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‘We blinked and we got older…” from ’62 Fairlane, by Dick Cooper


film and TV. His novel, Jukebox, was published by Rain Books. He, too, married and had children. Life was fine, going along as it


should have. And then something happened


again. The brothers’ friend, music


agent Todd Littlefield, decided it was time for the Cooper Brothers to emerge once more with the release of The Best of the Cooper Brothers in 2006. A “little party” to celebrate its release, at the Prescott Hotel in Ottawa, became much more than anyone expected. The media got hold of it and let the local world know. More than 500 people showed up. They filled the tavern and lined up for blocks outside. They arrived with their old albums and mementoes from the 70s. The Cooper Brothers signed autographs inside and outside -- all


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the way down the block -- and they played for their enthusiastic fans. “I realized then,” says Dick, “that


I hadn’t missed [performing]… until I got back into it.” Even at that, this event wasn’t


the actual “moment” or turning point when he knew he was really back. That happened when Todd arranged to have them open for James Taylor at Ottawa Bluesfest. “It fired me up,” says Dick. “I


knew I could do this again.” Brian knew it was time, too. With


30,000 fans cheering them on, there was no question. The boys were back. Dick, who hadn’t written a song


in more than 20 years, suddenly poured them out. That summer he wrote 25, and he hasn’t stopped since. “Todd lit the fire,” he says. But there was work to be done.


Dick, in particular, had to practice. He says he actually had to re-learn parts of the guitar. Brian was more current because he had never really put his guitar down. The songs, the music, came


easily and in a different way. In those early days, recalls


Dick, Capricorn and others were “looking over our shoulders”. They wanted hits. There was the pressure to produce songs everyone loved – middle-of-the-road tunes that were sure to take off. “This time,” says Dick, “they’re


more from the heart. No one tells me what to write, except to write what I feel. I think the songs are deeper.” A band had to be formed, and


they needed a producer. They enlisted long-time friend Colin Linden, a well-known Canadian record


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