Bobby Daniel; Nina Singh; Jake Owen; Brad Rice; Sally Allen
Amy Cook plays Simon & Patrick acoustic guitars.
Influences
Richard Hawley, Neil Young, Amelia White, Alejandro Escovedo, Big Star, Sam Phillips, Joni Mitchell, the Cure, Marc Bolan, Jesus and Mary Chain, Simon and Garfunkel, Patty Griffin, bob dylan, David Axelrod, Iron and Wine, Joy Division, The Choir, David Byrne, David Garza, Kenny Rogers (first edition period), Tift Merritt, David Bowie, delectables worldwide, Miles Davis, Shawn Colvin
Sounds Like
The Sky Observer's Guide available now on iTunes, Amazon and many of your local record stores. The Bunkhouse recordings available at iTunes and CDbaby.
“Moody and kick-ass”
Velvet Park
“Plants the flag for songs that explore expanded spaces of imagination...strides buoyantly into the darkness, ever moving ever dreaming...”
Michael Corcoran, Austin American Statesman
"Talk about an appropriate title. THE SKY OBSERVER'S GUIDE is an ethereal wonderland."
No Depression R.I.P.
“Cook’s tales are spun with a genuine sense of wonder...”
Aarik Danielsen, PopMatters
“Marfa must have one awesome blue canopy.”
Times Record (MD)
bio by Izzy D. 2/28/08. (minister of observations, Roothouse Collective)
Amy Cook is a human. She can be found wherever there is a huge sky full of stars and a guitar. She is a lover and a fighter, in that order. She once lived in LA for its charm and nostalgia, now she lives in Austin because that other place lacked fireflies and a sense of hope. She is not altogether self-assured and is a tiny bit sentimental. She tends to the garden of her music in an old trailer sitting on the bluff of a river somewhere, or on the front porch with sleeping dogs at her feet. Amy enjoys long walks on the beach, cheap hotel rooms, fancy hotel rooms, freedom, every songwriter trying to make a living, people who can say “I’m sorry,” and staying up late listening to records with friends. If her songs were fabric, they would be old and tattered and spun of fine silk in a faraway place. The rest I cannot say. Amy Cook has tales to tell.
Thank you amy for accepting as your friend I estimate very much your good predisposition. I wait that some day visits us here in the Argentina.... Bye!!!! Bye!!!!
oh yeah, i thought you might enjoy this~ the day after i turned 48 i tried outrunning a bicycle cop at lax -- but traffic was so bad he caught up with me... i got a ticket for excessive honking... tweet
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Hi Amy- its ur Houston girls..lol...we will be there to see u for Austin pride ..actually coming up for the ROT motorcycle ralley and then realized u were going Austin pride, please send me or Shannon the details on when and where u are playing. Also is there a myspace for Austin pride, cant find a dern thing on it....later gator!
Hello!!Amy!sorry i don't speak english very well!!Thank you very very much for adding me in your site!!merci beaucoup!All the best to you!!P.P.Joe from France...
