L. V. Cook

L. V. COOK HAS RELEASED HIS THIRD ALBUM AND A NEW VIDEO…

After a 14-year hiatus, my third album of original songs was released in May, 2024.  The eleven songs of “The Feet Will Follow" (TFWF) showcase eleven characters as they come to hopeful terms with a personal challenge. The album is available for streaming from a variety of sources including Bandcamp, Spotify, Amazon, Apple, Deezer, YouTube Music, and Soundcloud.  Audio CDs are also available!

I would like to thank my gifted and inspiring guest musicians for their brilliant contributions to TFWF.  Mark Johnson co-wrote “November Lullaby” and played organ and piano on that track.  He also played organ and electric guitar embellishments on “Hole in the Morning”.  Lavon Smith, my long-time collaborator and former bandmate from Athens, Georgia, played the “electric” electric guitar solos and sang background vocals for “Creatures of Comfort” and “The Chains Inside”. I am honored to have been involved in the production of his album “Lavon Smith." He is an excellent singer-songwriter and musician, so please visit his site on Bandcamp! 

In December 2025, I released his official video for the song “A Little Space”.  The video features space photos and brief video clips from the NASA archives.  Many many thanks to Steve Pendlebury for his expertise and effort putting the video together.

SO, WHO IS L. V. COOK?

L. V.  Cook (a.k.a. Vic Cook) is an award-winning singer-songwriter and aspiring mix engineer/producer based in Burke, Virginia USA.  

As a songwriter and recording artist, Cook's music is best described as acoustic-electric folk-rock Americana with occasional jazz and world music influences. His writing and performance style often reflects the influences of many lyric-focused singer-songwriters of the 1960-80s, including Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty. 

L. V. Cook began performing as a bass player and acoustic guitarist in a succession of bands in Athens GA in the 1980s and 1990s, including the R&B band "Spats" and the acoustic songwriter ensemble "Restless Cha Cha" (i.e., an Athens GA-based band that included long-time collaborator Lavon Smith).  In 1996, Vic decided to explore his options as a solo acoustic folk performer playing around Athens and Atlanta.

Moving to the Washington DC area, Vic released his first album, “Granite In The Mirror” under the artist name "L. V. Cook" in 2003.  From that album, the song “Family Reunion” won the Gold Award in the Folk Category of the 2004 Mid-Atlantic Song Contest. The same song was later featured on the National Public Radio Open Mic. Also form that album, “Monument” got some airplay in Belgium and “Feather” received recognition as well.

In 2010, L. V. Cook released his second album “Roads Water and Orange”.  While the first album had more of a blues-folk Americana vibe, “Roads, Water and Orange” was influenced by music around the world, from Ray Charles to Antonio Carlos Jobim.

In May 2024, L. V. Cook released his third album of original songs “The Feet Will Follow”.  This album features Americana-tinged folk-rock and ballads.

While L. V. performs music less frequently in recent years, he continues to be passionately focused on songwriting, audio engineering and production.  As a music recording enthusiast since the 1980s, he enjoys mentoring fellow singer-songwriters for developing their home recording and production skills.