WESTERN UNION 2003     BUY NOW   Funny Thing Revelation Blues Cora-Mae Audio 3.9 MB MP3 High Country Bed of Spikes Audio 4.5 MB MP3 Lemon Grove Audio 3.4 MB MP3 Early Girl New Leaf Age of Loneliness Rovin' Eye Searching Kind You may need to download the MP3 files to hear the audio. Hot on the heels of his popular release, Trouble Light, KEVIN COOK released WESTERN UNION. Produced in Edmonton, in June 2003, with engineer/bass player KORY BURNS, it's a collection of eleven original songs stripped down to the bare essentials. Recorded mostly live in the studio, this country blues flavored disc has a big acoustic sound and covers a lot of roots territory. "I went back and listened to some of my early influences when I was writing this album, people like J.J.Cale, Doc Watson, Norman Blake and Rev. Gary Davis." From the gospel blues groove of "Revelation Blues" to the ragtime bounce of Lemon Grove to the more traditional country bluegrass strains of "Cora-Mae" and "Early Girl", Cook has come up with a sound that is unmistakably his own. Juno award-winning harmonica ace RUSTY REED joins Cook in the studio. He's played with the likes of Otis Rush, B.B.King and Los Lobos. Reed is a longtime member of the Edmonton Folk Festival's house band alongside Amos Garrett. "I've known Rusty for years, we were always crossing paths in the blues clubs but never got a chance to play together till now." String wizard CAM NEUFELD also contributes some fine mandolin tracks. WESTERN UNION reaffirms Cook's reputation as a world-class artist. Hear why. TROUBLE LIGHT 2001       Lyrics Show Me Lyrics Trouble Light Audio 365 KB Lyrics The Happy Song Lyrics Quicksilver Audio 392 KB Lyrics Stray Lyrics Tennessee Lyrics Dry Spell Lyrics Long Lost Friend Lyrics Mist on the Moors Lyrics Hangin' Out in Babylon Audio 392 KB Lyrics Last Call   Recorded on tape in a digital age, TROUBLE LIGHT is a moody collection of songs about struggle and hope tempered with an offbeat sense of humour. Inspired by short stories, modern poetry and sounds from around the world, the lyrics have a personal narrative quality and the music has a strong rhythmic sense. He demonstrates versatility playing acoustic, bottleneck, e-bow and electric guitars. Self-produced in a bare-bones style with subtle cello, bass and percussion arrangements, this critically acclaimed recording exposes Kevin Cook’s strengths as a writer and musician.   You will need the RealPlayer to hear the music files on Trouble Light. Click HERE to obtain the free basic player. HAPPY ACCIDENT 1997       Head in the Clouds A Little Better Comes Natural History Ghost Town Glad Eye Gods Country Margo Hard Road Close to the Surface Diggin' a Hole   news | bio | recordings | projects | reviews | press kit | dates | contact | kevin cooks Copyright © Kevin Cook Music 2002 - 2008, all rights reserved