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Scott Cook Bio "Onesheet": Acrobat .pdf
MS Word .doc Sonicbids EPK (electronic press kit) for Scott Cook (open in a new window) High-Resolution Photos for press use Places I've played: short list complete list Album lyrics can be found in Words |
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"'Long Way To Wander' is an eloquent,
finger picked, perfect for Sunday listening record" "Basically, this is exactly the kind of act
you'd be happy to stumble down the hill or through the birches and hear at a music festival...
warm like a campfire, familiar like the lake down the road... deep-thinking, introspective stuff" "Scott Cook goes to show you what talent and a banjo can do;
in fact he shows that a man with talent and a banjo can make far more beautiful music than something
shiny and blitzy and over produced... a deep lush vocal that makes a song a story every time... beautifully
constructed tracks of patchwork quilt stories within an entirely concrete and realist perspective...
As memorable as Waylon Jennings, but without the country twang... undeniably genuine... Each song
is unique but equally as caressing, soothing, and memorable as its predecessor." "By the time the Anglers took
the stage, emotions were already running high. As entranced bodies bobbed
up and down, the room became filled with a mass of swirling hair and
excited hands pointing upwards. For a band separated by vast distances
for the better part of the year--frontman Scott Cook makes a living
teaching in Taiwan while bassist Darryl Els commutes between Alberta's
dusty plains and his home in South Africa--they delivered an incredibly
tight set that lit up the Sidetrack. Cook's spot-on reggae vocals had
a way of latching on to your cerebral cortex, sending universal shivers
coursing through your spine until your feet answered the call. Coupled
with Els' pulsating acoustic bass lines, Cook's roots-tinged reggae
songs spread smiles through the crowd as quickly as the common cold
(which they both probably caught as they performed the whole set in
true exotic fashion, barefoot). "Earthy, organic, acoustic sounds without the fluff. These
guys sing and play good ol’ down to earth, real Canadian music.
Great vocals with some tasteful instrumental work and darn good song
writin’.” |
"Alternating between an acoustic guitar and a banjo, frontman Scott Cook
led the steamy crowd of dreadlocked dancers along like a barefooted
pied piper with his eclectic mix of musical styles. At the heart of
it all was an undeniable groove and a message of universal love that
gave the night a warm fuzzy vibe even a cynical old bastard like myself
couldn’t ignore." "His voice is Tom Waits, his sensibilities are Bob Dylan, Kerouac, and Walt Whitman, and his music is a
mixture of folk, rhythm and blues, country, bluegrass and reggae. Being a writer as well as a musician,
his songs are rich, atmospheric stories about his geographical and philosophical journeys... His music
has the ability to transport one instantly to a space of campfire-lit, creek-dipping radiance. Listening
to this album is perennially serendipitous – like one is chancing upon a well-traveled old soul by the
fireside, whose stripping-away-the-veneer knowledge of the world is never jaded, but always innocent." "Long Way To Wander resonates with a Dylan-esque verve,
a Waits-ian post-modernity, Cook baring his soul in public for all to hear. The songs mostly
revolve around Cook's strings - guitar, banjo, ukelele - and his low, booming voice... His
observations are spot-on and often funny, and places and people come to life vividly, whether
Cook is singing about his grandmother in Alabama or about being lost somewhere in the middle
of Asia... Long Way To Wander represents a huge leap forward for a singer-songwriter who has
many more stories to tell." “The kids in Chungli know how
to party, and often follow their locally based band The Anglers to Taipei
when they play. The Anglers are not only all cute, they also play a
groovy, chilled out, down-home rock/funk music that gets everyone dancing.” “The charismatic Cook, sporting
his trademark mutton chops, performed his frontman duties well, getting
people moving. The rest of the band help up their end as well, laying
down a solid, infectious groove.” |
past shows:
| Festivals & benefit concerts: North
Country Fair, Driftpile, AB, '04, '05, '07 & '08 Club shows (Taiwan): The River,
Jungli, innumerable times |
Club shows (Canada): The
Black Dog, Edmonton |
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for a complete, ordered list of past shows, click here |
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you want to get ahold of Scott, scott & the anglers |
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PLEASE READ THIS:
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martin luther king on vietnam... as relevant today as it was back in '67. cheney predicts a decade-long occupation; history repeats itself. |
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