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"Charmer" is a song by English band Strawbs featured on their 1976 album Deep Cuts.

"Charmer"
Single by Strawbs
from the album Deep Cuts
A-side	"Charmer"
B-side	"Beside the Rio Grande"
Released	1976 (1976)
Genre	Progressive rock
Label	Oyster
Songwriter(s)	Dave Cousins, Chas Cronk
Strawbs singles chronology
"I Only Want My Love to Grow in You" (1975) "Charmer" (1976) "Back in the Old Routine" (1977)

The song was written by Dave Cousins and Chas Cronk. The single version has some additional overdubs compared to the version on the album.

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalogue	Notes
United Kingdom	1976 (1976)	Oyster	7" single	2066 744

B-Side of the single

The B-side track "Beside the Rio Grande" is a Dave Cousins composition also appearing on the album. The lyrics recount a story of the unjust lynching of a preacher, in the American Wild West.

Personnel

• Dave Cousins – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
• Dave Lambert – electric guitar, backing vocals
• Chas Cronk – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Rod Coombes – drums

with

• Robert Kirby – mellotron
• John Mealing – keyboards
• Rupert Holmes - keyboards

Mellotron can clearly be heard on this track, therefore according to the album credits Robert Kirby is playing on this track. Both the other keyboard players are credited on the album but it is unsure which of them played on this particular track. A synthesizer can be heard in the instrumentation but both Mealing and Holmes are credited with this instrument in the album credits.

References

• "Charmer" at Strawbsweb
• Liner notes to Road Goes on Forever CD RGF/WCDCD 027 Deep Cuts/Burning for You

External links

• Lyrics to "Charmer" at Strawbsweb
• Lyrics to "Beside the Rio Grande" at Strawbsweb

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