We're Christopher Cook and Emmy Rose, an acoustic duo from Sebastopol, California. We play original music rooted in folk and blues.
"The music of Cook and Rose is like a majestic antique table. Intricately carved with scrolls and spirals, its dedicated craftsmanship carries stories both ancient and new. Timeless stories that dance right into your soul. And when they've finished playing, you're left at that table to feast on the memory. Trust me, you'll be feasting a long time." –Nicole Cortichiato, Art Spark Texas
Tell me how the sweet life cannot be for me.
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Sugar of Carquinez is an unreleased song. It's a rough mix - hasn't been mastered, so the sound quality may be affected a bit.
Christopher Cook on guitar and vocals, Emmy Rose on harmonium and vocals, the incomparable Gracin Dorsey on cello, and Billy Barnett on second guitar.
Photo by Emily Bristow
I walked through the city of clay,
a place where I'm not very tall,
but you can buy a golden day
in any market stall
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Emmy Rose vocals and harmonium, Christopher Cook guitar
photo by Emily Bristow
A man drove across the plains with a wife with dead eyes
A car he had to push to start and a suitcase full of lies
But every place just looked the same - Nowhere to start again
With a no good battered heart - Afraid to look within
He's a lonesome American
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Christopher Cook on guitar and vocals, Emmy Rose on harmonium
Photo by Emily Bristow
I want to sit with you
Down by the river
Everybody wants to get next to you
‘Cause you’re a giver
But I want to see
Can you put it into my eyes
How you can believe when it's dark
Maybe I'm just not the kind
click the picture to play Been Walkin'
Christopher Cook - guitar, Emmy Rose - vocals, Fred Mandujano - percussion
We are shocked and deeply saddened to hear of the sudden death of our friend, Ollin Chavez. Ollin was a warm, loving soul whose empathic violin playing enriched our music and made it bigger.
The Lonesome American band: Marjorie Gonzales Chavez, Emmy Rose, Christopher Cook, Ollin Chavez, Nathan Cook
"Another day has come around
And I can’t take my eyes off the edge of town
Can’t take my eyes off the edge of town."
Click the image to play Flight Risk
Christopher Cook on guitar and vocals
Emmy Rose on harmonium and vocals
with
Marjorie Gonzales Chavez – guitarrón
Fred Mandujano – percussion
photo by Emily Bristow
The streets are filled with rubble
From some forgotten war
They’d like to fight it all again
But we can’t take it anymore
Oh, misery be warned
There’s only so much can be borne
Christopher Cook – guitar and vocals. Emmy Rose – vocals.
Ollin Chavez – violin. Nathan Cook – trumpet
Click the picture to play "Misery"
Click the picture to hear Chris play Chimney Swifts.
It seems like I’ve lived the time that you’ve lived
But everyone sees a different world
And I know that you’ve been with artless travelers
Who unravel the wonder and take the stars out of the eyes
Of the sweetest girl
Why don’t you leave those boots down there in the sand
They don’t really fit you, so begin again
And call me on your way if you need a hand
Because Colorado will always take you in
Click the picture to play "Afraid of the Crowd"
"It’s a rich and beautiful world
So much to see when you travel about
But when you’re a lonely girl
You can get lost in a house"
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Christopher Cook, guitar and vocals
Emmy Rose, vocals
Gracin Dorsey, cello
