- Jeff Cook
Infobox Musical artist
Name = Jeff Cook
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Background = solo_singer
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Born = birth date and age|1949|08|27Fort Payne, Alabama ,USA
Instrument =Guitar , Vocals,Fiddle
Genre = Country
Occupation =Musician ,Songwriter
Years_active = 1973-present
Label = RCA, "Project One Digital"
Associated_acts = Alabama
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Notable_instruments =Jeffery A. Cook (born
August 27 ,1949 ) was a member of the country music supergroup Alabama.Born in
Fort Payne, Alabama , Cook is a graduate of Fort Payne High School andJacksonville State University . He obtained a broadcast engineer license three days after his fourteenth birthday, and worked at a local radio station as a disk jockey while still in high school. [http://cookandglenn.com/bio_jeff.html Jeff Cook and the AGB: Jeff Cook biography] ]Cook co-founded the band Alabama, along with his cousins
Randy Owen and Teddy Gentry, in 1977. He contributed vocals, lead guitar, keyboard, and fiddle to the group's productions. [ [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:3ifpxql5ldae~T1 Allmusic Biography: Alabama] ] Since Alabama ceased active production and performance in 2003, Cook has formed the groups Cook & Glenn and the Allstar Goodtime Band, with which he performs. ["Songwriters Honored with Special Concert," "The Huntsville Times", September 13, 2007, p. 7G]In addition to his performance work, Cook founded Cook Sound Studios, Inc., in his native Fort Payne, and also established radio station [http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/sta_list.pl?Facility_id=60648 WQRX-AM] , which he later sold, in adjacent
Valley Head, Alabama . Cook is also noted for his culinary endeavors, having operated a restaurant and marketed his own sauce. ["Cook's 'Zesty' Hobby a Feature of Saturday Event," "The Huntsville Times", July 25, 2007, p, 1C]Cook endorsed the 2008 presidential candidacy of former Arkansas governor
Mike Huckabee , and made appearances with the candidate in Alabama. [ [http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2008/02/huckabee_tells_huntsville_crow.html "Huckabee Tells Huntsville Crowd He'll Stay in Race," "The Birmingham News" blogs, February 2, 2008] ]References
External links
* [http://cookandglenn.com/music.html Jeff Cook and the AGB Home] official website
* [http://www.thealabamaband.com/ The Alabama Band] official website
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