๐ชLenore
List of Scott Cooley songs on which Lenore Cooley appears playing accordion:
Three Mariachis ย | ย Cherchez La Femme ย | ย If I Had Time ย | ย Smitten With The Mitten ย | ย Good For Me ย | ย Something About New Orleans ย |ย ย Any Port In A Storm ย | ย Taco Tuesday (Observed)ย
Lenore Louise (Dunkel) Cooley is Scott Cooley's lovely wife, manager, booking agent, publicist, and live-in home studio session musician on accordion.ย She has also done a few backing vocals, and played flute, keyboard, and marimba on a couple songs.ย She also co-wrote part of one song with Scott, and probably deserves co-writing credit for her great suggestions on a few others.ย She is featured on two of Scott's most prominent songs, playing accordion on Smitten With The Mitten, and marimba on Mackinac Island.
A related blog post on Scott Cooley's Blog that is all about Lenore:ย http://blog.scottcooley.com/2019/03/my-secret-weapon-my-wife-accordionist.html
Lenore's page on the Discogs site:ย https://www.discogs.com/artist/6354163-Lenore-Cooley
Lenore's blog:ย http://ilikepinkilikeshoes.blogspot.com/
Light Girl
A woman of many creative talents, Lenore is also a professional "light girl" at disco party events, and is actually a somewhat famous celebrity in Toledo, Ohio of all places for this side gig.
Model
Even more fame - Lenore featured on the Flint Institute of Music website in a photo w/ friend Tammy at Whiting Auditorium:
The lovely Lenore, aerobics queen, is prominently featured in the State News in East Lansing, MI in the following video interview:
Lenore live on marimba at Shmoopiepalooza: