Background
Cook grew up on a dairy farm in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, the eldest of four children.
Cook grew up on a dairy farm in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, the eldest of four children.
He graduated from Yarmouth Consolidated Memorial High School in 2000.
Cook performs original country music to largely non-country audiences and has released three independent albums - Hot Times (2008), Peaks & Valleys (2010), and Wrestling with Demons (2013). Cook has toured across Canada and the United States performing original songs as well as tribute concerts to historic songwriters Hank Williams, and Merle Travis. In high school Cook wrote and sang for local punk rock and heavy metal garage bands.
While in college, he worked part-time at a retirement home and began taking requests to perform traditional country music
He developed a passion for the genre which led him to pursue a career in folk and country music In 2008, Cook recorded with his then touring band, Sunny Acres, and released his debut LP Hot Times.
In 2009, while performing at the CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tennessee, Cook met John Walker, a producer for Music City Roots. The two established a partnership which brought many Nashville musicians together to record at Quad Studios.
The album features Lloyd Green, Andy Leftwich, Guthrie Trapp, Bruce Bouton, and Alison Brown.
2011-2014: Wrestling with Demons, Solo The album was produced in Canada and also featured Canadian guitarist/fiddler J.P Cormier.
In 2013 Cook released a third album, Wrestling with Demons, which featured former members of Hank Snow"s touring band The Rainbow Ranch Boys.