Dana Cooper is an award-winning singer-songwriter from Missouri. His awards include the 2014 Heritage Musician award from the Pilgrim Center for the Arts in Kansas City, MO and Folk Alliance International’s 2015 Spirit of Folk award. He has performed on Austin City Limits, Mountain Stage and at the Kerrville Folk Festival. Cooper’s songs have been recorded by a long list of artists that include Trout Fishing in America, Rex Foster, Claire Lynch, Maura O’Connell, Pierce Pettis, and Susan Werner. Fellow singer-songwriter Buzz Holland has said “Cooper is a person who can sing like an angel and play like the devil.”
For more information about Dana Cooper, please visit his website here.
Tracks
1 Lover, Baby, Friend (Dana Cooper) 3:00
2 Oklahoma, Rodeo Queen (Dana Cooper) 4:00
3 January Hurry (Dana Cooper) 3:25
4 Someone Came To Listen * (Dana Cooper) 3:56
5 Jesse James (Dana Cooper) 5:42
6 The Singer (Dana Cooper) 3:30
7 Sweet City Man (Dana Cooper) 5:10
8 Old K-10 Plus Tw (Dana Cooper) 2:35
9 Grandpa (Dana Cooper) 2:37
10 Home Again, Home Again (Dana Cooper) 5:25
Musicians
Bass | Joe Osborn |
Drums | Russ Kunkel |
Drums | Jim Gordon |
Guitar | Gary Stovall |
Acoustic Guitar | Dana Cooper |
Pedal Steel Guitar | Al Perkins |
Keyboards | Michael Omartian |
Accordion | Michael Omartian |
Harmonica | Dana Cooper |
Flute | Jim Horn |
Sax | Jim Horn |
Percussion | Milt Holland |
Percussion | Gary Coleman |
Percussion | Russ Kunkel |
Percussion | Dana Cooper |
Vocals | Dana Cooper |
Other Musicians
3 January Hurry
4 Someone Came To Listen
7 Sweet City Man
8 Old K-10 Plus Two
9 Grandpa
10 Home Again, Home Again
Liner Notes
Producer – Stan Farber
Engineer, Remix Engineer – Bill Schnee
Engineer – Armin Steiner, Bruce Morgan
String Arrangements, String Conduction – Lee Holdridge
Photography – Ed Caraeff
Art Direction & Design – Robert L Heimall
Recorded at Elektra Sound Recorders & The Sound Lab, Los Angeles