Dave Cousins

Dave Cousins
Dave Cousins onstage with the Strawbs at B.B. Kings, New York City, on 11 June 2008.
Background information
Birth name	David Joseph Hindson
Born	(1945-01-07) 7 January 1945 (age 72) Hounslow, Middlesex, England
Genres	Bluegrass, progressive folk, progressive rock
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Guitar, banjo, appalachian dulcimer
Years active	1960s–present
Labels	A&M
Associated acts	Strawbs

Dave Cousins (born David Joseph Hindson, 7 January 1945, Hounslow, Middlesex, England) is an English singer and songwriter, who has been the leader, singer and most active songwriter of Strawbs since 1967.

Cousins was a founding member of the band originally known as the Strawberry Hill Boys, which started out as a bluegrass band, but eventually moved on to other styles (folk, folk rock, progressive rock). He has 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 (since September 2004).

Cousins holds an academic degree in statistics and pure mathematics from the University of Leicester, and has also followed a career in radio. He was a producer for Denmark Radio 1969–1979, and has been Programme Controller for Radio Tees (1980–1982), and the Managing Director of Devon Air in Devon (1982–1990).

Since 1991 Cousins has been in charge of St. David's Research, and has been instrumental in many successful franchise applications business ventures involving local radio stations in the UK. Stations such as Thames Radio (Kingston-upon-Thames), Radio Victory (Portsmouth) and XFM in London. He also runs Witchwood Records, an independent record label.