Jeff Cook
Country, Composer
1949 –
Who is Jeff Cook?
Jeffery A. "Jeff" Cook is an American musician who is best known as one of the founding members of the country music group Alabama.
Born in Fort Payne, Alabama, and of English and Native American descent, Cook is a graduate of Fort Payne High School and Jacksonville 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.
Cook co-founded the band Wildcountry, along with his cousins Randy Owen and Teddy Gentry, in 1972. He contributed vocals, lead guitar, keyboard, and fiddle to the group's productions. 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.
In addition to his performance work, Cook founded Cook Sound Studios, Inc., in his native Fort Payne, and also established radio station 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.
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- Born
- Aug 27, 1949
Fort Payne - Also known as
- Jeffery A. "Jeff" Cook
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Gadsden State Community College
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on July 23, 2013
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