under the waves, …

Many thanks to UK Country Radio.com for making String Driven, Feature Artists on the weekend of 1st & 2nd August. Tracks from the new album were played every hour and they also aired an interview with Chris Adams in which he talked about the band lineup, present and past.

The August editions of Maverick
and Rock ‘n’ Reel are on the stands.
For those of you who don’t yet
subscribe to these two fine
publications, read what
they (& the others) have to say about
‘Another Country’.
Maverick *****
Hands up those of us who can remember those heady days of the early 1970s and the psychedelic folk/rock mix of the band String Driven Thing. Well I certainly can and now they are back with a shortened name with a superb release of well crafted Americana. Chris and Pauline Adams first put the band together in 1972 …