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Now 91 years old, the man Dylan called “the king of folk singers" tells stories of his time with Jack Kerouac and James Dean, and his experiences touring with Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue.
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Tony Hooper, co-founder of folk-rockers the Strawbs who left the band on brink of stardom – obituary Weary of touring and musical differences, he left the band he had helped to form as a Twickenham schoolboy to embrace simple pleasures 19 December 2020 • 6:08am The Strawbs in 1971 (left to right): Dave Cousins, Tony Hooper, Rick Wakeman, John Ford and Richard Hudson Credit: Michael Putland/Getty Images Tony Hooper, who has died aged 81, was a guitarist, singer, songwriter, and founder member of the folk-rock band the Strawbs, but quit when they were on the brink of the big time to pursue ...