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Jimmy Copley

ジミー・コープリー　/　じみー・こーぷりー

Musician from United Kingdom

December 29, 1953 – May 13, 2017　・　London, United Kingdom

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My Take

Jimmy Copley is the kind of musician I always end up admiring most: the session drummer whose name you might not know but whose playing you've absolutely heard. Look at his collaborators, Jeff Beck, Paul Young, Tears for Fears, Seal, Tony Iommi, Glenn Hughes, plus his stint with Manfred Mann's Earth Band from 2007, and you're basically reading a map of British rock. That breadth tells me he was trusted, adaptable, and easy to call back. He died in 2017 at 63, and to me his career is a reminder that some of the most essential players spend their lives just behind the spotlight, holding everything together.

Overview

James Frank Copley (29 December 1953 – 13 May 2017) was an English rock drummer. Copley was largely a session musician and worked with Jeff Beck, Graham Parker, Upp, Paul Young, Magnum, Roger Glover, Ian Gillan and Glenn Hughes of Deep Purple, Go West, Killing Joke, Tears for Fears, Seal, Tony Iommi and Paul Rodgers. He was the drummer with Manfred Mann's Earth Band from 2007.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Jimmy Copley
Name (Japanese): ジミー・コープリー
Reading: じみー・こーぷりー
Born: December 29, 1953 – May 13, 2017
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Capricorn / Snake
Origin: London, United Kingdom
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: musician

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

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Children: Private
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4. Personality

Motto

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6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%9F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%97%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC

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