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Oysterband is a British folk rock and folk punk band formed in Canterbury around 1976. The band retired as a touring act in 2025 with final festival shows at Shrewsbury and Tønder.
Oysterband headlining the 2006 Wickham Festival
Oysterband, Cropredy Festival, Oxfordshire, 12 August 2004
Ray Cooper, also known as Chopper, is a British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist living in Sweden.
Oysterband
…of traditional standards such as "Hal-an-Tow". After the 1987 release Wide Blue Yonder Kearey left the band to be replaced by Chopper (real name Ray Cooper). Subsequent albums included Ride, Little Rock to Leipzig and the June Tabor collaboration Freedom and Rain. Following this the band changed its name…
Ray Cooper performing with Oysterband in 2010