The Puyallup Main Street Association is pleased to announce that Jeff Cook, founding member of the world famous country group Alabama, will be performing at the 2009 Meeker Days Festival. Jeff, known as “Mr. Musician” who served as Vocals, Lead Guitar, and Fiddle for the group Alabama, has just about done it all. Alabama signed a recording contract with RCA records in 1980, launching a career that to date has resulted in 21 gold, platinum and multiplatinum albums, 42 number one singles, and more than 78 million records sold!
Alabama has received over 150 industry awards including Eight (8) Country Music Association honors for “Entertainer of the Year” and 2 Grammys, 2 People’s Choice Awards and their very own star on the Walk of Fame. They were named Artist of the Decade by the Academy of Country Music in 1989 and Country Group of the Century by the RIAA(Recording Industry Association of America in 1999. In November of 2005, Jeff and his bandmates received Country Music’s highest homor, being inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Alabama is one of the 20 best-selling acts of all time. In the U.S. alone, they have sold more albums than Elvis and The Beatles combined.
In 2001, Jeff was named Guitarist of the Year by the Gibson Guitar Company.
Jeff will be performing on the Main Stage Friday, June 19 and Saturday, June 20 starting at 8:00 pm both nights. This is a free event.
For more information, contact the Puyallup Main Street Association at (253) 840-2631.
