Summary: Wesley Cook Wesley was born in Wiesbaden, Germany and was raised overseas until he was 17 years old. In his travels and under the musical and literate guidance of his father Dr. Douglas Cook, he was fortunate enough to be exposed to many different styles of music and concepts of thought. His father introduced him to Classical, Blues, Bluegrass, Opera, Folk and many international guitar players and singer/songwriters. He started playing classical guitar at the age of 8 and dropped it after no more than a year. He was unsure of his direction of music at that young age. He picked up the guitar again at 12 and started teaching himself how to play by ear and visual instruction only and on his own terms. When he got to the University of Georgia, he began writing and playing more extensively and trying to mimic his heroes with his own voice and style in order to create a unique sound of his own. "I like to give credit to all my inspirations by imitating them in my own music... I don't like to limit my styles to just one kind... I'll start with instrumental flamenco or something and then go to the blues, etc... I don't like to keep to one type too much... It's not as much fun if all I do is drive one style into the listeners' ears... I love moving around... " Wesley said. Beginning in August, Wesley began recording his first album "We've Been Here Before" at an Athens-based recording studio Pigpen under the direction of Daniel Maldonado Collins as a producer. After many hours spent in the confines of the studio booth, on December 1st was the official CD release with the festivities celebrated at Tasty World in Athens. Currently Wesley is preparing to promote his debut album by playing as many venues as possible, so be sure to keep up with the upcoming dates in December and beginning of 2006. Fans' support and encouragement are much appreciated!Thank you to all!!!
