We're Christopher Cook and Emmy Rose, an acoustic duo from Sebastopol, California. We play original music rooted in folk and blues.
“Listening to their music rewards me with the awareness of my humanity.” – Cris Hardy, songwriter
We must go to South America
The flowers are dropping from the vine
We will gather in the air tonight
I will follow a day behind…
Christopher Cook guitar, Emmy Rose vocals, Davie Peck harmonium
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I used to swim in a creek
Throw a bucket down a well
Now all I have is a small canteen
For this trip through hell
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Christopher Cook on guitar and vocals. Emmy Rose on harmonium.
Marjorie Gonzales Chavez on guitarrón
Sue Ellen, are the roses still sweet,
that we passed on our way
as we walked to the bay
down at the end of the windy street?
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Emmy Rose, vocals
Christopher Cook, guitar
Ollin Chavez, violin
Marjorie Gonzales Chavez, guitarron
photo by Emily Bristow
The bees search the hillsides for the sweetest drops of dew
They find them in the footprints left there by you
Christopher on guitar and vocals,
Emmy Rose on vocals,
Gracin Dorsey on cello,
Davie Peck on harmonium
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At a carnival in Nacogdoches, black clouds and thunder on the way
Lighting struck the Ferris wheel; we rolled all the way to Galveston Bay
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Christopher Cook – guitar and vocals, Emmy Rose – vocals and harmonium
Ollin Chavez – violin, Marjorie Gonzales Chavez – guitarrón
Fred Mandujano – percussion, Nathan Cook – trumpet
Oh, Ma'moiselle, I read about women like you in books
What you want with me and my dusty panhandle looks?
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I'm waitin' for a big orange moon;
I'll walk around while the whole town sleeps
And at dawn, it's gonna give me a tune…
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Christopher Cook, guitar and vocals
Emmy Rose, vocals
photo by Emily Bristow
Tell me how the sweet life cannot be for me.
Sugar boats come from across the ocean…
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Christopher Cook on guitar and vocals, Emmy Rose on harmonium and vocals, the incomparable Gracin Dorsey on cello, and Billy Barnett on second guitar.
I sailed to the edge of the world
And I fell into the abyss
There I met a girl
Wandrin' in the mist
Oh, how there is no time, when you live the life sublime
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Emmy Rose vocals and harmonium, Christopher Cook guitar
I got an old black dog - turns out he's my best friend
His muzzle is gray - he always looks a little thin
He was on his own for a long time - it isn't easy for him
But he gets up every morning and says “OK, let's start again”
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Christopher Cook on guitar and vocals, Emmy Rose on harmonium