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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
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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 a more conventional career in engineering and publishing.