Biography:

Brendan Croker (15 August 1953 – 12 September 2023) was an English musician, who recorded albums under his own name and with occasional backing band; The Five O’Clock Shadows.^[1] He was also a member of The Notting Hillbillies.^[1] During the late 1980s, he was an auxiliary member of The Mekons and a full-time member of Sally Timms and the Drifting Cowgirls.^[2]

He recorded with Eric Clapton, Tanita Tikaram, Mark Knopfler, Kevin Coyne, and Chet Atkins.^[1]

Fellow Notting Hillbillies member Mark Knopfler announced on X that Croker died due to complications from leukemia on 12 September 2023.^[3]

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