Dave Cousins
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| Birth name | David Joseph Cousins |
| Born | January 7, 1945 |
| Origin | Hounslow, Middlesex, England |
| Genre(s) | Bluegrass, progressive folk, progressive rock |
| Occupation(s) | singer-songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | guitar, banjo, dulcimer |
| Voice type(s) | tenor |
| Years active | 1960's – present |
| Label(s) | A&M |
| Associated acts | Strawbs |
Dave Cousins (born David Joseph Hindson, January 7, 1945, in Hounslow, Middlesex) has been the leader, singer and most active songwriter of Strawbs since 1967.
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[edit] Career
The band was originally known as the Strawberry Hill Boys, and started out as a bluegrass band, but eventually moved onto to other styles (folk, folk rock, progressive rock). Cousins has also performed as an acoustic duo with Strawbs guitarist Brian Willoughby, and as Acoustic Strawbs with Willoughby (until August 2004), Dave Lambert and Chas Cronk (since September 2004).
Cousins holds an academic degree in statistics and pure mathematics from the University of Leicester, and has also followed a career in radio. He was a producer for Denmark Radio 1969-1979, and has been Programme Controller for Radio Tees (1980-1982), and the Managing Director of Devon Air in Devon (1982-1990).
Since 1991 Cousins has been in charge of St. David's Research, and has been instrumental in many successful franchise applications business ventures involving local radio stations in the UK. He also runs Witchwood Records, an independent record label.
Cousins is still very active, and is touring North America and Europe with Acoustic Strawbs, several months every year.
[edit] Albums
- Two Weeks Last Summer (1972)
- Old School Songs (1979) (with Brian Willoughby)
- The Bridge (1994) (with Brian Willoughby)
- Hummingbird (2002) (with Rick Wakeman)
- Wakeman and Cousins "Live 1988" (2005) (with Rick Wakeman)
- High Seas (2005) (with Conny Conrad)
- The Boy in the Blue Sailor Suit (2007)
- Secret Paths (2008)
