Ray Cooper a.k.a Chopper
18th Jun 2010@ 17:30 Big Top
Debuting his first solo album 'Tales of Love, War & Death by Hanging' Ray Cooper (aka Chopper of Oysterband fame) is a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist in his own right. His first solo album will be released in May 2010 on the Westpark label. The album is mostly made of self penned songs with an influence from Scotland (Ray is half Scottish) and Sweden where he is currently living. He produced the album himself and played most of the instruments but had some help from a few friends, notably from the Swedish fiddle player Patrik Andersson. Known in the trade as 'Chopper', he has been a member of the award winning group Oysterband for as long as he can remember and with them has released over 20 albums and toured in 27 countries.
He will be joined by Ian Kearey on Harmonium and Patrik Andersson on fiddle.
