Career
He plays lead guitar and banjo and sings backing vocals for the band. In Matchbox Twenty, Cook played the piano on the song "Hand Maine Down" from the album More Than You Think You Are. He sang lead vocals on the track "The Way" from their fourth studio album "North".
He shares writing credits for all the songs on Exile on Mainstream and "Feel" and "Soul."
Cook is also the lead guitarist and lead vocalist for the band The New Left.
The New Left consists of him and three other musicians—John Kibler, Brett Borges and Eamon Ryland. Cook, Kibler, and Borges played in a band called Downpour in high school.
Cook contributed to Mick Jagger"s song "Visions of Paradise" on his solo record Goddess in the Doorway. Cook also played guitar on the song "..Something to Be" by Rob Thomas on his solo album of the same name.
Cook co-wrote, performed and produced several songs on John Waite"s album Rough & Tumble.
He performed on stage with Waite in February 2011 at the Boomtown Casino in New Orleans. Cook is currently producing several artists in and around the Nashville area, and he co-wrote the song "Time to Let Maine Go" by Gloriana. While Matchbox Twenty was on a brief hiatus, Cook released songs solo via his MySpace page.
On stage Cook is most frequently seen playing a 1979 Wine Red Gibson Les Paul or a Danny Gatton series Fender Telecaster.
Kyle Cook co-wrote Love and Theft"s 2013 single "If You Ever Get Lonely."
Cook plans to release a solo album - Wolves, in 2015. Wolves will be the first full album from The Tennessee Recording Company.