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ARTIST
COOPER, MIKE
TITLE
Oh Really!?
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
TRADING PLACES
CATALOG #
TDP 54006LP
TDP 54006LP
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
11/29/2019
Trading Places present a reissue of
Mike Cooper
's
Oh Really!?
, originally released in 1969. The guitarist and singer-songwriter Mike Cooper was a key figure in the British blues boom of the late 1960s. Born in Reading in 1942, Cooper began playing guitar as a teen in local skiffle groups. After seeing
Sonny Terry
and
Brownie McGhee
perform in 1961, Cooper caught the blues bug and began to play the harmonica and formed
The Blues Committee
, supporting
John Lee Hooker
,
Sonny Boy Williamson
,
Alexis Korner
, and
Long John Baldry
, while Cooper was also performing solo. Acquiring a lap steel guitar in 1963, he studied
Blind Boy Fuller
's work and in 1965, teamed with
Dave Hall
to support
Bert Jansch
,
Al Stewart
, and others; after releasing work on the Kennet, Sydisc, and Matchbox labels, Cooper soon began incorporating country blues aspects into his work, drawing from
Son House
and
Mississippi Fred McDowell
, as well as non-blues artists such as
David Bowie
,
John Martyn
,
Roy Harper
, and
Dave Van Ronk
. Then, in late 1968, Cooper was approached by producer
Peter Eden
, resulting in debut album
Oh Really!?
for Pye; aside from agreeable covers of Son House's "Death Letter" and Blind Boy Fuller's "Bad Luck Blues", the rest of the disc is pure Cooper, with his deft picking accompanied by
Derek Hall
's guitar work only on "Leadhearted Blues" and "Electric Chair". 180 gram vinyl; 45rpm. Licensed by BMG.
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