Elizabeth Cook

Infobox musical artist


Name = Elizabeth Cook
Background = solo_singer
Birth_name =
Born = 1972
Origin = Wildwood, Florida, United States
Instrument = vocals
Genre = country music
Years_active = 2000-present
Label = Warner Bros. Records
Hog County Production
31 Tigers
URL = http://www.elizabeth-cook.com

Elizabeth Cook (born 1972 in Wildwood, Florida) is an American country music singer who made her debut on the Grand Ole Opry on March 17, 2000. She has released four albums to date. Her newest record, 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".

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 state prison band, while serving time for running moonshine. After he was released, he and Joyce began playing in local country bands together. Elizabeth was on stage with them at age four. At the age of nine, she had her own band.

Elizabeth graduated from Georgia Southern University in 1996 with dual degrees in Accounting and Computer Information Systems. 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 and No Depression. 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 also continued appearing on stage at the Grand Ole Opry.

Discography

Albums

ingles

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]