{{Short description|British guitarist}} {{Multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=July 2020}} {{One source|date=April 2025}} }} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Brian Willoughby | image = Brian Willoughby Milan.jpg | landscape = yes | birth_name = | alias = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1949|9|20|df=y}} | origin = Glenarm, County Antrim, Northern Ireland | instrument = Acoustic and electric guitar, Ukulele, Mandolin. | genre = Rock, folk | occupation = Musician | years_active = 1960s–present | label = Cabritunes Records | website = }}
'''Brian Willoughby''' (born 20 September 1949) is a British guitarist. He has worked with many musicians, notably Dave Cousins and The Strawbs, Mary Hopkin, as well as releasing solo work.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.strawbsweb.co.uk/hist/brian.asp |title = Brian Willoughby at Strawbsweb| accessdate = 26 November 2010}}</ref>
==Discography== (UK releases unless stated otherwise)
===Albums=== ====Solo==== *''Black and White'' (1998) *''Fingers Crossed'' (2004) *''Twiddly Bits'' (2022) ====With other artists==== *''Old School Songs – with Dave Cousins'' (1979) *''The Contractual Album – Monty Python'' (1980) *''Suspended Animation (The Monks)'' (UK band) (Gold Album in Canada 1981) *''Don't Say Goodbye Strawbs'' (1987) *''Ringing Down the Years Strawbs'' (1991) *''The Bridge – with Dave Cousins'' (1994) *''Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) – Nanci Griffith'' (1998) *''Baroque & Roll – Acoustic Strawbs'' (2001) *''Pigg River Symphony – Cathryn Craig'' (2001) *''I Will – with Cathryn Craig'' (2002) *''Blue Angel – Strawbs'' (2003) *''Full Bloom – Acoustic Strawbs'' (2005) live at Natural Sound, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada (2004) *''Live at the Royal Festival Hall – Mary Hopkin'' (2005) *''Calling All Angels + Cathryn Craig'' (2009) *''Real World + Cathryn Craig'' (2013) *''Painting by Numbers + Mary Hopkin'' (2013) *''In America + Cathryn Craig'' *''St.Pancras Old Church, London + Cathryn Craig'' *''The Cooley & Mourne'' + Cathryn Craig Countless other albums as session player – 1969 – present.
===Singles=== *"The King" – Strawbs (1979) *"That's When the Crying Starts" – Strawbs (Canada 1987) *"Let it Rain" – Strawbs (Canada 1987) *"Might as Well Be on Mars" – Strawbs (Canada 1991) *"Alice's Song" – Acoustic Strawbs (2002) *"Alice's Song" – Craig & Willoughby (2009) *"Calling All Angels" – Craig & Willoughby (2009) *"Rumours of Rain" – Folk for Peace (2013) *"Freeway To Her Dreams " - Freeway To Her Dreams Written By Gordon Haskell *"Whole Wide World" – Cathryn Craig & Brian Willoughby, featuring Righteous Brother Bill Medley Written By Gordon Haskell Countless other singles as session player 1969 – present.
===DVDs=== * ''Complete Strawbs: The Chiswick House Concert'' (2002) * ''Acoustic Strawbs Live in Toronto'' (2004) filmed July 12, 2003 at Hugh's room * ''Rumours of Rain'' + Folk for Peace (2013) * Other Voices, Too + Nanci Griffith (1999) * Greatest Hits Live" + Strawbs (1990)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20190412120610/http://www.highsocietyband.co.uk/ High Society website]}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100523002859/http://www.rumoursofrain.org/ Rumours of Rain website] *[http://www.strawbsweb.co.uk/hist/brian.asp Brian Willoughby at Strawbsweb] *[http://www.craigandwilloughby.com Brian Willoughby and Cathryn Craig website]
{{Strawbs}} Dave Cousins, John Ford, Blue Weaver, Cathryn Craig, Mauritz Lotz, Schalk Joubert, Kevin Gibson, Brian Willoughby {{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Willoughby, Brian}} Category:1949 births Category:Living people Category:Musicians from County Antrim Category:Rock guitarists from Northern Ireland Category:Male guitarists from Northern Ireland Category:Strawbs members Category:20th-century guitarists from Northern Ireland Category:20th-century male musicians from Northern Ireland Category:21st-century guitarists from Northern Ireland Category:21st-century male musicians from Northern Ireland Category:People from Glenarm