Veteran bassist Denver Brian Coorey was elected as the President of the Catamarans Sports Club, popularly known as ‘Cats’ for the 2015/2016 Period at the ‘Cats’ Annual General Meeting held recently.  Born on 19th April 1955 he had his primary education at Prince of Wales College, before moving on to Wesley College, Colombo where he [...]

The Sunday Times Sri Lanka

Brian heads ‘Cats’

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Veteran bassist Denver Brian Coorey was elected as the President of the Catamarans Sports Club, popularly known as ‘Cats’ for the 2015/2016 Period at the ‘Cats’ Annual General Meeting held recently.  Born on 19th April 1955 he had his primary education at Prince of Wales College, before moving on to Wesley College, Colombo where he excelled in his academic career and in the field of sports.

He was a renowned versatile musician and singer and belonged to a rare breed as a left-handed bass guitarist. He was a member of the ‘Bambaras’ – the youngest ever Sri Lankan musical group to cut a disc (EP record on the ‘Philips’ Label) way back in 1968, when he was 13 years old. He played music for ‘Crystal Set’, ‘Gaylord Revival’ ‘Talk of the Town’ and ‘Pink ‘n’ Purple’ in the 70’s era. He obtained a Bachelors Degree in Science from the University of Sri Jayawardenapura in 1978. Brian had also been a past president of the Moratuwa Arts Forum, YMCA Moratuwa and Rotary Club of Moratuwa. While still indulging in music. whenever time permits, today he manages his own pharmaceutical trading company along with his sons.

With a large musical crowd which includes Priya Peiris of ‘Labambas’, Lincoln de Silva, leader of Super ‘Pink n Purple’ among many others, Brian and his membership are bound to have many musical happenings lined up in the club as events for the forthcoming year.

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