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Tony Cook / history
One of the most sample musicians of all time! In 1984,Tony’s New York Production, ”On the Floor – Rock It”, was released and marked into the US/UK charts. It is referred to as the Grand Daddy of all House Records.
Tony was born in Augusta Georgia in 1957; he joined James Brown & The JB’s in February 1976. In 1978 he worked with Etta James, and was the opening act for the Rolling Stones during their U.S. tour. In 1980 Tony took his band: Sky Train” to Europe to back Precious Wilson.
Tony has also performed live and in the studio with such artist as Latimore, Z.Z Hill, Bill Ocean, Robert Palmer, Little Milton, and many others.
In 1984, Tony build his first recording studio, “The Hut” this enriched the music scene in Augusta as well as the entire world of funk. Tony’s Funk Factory launched one great production after another onto the charts. This was also the place, which spawned Tony Cook & The Party People, The GA’s, as well as the Jungle Band and many more.
Tony’s market was predominantly in Europe, the United States, Great Britain, and Australia. 1992 was the year that Tony’s music reached the Dutch and German dance floor after a group of dedicated DJ’s re-mixed his tracks, “Trunk-o-Funk”, “Cooking” and, “The Cook Monster” which remain familiar to the ears, and legs, of many clubbing fans.
In 1993, Tony finally ended his participation in the James Brown organization in order to fully concentrate on his production company, and his newly formed band “Tony Cook’s Trunk-o- Funk. In 2005, Tony rejoined James Brown’s band and remained until Mr. Brown’s passing in December 25th 2006.
Way back when . . .
The photo of Tony ( above left ) was taken in the studio when he was doing a lot of recording with the James Brown Band ( also known as the JB's.) That's him on the right playing drums behind singer Z.Z. Hill .
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