As long as your moving on something, that’s what’s really important.’ If you have the time, go for it! It can be overwhelming, but it’s not if you find your own thread.
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There are infinite windows in the past and in the present. The advantage of being in this time we’re in now is being able to see all the layers and, if you want, to sort through it. They were all listening to this canon of music from the 20’s, 30’s and 40’s, and really filtering it out. ‘It’s funny that a lot of my favourite records, like Giant Step by Taj Mahal, Boomer’s Story by Ry Cooder, Bonnie Raitt’s Takin’ My Time, were all done in the same time. Musicians who filter their influences through their own music, are a recurring aspect in Cooks taste. They want to invite you through and say: “Look who I learned this from, this is way cooler than me”, you know? “It’s not about me, it’s about this. I think the best artists are the people who open the door and unashamedly and welcomingly open the door to the past. From there it really obviously transferred to Muddy Waters, Hound Dog Taylor and J.B. It started in a funny way, with The Paul Butterfield Blues Band a mostly white Chicago blues band from the sixties. So as I explored music when I was thirteen or fourteen years old, I discovered the blues. ‘They weren’t necessarily records that were played at the house all the time, you know what I mean, but it was sort of a library that I had access to. Ry Cooder’s just my favourite, because I love his sensibility.’Īll the music that Cook cherishes now are all records that were sitting in his dad’s vinyl collection when he was a kid. Embracing that, that’s why I really love Lowell George and Willis Alan Ramsey. I kinda tend to gravitate towards people that really incorporate an element of dirty swing and good syncopation. In 2015, I get a chance to look back at not only the source material, but also the entire generation after that, and all those players that were filtering that into their own sound. However it all jumbles up in his brain and comes out of his fingers… I’m interested in his versions of things. ‘Then there’s other people like my hero Ry Cooder, who’s just a filter. More than one person got their doctorate degree entirely based on that subject.’ He disappeared and people have written dissertations about what they think he did. ‘The source is Washington Phillips, a gospel artist in Texas. There’s a thread between the two songs that Cook covered. This session was easy to film, at the dressing room of EKKO, because all of these videos were done in one take. Cook’s eyes lit up when I asked him about Michael Taylor, or Washington Phillips. Luckily all of that noticeably went into the record as well. The love for music and his friends or band mates just radiates from his face. If you’ve ever talked to Phil Cook or seen him perform, you’ll know what I mean when I write that he leaves you somewhat happier than you were before. Take Your Burden To The Lord (Washington Phillips)Ĭherry Ball Blues (Skip James & Ry Cooder) This session was recorded backstage at music venue EKKO in Utrecht. Read an interview with Phil Cook below the videos. But, that was no surprise after filming this session in February of this year, a couple of hours before Cook played at EKKO in Utrecht with Hiss Golden Messenger. This month Phil Cook’s record Southland Mission was released and I kid you not, it blew me away. Cook and his brother Brad formed Megafaun, and Phil was now working on a new solo record, after releasing an album as Phil Cook & His Feat in 2011. Learning more about his music, I found out he was friends with fellow Durham, North Carolina inhabitant Phil Cook. Hiss Golden Messenger, because I had become addicted to his records.
Early in 2014 I filmed a session with Michael Taylor a.k.a.
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