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Brendan Croker (born 15 August 1953, Bradford, Yorkshire) is an English musician from Leeds. Probably best-known for being a member of The Notting Hillbillies (with Mark Knopfler), he has recorded albums under his own name and occasionally as Brendan Croker & the 5 O'Clock Shadows. During the late 1980s Croker was an auxiliary member of The Mekons and a full-time member of Sally Timms and the Drifting Cowgirls. Croker has recorded with a range of musicians such as Eric Clapton, Tanita Tikaram, Kevin Coyne, and Chet Atkins.
Brendan Croker is described as a sympathetic, maybe rough, pubrocker with big ears, one of the most pleasant musicians to come out of England (as described by a German folk magazine). He came to professional music rather late in the mid 80s with his band Brendan Croker and the Five Oclock Shadows, touring throughout the UK and Europe.
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