A series of BBC recordings of traditional British folk songs done through the '50s by cousins Bob and Ron Copper has evolved into something of a mother lode of material for this country's strummers, singers, fiddlers, and concertina massagers. . . . It is a pity that Ron Copper, who passed on in the early '70s, was not able to savor this growing fame, especially the gala presentation of a special folk-tradition award to the then-86-year-old Bob Copper in 2001. The cousins were basically the performers who made it possible for the Copper Family band to become one of the most respected and certainly longest-running ensembles in the British folk genre.(AllMusic
Outstanding. File under: Pioneers and Progenitors
Discography:
In the music library: Anthems In Eden: Hard Times of Old England
Links: Wikipedia (Copper Family) Official web site (Copper Family)
AllMusic Discogs Encyclopedia Britannica
Great dynasties of the world: The Copper Family Bob Copper and the sound of old England