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Biography
Other personsBLP sources|date=August 2007Infobox musical artist|image= Elizabeth Cook.jpg| name = Elizabeth Cook| background = solo_singer| birth_name =| Born = 1972| origin = Wildwood, Florida , United States | instrument = vocals,guitar| genre = country music | years_active = 2000-present| label = Warner Bros. Records Hog County Production 31 Tigers| website = http://www.elizabeth-cook.com Elizabeth Cook (born 1972 in Wildwood, Florida ) is an United States|American country music singer who made her debut on the Grand Ole Opry on March 17, 2000. She has released five albums to date. Balls was produced by Rodney Crowell , and nine of the album's 11 tracks were written or co-written by Elizabeth – including the single "Sometimes It Takes Balls To Be A Woman". Her next album, "Welder", released May 11, 2010, was produced by Don Was . The album received rave reviews.
Biography
The youngest of 11, Cook was born in Wildwood, Florida . Her mother Joyce played mandolin and guitar and performed on radio and local television in her younger years. Her father Thomas also played string instruments. He honed his skills playing upright bass in the prison band while serving time for running moonshine . Also while serving time at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary for the crime, he learned the welding trade to which Elizabeth paid tribute in the title of her 2010 album. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php? storyId=126910286 "Elizabeth Cook: Daughter Of A 'Welder'" interview/report by All Things Considered host Melissa Block , May 18, 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-18. After her father was released, he and Joyce began playing in local country bands together. Elizabeth was on stage with them at age four, singing such inappropriate songs as 'I'm Having Daydreams About Night Things'.Elizabeth Cook: live on Bob Harris Country, BBC Radio 2: July 8, 2010: retrieved from http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00sy7f0 on July 14, 2010 At the age of nine, she had her own band.
Cook graduated from Georgia Southern University in 1996 with dual degrees in Accounting and Computer Information Systems. http://www.elizabeth-cook.com/bio.html Elizabeth Cook Biography In 2000, she independently released The Blue Album ; she made her major label debut in 2002 with ''Hey Y'All . But following a corporate re-structuring that left the album virtually abandoned and stagnant on sales, Elizabeth fought back with her 2004 independent release This Side Of The Moon'', which received positive reviews from The New York Times http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html? res=9503EFDC1430F931A15751C1A9639C8B63& scp=1& sq=%22This%20Side%20Of%20The%20Moon%22%20cook& st=cse " CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK; Stealth Sounds That Missed the Charts but Merit a Hearing" by Kelefa Sanneh, The New York Times , December 22, 2005. E. Cook's album one of ten noted in the article. Retrieved 2010-05-18. and No Depression . Her album Balls was released May 2007. It has been her most successful album to date, thanks to glowing press reviews and significant video play for the song "Sometimes It Takes Balls To Be A Woman." Her 2010 album Welder features appearances by an all-star roster of guests including Dwight Yoakam , Crowell and Buddy Miller . Two songs on the album featured in an NPR report at the time of its release were "El Camino" and "Heroin Addict Sister."
Through it all, Elizabeth maintained a relentless touring schedule, playing shows in America, as well as South Korea , Japan , Norway , Sweden , Poland France and the UK, the last of these including memorable appearances at the Cambridge Folk Festival, the Maverick Festival and the Borderline in London. She has continued appearing on stage at the Grand Ole Opry - indeed, she has appeared over 300 times and yet is still a "non-member".
She toured the UK in support of her Welder LP performing 18 dates with her husband Tim Carroll and her upright bass player Bones Hillman, formerly of Midnight Oil , who had relocated to Nashville, Tennessee after hearing nothing out of Midnight Oil for a year.Bones Hillman in the Elizabeth Cook interview: live on Bob Harris Country, BBC Radio 2: July 8, 2010: retrieved from http://www.bobharris.org/pages/playlist.asp? progcode=c08072010 on July 14, 2010
Welder was number 23 on Rolling Stone 's list of the 30 Best Albums of 2010." http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/30-best-albums-of-2010-20101213 The 30 Best Albums of 2010". Rolling Stone (December 25, 2010). Retrieved 2011-01-18
Cook was invited by the Atlanta Braves to sing the The Star-Spangled Banner|national anthem before their 2011 Major League Baseball season|2011 Opening Day|home opener on April 8 , 2011 ." http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2011/03/31/braves-opening-day-the-fredi-g-era-begins/ Braves Opening Day: The Fredi G. Era begins". ajc.com (March 31, 2011). Retrieved 2011-04-01
Radio Show
Cook hosts the morning radio show "Elizabeth Cook's Apron Strings" on the Sirius XM radio station Outlaw Country on Channel 60. The show airs weekdays from 10:00 AM until 2:00 PM (Eastern Time). The show format is a mix of music, recipes and household cleaning tips. http://www.sirius.com/outlawcountry Sirius Radio
Discography
Studio albums
Title
Album details
Peak chart positions
US Country
US Heat
The Blue Album
Release date: November 20, 2000
Label: self-released
'' Hey, Y'all
Release date: August 27, 2002
Label: Warner Bros. Nashville
This Side of the Moon
Release date: May 17, 2005
Label: Hog Country
Balls
Release date: May 1, 2007
Label: 31 Tigers
Welder
Release date: May 11, 2010
Label: 31 Tigers
"—" denotes releases that did not chart
Singles
Year
Single
Peak positions
Album
US Country
2002
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''Hey, Y'all
2004
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This Side of the Moon
"Heather Are You with Me Tonight"
2005
—
2007
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Balls
2008
—
2010
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Welder
"—" denotes releases that did not chart
Music videos
Year
Video
Director
2002
Chris Rogers
2005
2007
Roger Pistole
2008
George Nicholas
2010
Kristin Barlowe
live radio appearances
Bob Harris Country, BBC Radio 2, July 8, 2010. Cook performed 3 songs live: "All The Time", "El Camino", "My Heroin Addict Sister".
The Back Road Radio Show, Indianapolis, IN 91.9FM WITT, Cook did a Live Interview/>
External links
http://www.elizabeth-cook.com/ Elizabeth Cook official site
http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/cook_elizabeth/artist.jhtml Elizabeth Cook CMT artist main
http://www.backroadradioshow.com/ Elizabeth Cook Interview on The Back Road Radio Show in Indianapolis, Indiana on 6/2/2010
References
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