The Coppers are great. I was fortunate enough to make a documentary about them (well, Bob specifically) for BBC4 a few years back; he was a fascinating bloke and had a wealth of knowledge in his head about folk singers of the time. He was tasked with recording many of them in the 50s and 60s for the beeb, and travelled over the south to get the last of a dying breed on tape.
Hearing the stories of growing up in Sussex in a rural economy a world away from what we know today (but only a few generations ago) was a real priviledge. He passed away about a week after we'd finished filming; his funeral formed a coda to the finished documentary (it was called Coppersongs, btw). One of a kind, and I'm glad the new generation of Coppers are keeping the flame alight.
Shirley Collins was in it too; she's worth checking out, as a lot of stuff she did with sister Dolly is being re-issued now.
Jason
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