Elizabeth cut a track with the Grascals for the upcoming, monumental Song of America project... Click below for more information:
Model Prisoners in and out of jail recently include Tim Carroll (serving a life sentence), Paul Griffith (G-Paul), Paul Slivka (S-Paul), Marco Giovino (the hillbilly with mob ties), a lovely lioness Suzanne Roherer, Ron Eoff, and Matt Combs.
CHECK OUT ELIZABETH'S NEW VIDEO FOR HER SINGLE, "SOMETIMES IS TAKES BALLS TO BE A WOMAN" BELOW....
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Influences
Lots and always changing but one list Nanci Griffith, Connie Smith, The Hives, Nirvana, Carol Lee Cooper, Jeannie Sealy, Gail Davies, Kirsty McCall, Maria McKee, Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, my mother Joyce Cook, my father Tom Cook, Tim Carroll, Lou Reed, The Velvet Underground, Hank Williams, Rodney Crowell, Vestal Goodman, Dotty Rambo, Sister Rosetta Thorpe, The Whites, The White Stripes, Jack White, Cowboy Jack, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Shelby Lynne, Shel Silverstein, Leona Williams, Merle Haggard, Link Ray, Roger Miller, Tom T. Hall, Tears For Fears, Iggy Pop and The Stooges, The Time, Aretha Franklin (did y'all see her on Martha??), The Beastie Boys, Eminem, Gwen Stefani, Shakira, Bill Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs, Marty Stuart, Dwight Yoakam, Patty Loveless, Chelle Rose, Donna Beasley, Bobbie Gentry, Harlan Howard...really any and all truly inspired singer/songwriters.
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Elizabeth's new video, "Sunday Morning" is right here!
To say that Elizabeth Cook’s background is like something out of a country song would be wildly underestimating the entire genre. The youngest of 11 half-brothers and sisters, she grew up in rural Florida where her musician parents met while playing in local country bars. Her father learned to play upright bass in a Georgia prison band while serving 11 years for running moonshine. Her mother, a singer and mandolin player from the hills of West Virginia, wrote her daughter’s first songs, including “Does My Daddy Love The Bottle More Than He Loves Me,” and had Elizabeth singing on stage at 4 years old.
Elizabeth’s 4th album, Balls is a bold declaration of an uncompromising artist unafraid to be exactly who she is. . Produced by Rodney Crowell, 9 of the album’s 11 tracks are written or co-written by Elizabeth – including the brash anthem “Sometimes It Takes Balls To Be A Woman” – and the album stands defiant in its devotion to smiles, tears and sexy, sassy swagger. It’s a fiercely independent ride where shuffles, ballads and even the occasional juice harp can soar alongside an exquisite cover of The Velvet Underground’s “Sunday Morning.” Balls is, quite simply, Elizabeth Cook’s unabashed breakthrough.
In contemporary country music, it’s a rare performer who will dare to take on the industry on her own hogs-and-kisses terms. But for the artist whom Nanci Griffith has called “this generation’s Loretta Lynn,” it takes a certain tenacity to meld smart attitude with classic tradition, the credibility of a life lived with genuine hillbilly passion, and the integrity to write an acclaimed cache of uncommonly cool songs. In other words, for Elizabeth Cook, it takes Balls, and having Balls is just the beginning.
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Check out Elizabeth's video below for "Before I Go That Far"
hiya elizabeth, enjoyed your show at the ent shed in bedford uk recently! good luck with rest of uk tour! oh! and best wishes to Tim! See you both again soon?? Steve uk
ELIZABETH YOU HAVE ONE SWEET VOICE... MAN OH MAN... PREECHIATECHA FRIENDIN UP. COME ON BY AND GET A DOSE OF RW'S HARD TONKIN NORTHERN ROCK AND SAY HEY ! WE LUV U
