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Casey Cook
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"His song writing is prolific and top notch."
-Julie Koeler, Bluegrass Unlimited
"He is a great player. I encourage you to watch him. You will be hearing about him again and again."
-Dan Miller, Flatpicking Guitar Magazine
"The most exciting young flatpicker I have seen. His solos are accurate and lighting fast.”
-Playgrounds Magazine-Columbus GA
Guitarist Casey Cook has been a musician all of his life. His parents were professional bluegrass musicians, touring the country when Casey was just three years old. At the age of four Casey recorded his first album with their band, Special Cooking. He was then inducted into the Florida Country Music Hall of Fame as the youngest touring bluegrass musician to perform and record professionally. In 1999 Casey moved to Atlanta, GA as a founding member of The Dappled Grays. After releasing their first studio project, In the Gait, The Dappled Grays were given the coveted title of Atlanta's Best Bluegrass Band by Creative Loafing Magazine. Casey was soon featured in the nationally distributed publication, Flatpicking Guitar Magazine, and had his original work published before he was 21. The Dappled Grays’ next project was the critically acclaimed “Doin My Job” released in 2006. Since then the group has had major airplay on radio stations around the world. Casey’s original song “The Night Life” was a top five hit on the Sirius/XM radio program “Bluegrass Junction”. The band was honored by the International Bluegrass Music Association in 2008, performing an official showcase.
Casey joined the Andy Carlson Band in 2002, recording on two studio projects, one of which was voted in the Top 50 Bluegrass Releases of 2005. Casey has shared the stage and taught along side some of the greatest artists in the business including Ricky Scaggs, The Del McCoury Band, David Grier, Mountain Heart, and Claire Lynch. His songs have been featured by MTV, appearing on sound tracks for several television programs. Most recently, Casey was featured as a composer and performer in the latest Clint Eastwood film, Trouble with the Curve in 2012.
Casey joined the Music Faculty at Denison University in Granville, Ohio as the bluegrass guitar instructor in 2007. He also serves as the co-director of the Denison Bluegrass Program. Since joining Denison, Casey has enjoyed working closely with Fiddler/Violinist Andy Carlson. The two travel regularly together in a duo configuration throughout the country. He has taught and performed at The University of Texas at Austin String project, SXSW music festival, the Preucil School of music, and a ten-day tour of China. (Performing in Shanghai, Xian, and Beijing) Highlights of this tour include performing at The Beijing Opera House and The Great Wall of China. Casey also collaborated with Andy Carlson and dulcimer player, Mark Wade, to perform at the Walnut Valley Association Festival in Winfield, Kansas in 2011 and 2012. The Mark Alan Wade Trio will also perform at National Taichung University in Taichung, Taiwan and at the Cimbalom World Association in Taipei in October 2013.
-Julie Koeler, Bluegrass Unlimited
"He is a great player. I encourage you to watch him. You will be hearing about him again and again."
-Dan Miller, Flatpicking Guitar Magazine
"The most exciting young flatpicker I have seen. His solos are accurate and lighting fast.”
-Playgrounds Magazine-Columbus GA
Guitarist Casey Cook has been a musician all of his life. His parents were professional bluegrass musicians, touring the country when Casey was just three years old. At the age of four Casey recorded his first album with their band, Special Cooking. He was then inducted into the Florida Country Music Hall of Fame as the youngest touring bluegrass musician to perform and record professionally. In 1999 Casey moved to Atlanta, GA as a founding member of The Dappled Grays. After releasing their first studio project, In the Gait, The Dappled Grays were given the coveted title of Atlanta's Best Bluegrass Band by Creative Loafing Magazine. Casey was soon featured in the nationally distributed publication, Flatpicking Guitar Magazine, and had his original work published before he was 21. The Dappled Grays’ next project was the critically acclaimed “Doin My Job” released in 2006. Since then the group has had major airplay on radio stations around the world. Casey’s original song “The Night Life” was a top five hit on the Sirius/XM radio program “Bluegrass Junction”. The band was honored by the International Bluegrass Music Association in 2008, performing an official showcase.
Casey joined the Andy Carlson Band in 2002, recording on two studio projects, one of which was voted in the Top 50 Bluegrass Releases of 2005. Casey has shared the stage and taught along side some of the greatest artists in the business including Ricky Scaggs, The Del McCoury Band, David Grier, Mountain Heart, and Claire Lynch. His songs have been featured by MTV, appearing on sound tracks for several television programs. Most recently, Casey was featured as a composer and performer in the latest Clint Eastwood film, Trouble with the Curve in 2012.
Casey joined the Music Faculty at Denison University in Granville, Ohio as the bluegrass guitar instructor in 2007. He also serves as the co-director of the Denison Bluegrass Program. Since joining Denison, Casey has enjoyed working closely with Fiddler/Violinist Andy Carlson. The two travel regularly together in a duo configuration throughout the country. He has taught and performed at The University of Texas at Austin String project, SXSW music festival, the Preucil School of music, and a ten-day tour of China. (Performing in Shanghai, Xian, and Beijing) Highlights of this tour include performing at The Beijing Opera House and The Great Wall of China. Casey also collaborated with Andy Carlson and dulcimer player, Mark Wade, to perform at the Walnut Valley Association Festival in Winfield, Kansas in 2011 and 2012. The Mark Alan Wade Trio will also perform at National Taichung University in Taichung, Taiwan and at the Cimbalom World Association in Taipei in October 2013.