associated_acts years_active birth_place label name background birth_date instrument genre article_title birth_name occupation
alabama 1973-present fort payne , alabama , usa rca nashville '' project one digital '' jeff cook solo_singer 27 august 1949 vocals guitar fiddle bass keyboards banjo mandolin country , southern rock , bluegrass jeff cook
 jeffery a. cook musician songwriter
jeff cook

jeffery a. `` jeff '' cook -lrb- born august 27 , 1949 , in fort payne , alabama -rrb- is an american musician who is best known as one of the founding members of the country music group alabama .
born in fort payne , alabama , and of english and native american descent , cook is a graduate of fort payne high school and jacksonville state university .
he obtained a broadcast engineer license three days after his fourteenth birthday , and worked at a local radio station as a disk jockey while still in high school .
cook co-founded the band wildcountry , along with his cousins randy owen and teddy gentry , in 1972 -lrb- the name was switched to alabama in 1977 -rrb- .
he contributed vocals , lead guitar , keyboard , and fiddle to the group 's productions .
since alabama ceased active production and performance in 2003 , cook has formed the groups cook & glenn and the allstar goodtime band , with which he performs .
in addition to his performance work , cook founded cook sound studios , inc. , in his native fort payne , and also established radio station wqrx-am , which he later sold , in adjacent valley head , alabama .
cook is also noted for his culinary endeavors , having operated a restaurant and marketed his own sauce .
cook endorsed the 2008 presidential candidacy of former arkansas governor mike huckabee , and made appearances with the candidate in alabama .
