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The Bros and Smokin Joe

Ringside for Youth XVI took place June 17th and once again Dick and Brian Cooper, who have been on the organizing committee since the event’s inception, volunteered their services to help with the production. Their friend and producer, Colin Linden provided the musical entertainment and boxing legend, Smokin Joe Frazier was the guest of honour.  The sold out event raised over one hundred and sixty thousand dollars for the Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa.

Just wanted to let everyone in the Ottawa area know we’ll be playing in Manotick on June 5th for their big 150th Anniversary party. It will take place at Dickinson Square, on Mill Street. Should be a real blast! We should be hitting the stage around 9:30 p.m. You can get more info at http://manotick.eventbrite.com/

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COOPER BROTHERS PERFORM SPECIAL ACOUSTIC SHOW AT CD WAREHOUSE IN OTTAWA

Ottawa, ON – After playing to a packed house and receiving two standing ovations at Centrepointe Theatre on Saturday night, the Cooper Brothers will perform a FREE acoustic show at CD Warehouse (1383 Clyde Ave.) on Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 1 Pm.

The performance celebrates the release of their new album “In From The Cold” that hits retail stores in Ottawa on Tuesday, March 2, 2010 and on-line through www.mymusic.com

“In From The Cold” is produced by Colin Linden, who came in from Nashville to join the band at Centrepointe Theatre, and features special guest appearances by Jim Cuddy of Blue Rodeo, Delbert McClinton and Chuck Leavell, keyboardist for The Rolling Stones.

The Cooper Brothers first single, “That’s What Makes Us Great” continues to capture our Canadian pride and is being added to play lists across the country, hot on the heels of Canada’s big Gold medal win in men’s hockey at the Olympics.

For More Info on the In-Store Performance Contact:

CD Warehouse

1383 Clyde Ave.

Ottawa, ON

Tel: 613-225-9027

December 20th we took over the Elmdale tavern in Ottawa to shoot our first video for the new album. Produced by Blomeley Communications and directed by our old friend Chris Paine, it was a long day but it certainly had its share of laughs. Natalie and Bruce, the owners of the Elmdale were the perfect hosts and we want to thank them for their hospitality.  If you haven’t checked out this funky little bar, please do. It’s a great venue to hear music. www.elmdaletavern.com.

We spent the morning doing the individual band shots then we let the “invited” audience in around noon. Luckily the beer taps were open by then so everyone could get in the mood.  In spite of the fact we had to do the song a number of times, the audience never lost their enthusiasm. They were terrific. Michel Poirier, the first AD was quite instrumental in keeping everyone’s spirits up and generally directing traffic.  Andy Tait and Uncle Bob from FabGear made sure we didn’t look like bums and Jessica Pettigrew did the make-up. Graham Dunnell brought his big jib arm and I’m not sure exactly how we got it into the building, but we did, and we sure got some nice shots with it. Thanks Graham!  My old friend from CJOH days, Frank Harris did the lighting and pitching in to help were the usual suspects, Don and Robert Patterson, Billy Gallinger, Allison Cooper and Steve St. Jean! Check out the pix in our Gallery.

Well, after a year of demos, rehearsals and pre-production then recording sessions in Nashville, Ottawa, Toronto and Los Angeles the new CD is finally finished. We got the master delivered to us from Sterling Sound in New York on December 21st. So it was a nice Christmas present. The CD was mastered by Greg Calbi who is something of a legend in recording circles.  Greg has mastered hundreds of hit records for the likes of Bob Dylan, Springstein and John Lennon. Recently he has mastered albums for Norah Jones and John Mayer.

Dick went to Los Angeles for the mixing sessions at Palm Door Studios earlier in December with Colin Linden and John Whynot.  John is a veteran producer who has worked with Colin James, Blue Rodeo, Bruce Cockburn and Lucinda Williams.

The new CD contains 12 brand new songs penned by Dick Cooper.