{"id":5060,"date":"2011-12-08T23:04:36","date_gmt":"2011-12-09T04:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/?p=5060"},"modified":"2011-12-16T16:21:26","modified_gmt":"2011-12-16T21:21:26","slug":"gimme-five-phil-of-phil-cook-and-his-feat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/2011\/12\/gimme-five-phil-of-phil-cook-and-his-feat\/","title":{"rendered":"Gimme Five! Phil of Phil Cook and His Feat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Picture-31-e1324070398967.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5116\" title=\"Phil Cook\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Picture-31-e1324070398967-300x223.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"271\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Picture-31-e1324070398967-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Picture-31-e1324070398967.png 548w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px\" \/><\/a>Phil Cook made a name for himself as one third of Megafaun, a band famed for their mad scientist approach to folk and indie rock sounds. Their success hasn&#8217;t kept Cook from enjoying the simple pleasure of playing music on his front porch, though. Eager to share that simpler side of his musical persona, Cook started a one-man-band. Lucky for all of us, you don&#8217;t need a private invite to hear him and &#8220;His Feat&#8221; play a round of tunes, just a copy of <em>Hungry Mother Blues<\/em> (his 2011 release) or perhaps an open stage for him to sing from.<\/p>\n<p>So sure, Cook can handle a solo set, but can he tackle these five brain benders? See for yourself after the jump.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><strong>1. If your band were a cartoon character, what\/who would it be?<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Picture-22.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5115\" title=\"Phil Cook\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Picture-22-243x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIf I were a cartoon character, I&#8217;d likely be Elmer Fudd concentrating oh so hard on the task at hand. Almost succeeding most of the time, but still trying.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. When did you decide it was time to share this musical project?<\/strong><br \/>\nI was at a sadly under-attended show at nightlight two years ago and saw a guy named William Tyler play solo guitar. It wasn&#8217;t that his playing was so inspiring, but that his JOY of playing was so obviously written all over his face. I recognized that joy instantly and surprisingly as the joy I feel when I play on my front porch! I thought, why not just go for it?<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Describe how your Dad has affected your love of music.<\/strong><br \/>\nMy father, Paul, is on the verge of retirement and will be moving down to Durham from Wisconsin. I&#8217;d love to tell you more about what kind of character he is but I don&#8217;t wan to ruin the surprise the triangle has in store for itself when he starts gigging down here with his accordion. I will reveal that he played a lot of piano around us as kids and was always sitting us down to show us cuts from his LP collection. I cherish many memories of those times.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Picture-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5117\" title=\"Phil Cook\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Picture-4-300x198.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"239\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Picture-4-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Picture-4-120x80.png 120w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Picture-4.png 453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" \/><\/a>4. Who\/what might be a few inspirations or influences that would really surprise people?<\/strong><br \/>\nMany time in my life I connected more honestly with female voices like Patty Griffin, Sarah Siskind, The Dixie Chicks, Rickie Lee Jones, The Be Good Tanyas, The Indigo Girls and Shawn Colvin. I would say that Bruce Hornsby was my first big influence, the one who got me playing piano well past when my folks went to bed. When I was nine my two favorite records were The White Album by the Beatles and Sillouettes by Kenny G.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. What did you dream of being when you were a kid? (How \u00e2\u20ac\u2122d that turn out?)<\/strong><br \/>\nI remember going backpacking every fall in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and in seventh grade (right before I found Bruce Hornsby) I had this amazing moment whilst looking out from a bluff onto miles of autumn colors and having a strong notion to be a park ranger. I still love to camp and go for hikes, but Hornsby saved me from learning about tree rot.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Keep checking <a href=\"http:\/\/philcookandhisfeat.bandcamp.com\/\">Phil&#8217;s websitee<\/a> for live dates and plenty of feats of recording fancy. And by all mean, give him a high five when you see him!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phil Cook made a name for himself as one third of Megafaun, a band famed for their mad scientist approach to folk and indie rock sounds. 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