Friday, April 21, 2023 • 7:00-9:30 PM

An Evening with Eli Cook

Arts Incarnate, 75 Mason Street, Harrisonburg, VA 22802

Arts Incarnate, collaborating with Cross Keys Studios and Tuning Fork Entertainment present: Eli Cook (with Jeremiah Prophet) Christened “the best blues singer of his generation” by All Music Guide.

Named one of the top three blues soloists in the world by UK’s Blues Matters Magazine, Eli gives an intimate acoustic performance of concert hall quality on steel resonator, 6 and 12-string guitars.

The legendary Son House was known to say “Blues is a feelin’.” Eli Cook’s music expresses that same raw honesty in a unique blend of contemporary and old-school styles, creating an original sound at the fore-front of modern Blues and Rock.

Eli took up the guitar as a teenager in the Blue Ridge foothills of Virginia. Following the tradition of the great blues men, he performed in churches and late-night gospel revivals with only his acoustic and deep baritone voice, while playing every hole-in-the-wall bar that could handle his electric power trio. Blending the influences of John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Fred MacDowell, Bukka White and Lightning Hopkins with the likes of Clutch, Soundgarden, C.O.C., and Rage Against the Machine, he forged a fresh sound, alive with the southern blues tradition.

Jeremiah Prophett has busked 48 states; professionally gigged in a few of them and delivers every melody with a passion centered around “taking you to the right moment.” Hailing from Elkton Virginia; a train town, Jeremiah brings a new spark to his originals/covers based on the energy of the night.

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