"Hero and Heroine" | ||||
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Single by Strawbs | ||||
from the album Hero and Heroine | ||||
B-side | "Why" | |||
Released | 1974 | |||
Genre | Progressive rock | |||
Length | 3:29 | |||
Label | A&M | |||
Songwriter(s) | Dave Cousins | |||
Strawbs singles chronology | ||||
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Official audio | ||||
"Hero and Heroine" on YouTube |
"Hero and Heroine" is a song by English band Strawbs featured on their 1974 album of the same name. It is written by Dave Cousins. The song is in a similar vein to an earlier track "Witchwood" but with rather more obvious allegory.
Dave Cousins originally demonstrated the song to the band on banjo and the guitar picking under the verses does indeed retain a bluegrass feel. Keyboardist John Hawken and guitarist Dave Lambert added mellotron and guitar power chords between the verses which gives the whole song a more epic bearing.