- Kyle Cook
David Kyle Cook born
August 29 ,1975 inFrankfort, Indiana , is a member of the bandMatchbox Twenty . He playslead guitar ,banjo and singsbacking vocals for the band. He attended the Atlanta Music Institute. He also lived inOviedo, Florida for a time. His house located between two family houses belonging to relatives of professional golfer Steve Lamontagne.Cook and his wife, Sabrina, whom he married in may 1999 have two children, both girls. He currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee.He played classical
violin for five years before learning to play theguitar . His first guitar was a classical.Kyle played the piano on the song "Hand Me Down" from the "
More Than You Think You Are " record.He is also the guitarist and co-lead vocalist for the band
The New Left . The New Left consists of himself and three other musicians he played with under the name "Downpour" in high school. He has also contributed to recording guitar for Mick Jagger's song "Visions Of Paradise" on his solo record "Goddess In The Doorway". He also played guitar on the song "something to be..." by Rob Thomas on his solo album of the same name.More recently while Matchbox Twenty was on a brief hiatus, he has been releasing songs written solo via his myspace page. He also shares writing credits on the
Matchbox Twenty songs "Feel" and "Soul".External links
* [http://www.thenewleft.com/index.php?rid=5 The New Left official website]
* [http://www.thenewleft.co.uk The New Left Official UK Website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/kyle_cook Official Myspace Page]
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