Ray Cooper (singer-songwriter)

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Ray Cooper
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Cooper performing at the South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell, November 2018
Background information
Birth nameBrian Raymond Cooper
Born (1954-09-22) 22 September 1954 (age 70)
Redhill, England
Genres
Occupation(s)Musician, singer-songwriter
Instruments
Years active1974–present
LabelsWestpark
Website raycooper.org

Ray Cooper, also known as Chopper, is a British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist living in Sweden.

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Initial musical collaborations and session work

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Single Common Truth by Amazorblades

Cooper's first professional band (1975–1978) was Amazorblades [1] together with Rob Keyloch (engineer/producer/remixer [2] ) and Ben Mandelson. They were a punk/jazz outfit who toured extensively and recorded the single "Common Truth" in 1977 for Chiswick Records. [3]

Between 1981 and 1982 Cooper played with the London-based band OK Jive, [4] who signed to CBS in 1981. In 1983, he played bass guitar and bugle with The Mighty Clouds of Dust on their single release Flowers on the Wall / Champion (The Wonder Horse) / Mr.Custer. [5]

In 1983, Cooper joined the World Music group 3 Mustaphas 3 where he played cello and sang under the name of Oussack Mustapha, alias The Nightingale of Szegerely. He recorded two albums with them for Globe Style Records. They also recorded a single with Agnes Bernelle produced by Phil Chevron and Elvis Costello. Cooper left the group in 1986. He performed in a reunion of six group members at the 30th Anniversary concert for fRoots magazine at the Roundhouse in London on 22 January 2010. [6]

Member of Oysterband

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Ray Cooper performing with Oysterband in 2010

Cooper was a member of Oysterband between 1989 and 2013. [7]

Discography

With Amazorblades

With Yachts

With OK Jive

The Mighty Clouds of Dust

With 3 Mustaphas 3

With Oysterband

As Oyster Band

As Oysterband

Live albums

Compilation albums

Solo

Other published material

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Punk Brighton Amazorblades". punkbrighton.co.uk. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  2. ↑ "Rob Keyloch". discogs. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  3. ↑ "Amazorblades –Common Truth". discogs. 1977. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  4. ↑ "OK Jive biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  5. ↑ "Single release". discogs. 26 October 1983. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  6. ↑ "The Young Mustaphas at the Roundhouse". fRootsmag. 22 January 2010.
  7. ↑ "Oysterband Biography, an outsider view". Oysterband.co.uk. 2014.
  8. 1 2 3 "Radio 2 Folk Awards 2012". BBC. 2012. Archived from the original on 12 February 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
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