(bron: wikipedia)Joe Cooley (1924–20 December 1973) was an Irish musician known for his traditional accordion music.
Cooley was born in Peterswell, County Galway in 1924. Both his parents were melodeon players, and Joe began playing accordion at age 10. As a teen, Joe played in the Midlands area and eventually found himself in Dublin in 1945, where he joined the Galway Rovers Band. There in Dublin, he met musicians Sonny Brogan and Johnny Doran, both of whom were... meer
