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Eli Hudnall Cook was born in Nelson County, Virginia

on April 24, 1986. He grew up in a world of "old cars,

chain-saws, and guitars" in a Blue Ridge Mountain

hollow where radio still reigned, and telephones and

television failed. Eli began playing Gospel at revivals

when he was 15, and still never forgets to "take you to

church" at some moment in his performance today.

Eli describes his music as "blue, blue, Blues." Phil Reser,

of BluesWax describes Eli as "a young gun with an old soul who storms through slide guitar romps, tackling the Blues, and sounding like his generation's Son House or Elmore James. He's not just playing the same licks as his mentors, but adding his signature sound and style to the art of the Blues."

However you describe Eli's music, it has ushered him onto many a wonderful stage: He frequently opens for B.B. King, has shared the spotlight with Johnny Winter, Shemekia Copeland, and Robert Cray, and has performed on the Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

Today, Eli tours nationally and his recordings are played on radio stations all over the world.

Moonshine Mojo, his debut album recorded in 2004, has become a collector's item

featuring renditions of classic Blues hits like Muddy Waters' "Mannish Boy", and John Lee

Hooker's "Huckle Up". Miss Blues'es Child, recorded in 2005, was picked up by New York's

Valley Entertainment on their Sledgehammer Blues Label in 2007 and earned a feature

article in Guitar Player Magazine. ElectricHolyFireWater, 2007 is ranked as one of the best

electric guitar recordings of the year by New York's Axecalibre, and one of the best 100

electric guitar albums of the last decade by La 7e Corde, France. Static in the Blood, 2009, is

a lush R&B studio recording with roots deep in gospel and blues. Citing influences as diverse

as Kid Rock and Jay Z, Eli continued to introduce the Blues to the listener of the new

century. Ace, Jack, & King, Eli's most recent release, has taken the blues world by storm,

and clinched an article on the Hit List of Vintage Guitar Magazine.

" I listened to Eli Cook and was amazed by his powerful performance. There is a clear connection between his style and that of Fred McDowell."

Bill Ferris, Author of “Give My Poor Heart Ease: Voices of the Mississippi Blues"

"Artists often talk about the blues as a living and growing thing and not just

a style of music fit for museums. Cook puts that theory into practice."

John Heidt, Vintage Guitar, Jan 2012

"His scarifying solo-country blues chill like a hellhound on your trail."

Dave Rubin, Guitar Player Magazine

"Singer and guitarist Eli Cook settles into the rhythm of the blues with surprising presence and warmth, something quite rare among the younger exponents of 12-bar music. His performances on Miss Blues'es Child attest to his high regard for forefathers like Son House and Mississippi Fred McDowell."

Frank-John Hadley 2007 Keeping the Blues Alive Journalism Award Winner

“Natural and convincing, (Cook) has what it takes to be the best blues singer of his generation…”

All Music Guide

"Eli Cook is a revelation. With a voice as rich and graveled as his by-gone Delta-blues predecessors and guitar work that most musicians couldn’t hope to master through decades of intensive training, Cook’s debut release feels more like an unearthed Southern masterpiece than the recordings of an underage white boy ."

LGLP at On Tap Magazine, Washington, D.C

“Simply put, Miss Blues’es Child provides ample evidence that Eli Cook is a major talent, following in the footsteps of Gregg Allman and Joe Cocker as a white man who can truly sing the blues…”

Hittin’ The Note

"Over the top of the crushing riffs one can hear guitarist Cook's roots in Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson and Jimi Hendrix...Equally adept at slide guitar, Cook evokes the spirit of Elmore James in modern form."

Keith Langerman, Nightwatcher's House of Rock

"Eli Cook is a young gun with an old soul. The 20-year-old storms through slide guitar romps tackling the Blues and sounding like his generation's Son House or Elmore James. ...His deep, thick, rough voice combines the essence of John Lee Hooker and R.L. Burnside. He's not just playing the same licks as his mentors, but adding his signature sound and style to the art of the Blues. Eli Cook is the youngest, old school Blues musician I have ever interviewed."

Phil Reser, Blues Wax

“Cook's raucous take on "Fixin' To Die" shows his mastery of incessant, scratchy electricity. By contrast, the satisfying, seven-minute-long "Trick Bag," demonstrates his sensitivity to the importance of empty space, something young performers don't usually develop so early in their careers. Eli Cook is a talent to reckon with.”

Jon Sobel, Blogcritics

“[Eli is] a kid sick with talent and someone with the potential to reinvigorate a tired genre.”

Jonathan Keefe, Slant Magazine