Browsing: Eli Cook

This year’s Virginia Chili Blues & Brews presents the New Orleans influenced guitarist Sol Roots, gritty blues rocker Eli Cook and more. Recognized as one of the state’s favorites festivals, this event is a celebration of delicious chili paired with exciting and upbeat blues performances.

Guitars blaze amid powerhouse Southern songwriting to usher in the most exciting chapter yet for the young rocker

“The lyrics to ‘Turn Your Money Green’ were the main thing that drew me to this song. They are particularly witty and visual, so I wanted to match them with an equally up-tempo and joyful sounding musical arrangement on the lap steel.”

Cook’s rendering of Muddy Waters’ “Can’t Lose What You Never Had” is slow and deep, and his Dan McCafferty evoking vocal shook us to our core.