death_date birth_place background birth_date instrument genre article_title name occupation
1977 1907 coatbridge , scotland non_vocal_instrumentalist 1907 hammered dulcimer folk jimmy cooper -lrb- musician -rrb-
 jimmy cooper instrumentalist
jimmy cooper -lrb- musician -rrb-

jimmy cooper -lrb- 1907 -- 1977 -rrb- was a hammered dulcimer player from scotland .
cooper was born in coatbridge , scotland , near glasgow .
he started to play the dulcimer around age twelve , and gained a lot of experience by playing in dance halls and busking in the early 1920s .
over the course of his life he worked at various jobs , including driving buses , driving an ambulance for a children 's home , and running a dance band .
his repertoire included traditional irish and scottish tunes , pop tunes , show tunes , and more .
he was `` discovered '' as part of the folk revival in the early 1970s , and helped inspire players of the younger generation such as john mccutcheon and malcolm dalglish .
mccutcheon described cooper as `` the most complete dulcimer player '' he had met .
