Cook said he is “most excited about the group of musicians that gave their talent to the record. Obviously, that stems from Cook’s own passion and orientation, but its folk influence extends to the musicians involved as well. The “Southern-ness” can be heard throughout the album. It captivates the listener from the initial gentle, almost lilting, chords in “Ain’t It Sweet” to the driving close of the sober anthem “Gone.” The marriage of great musicianship and real-life experience expressed creatively is a recipe for something wonderful, and that’s what Cook has made with this record. It is this beautiful collision of soul and precision. And, the result of that metamorphosis, pilgrimage, and 10 years of soaking in Dixie is the sound of Cooks’ forthcoming release, Southland Mission.
And it led him on a musical pilgrimage to the Southland. That Wisco boy was being transformed into a hybrid – both Mason and Dixon. Appalachia, The Delta, and the Bayou were all calling to him.” His wife, Heather, wrote that Cook “was diving deep into the used gospel bin at the record store. He had been learning to pick a banjo, and the soul of Southern music had beckoned him. In 2005, Phil Cook packed up and departed from his hometown, Chippewa Falls, and headed south toward North Carolina.
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