Person · Male
Dave Cousins
- From
- Hounslow, United Kingdom
- Active
- 1940–2025
- Releases
- 10
- folk rock
- rock
About
David Joseph Cousins (born David Joseph Hindson; 7 January 1940 – 13 July 2025) was an English musician. He was the leader, singer and most-active songwriter of Strawbs, from 1967.
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Cousins was a founding member of Strawbs, which started out as the Strawberry Hill Boys playing bluegrass music, then moved on to folk, folk rock, and progressive rock. He also performed as an acoustic duo with Strawbs guitarist Brian Willoughby, and as Acoustic Strawbs with Willoughby (until August 2004), Dave Lambert and Chas Cronk (from September 2004).
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David Joseph Hindson
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- cb03952a-0fac-4217-ade8-906ebb49cb90
- ISNI
- 0000000371964109
- IPI
- 00034098097
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 11 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.