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      Calendar of Up-Coming Events

   Booking and Info: vangotangoprokofiev@yahoo.com
    TO CONTACT  Valley Entertainment/SledgehammerBlues:     
            jon@valley-entertainment.com     212-580-9200
  Sept. 17     McGrady's Irish Pub
                   Charlottesville, Va   Solo 9-12PMPM

  Sept. 18     Avoca Museum Wine Festival
                     Alta Vista, Virginia
                    Noon--6   Full Band

  Oct. 9       Shenandoah Pizza,
                 Staunton, Va  Solo  8:30-10:30PM
                  
  Oct. 15     McGrady's Irish Pub
                  Charlottesville, Va   Solo 9-12PM

  Oct 16     Rapunzels, Lovingston, Va
                   Solo Blues   8PM

Oct 22    Fellini's , Charlottesville, Va
                   Solo Delta Blues, 10PM

Oct. 23      Clementine Cafe
                    Harrisonburg, Virginia
                     Eli Cook's Blues Band
 
  Nov 5       McGrady's Irish Pub
                   Charlottesville, Va   Solo  9-12PM

  Nov 6     Shenandoah Pizza, Staunton, Va
                     Solo Blues  8:30-10:30PM

  Nov.  13     The Bayou Blues Club,  NYC 
                  Eli Cook's Blues Band
                  11PM  www.thebayourestaurant.com

  Nov. 19      The Purple Fiddle
                     Thomas, West Virginia
                   www.thepurplefiddle.com
                    Solo Acoustic Blues

  Nov. 20      BB's Jazz, Blues & Soups
                   St. Louis, Mo.
                    Solo Acoustic Blues  7PM

  Nov 22      The Voodoo Lounge
                  Huntsville, Alabama
                   Solo Acoustic Blues 9:30-1:30PM

  Dec 3       McGrady's Irish Pub
                  Charlottesville, Va   Solo 9-12PM

  Dec 10     Madam's Organ, Washington, D.C.
                  Eli's Double-Barrel Blues Show

















PHOTO BY ROB GARLAND
Eli Cook
"Blues Legend in the Making"
    ---Guitar Edge Magazine
        Blues Special Edition, 2008
 

Request to be added to Eli's         e-             e-mail list here:
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"Singer and guitarist Eli Cook settles into the rhythm of the blues with surprising presence and warmth, something quite rare among the younger exponents of 12-bar music. His performances on Miss Blues'es Child attest to his high regard for forefathers like Son House and Mississippi Fred McDowell." -- Frank-John Hadley (2007 Keeping the Blues Alive Journalism Award Winner)

“Natural and convincing, (Cook) has what it takes to be the best blues singer of his generation…”  -- All Music Guide

“Simply put, Miss Blues’es Child provides ample evidence that Eli Cook is a major talent, following in the footsteps of Gregg Allman and Joe Cocker as a white man who can truly sing the blues…” –Hittin’ The Note

“…Cook doesn’t just play exceptionally well for someone his age, he plays exceptionally well for someone of any age, in any age.  He’s a prodigy, with enough soul in him now to match someone with years of experience, and the chops to flaunt it.” – The Hook, Charlottesville, VA

“Cook's raucous take on "Fixin' To Die" shows his mastery of incessant, scratchy electricity. By contrast, the satisfying, seven-minute-long "Trick Bag," demonstrates his sensitivity to the importance of empty space, something young performers don't usually develop so early in their careers.   Eli Cook is a talent to reckon with.”  -- Blogcritics

“His debut CD, Miss Blues’es Child, is musically simple and intriguing. Cook sings in the slurred, sometimes droning style of an old bluesman and has a guitar tone that alternates between low-down greasy and refreshingly crisp.” –Fort Worth Weekly

“Cook sounds as if he was raised at the bottom of the Mississippi Delta (especially on the fine “Terraplane Blues”)…even the timbre of his voice suggests he is not of this era...” –Pop Matters

“[Eli is] a kid sick with talent and someone with the potential to reinvigorate a tired genre.” –Slant Magazine

“[Eli] Cook makes himself right at home on songs like “Terraplane Blues”, serving the style-over-substance Jonny Langs of the blues world their eviction notices.” –C-Ville (Charlottesville, VA)