Dave Cousins
David Joseph Cousins (born David Joseph Hindson, January 7, 1940 – July 13,
2025) was an English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and bandleader, best known as
the founder and frontman of the folk-rock band Strawbs. Born in Camberwell,
London, he was the only child of Joseph Hindson, who died in World War II, and
Violet Luck. His mother remarried when he was six, and he took his stepfather’s
surname, Cousins. Raised in Chiswick, Middlesex, he later returned there in the
1970s, rehearsing at the Mawson Arms pub. Cousins co-founded Strawbs in 1964 as
the Strawberry Hill Boys, initiall...
