21 Facts About Elizabeth Cook

Elizabeth Cook was born on July 18,1972 and is an American country music singer and radio host.

Elizabeth Cook has made over 400 appearances on the Grand Ole Opry since her debut on March 17,2000, despite not being a member.

The youngest of 12 children, Elizabeth Cook was born in Wildwood, Florida.

Elizabeth Cook honed his skills playing upright bass in the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary prison band while serving time for running moonshine.

Elizabeth Cook was onstage with them when she was 4, singing material like songwriter John Schweers' "Daydreams About Night Things", a 1975 hit for Ronnie Milsap.

Elizabeth Cook graduated from Georgia Southern University in 1996 with dual degrees in Accounting and Computer Information Systems.

Elizabeth Cook moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 1996 to work for PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Elizabeth Cook got a publishing deal and ended up sleeping on the floor of the publishing house for three years while she worked on honing her craft, with The Blue Album, which contained demo recordings she had made in Nashville, finally being released in 2000.

Elizabeth Cook cut her major-label debut, 2002's Hey Y'all, for Atlantic Records.

Elizabeth Cook released 2004's This Side of the Moon, which was eventually picked up by record label Thirty Tigers.

Elizabeth Cook toured in America, as well as in South Korea, Japan, Norway, Sweden, Poland, France and the UK.

Elizabeth Cook appeared at the Cambridge Folk Festival, the Maverick Festival and the Borderline in London.

Elizabeth Cook toured the UK in support of Welder, performing 18 dates with her then-husband, guitarist and songwriter Tim Carroll, and her upright bass player Bones Hillman, formerly of Midnight Oil.

Elizabeth Cook was invited by the Atlanta Braves to sing the national anthem before their 2011 home opener on April 8,2011.

At the suggestion of Paul Shaffer, Elizabeth Cook was invited in August 2011 to be a guest on Late Show with David Letterman, where she discussed satellite radio and growing up in Florida.

Elizabeth Cook considered starring in a CBS sitcom about a single mother whose life is disrupted by the arrival of her criminal father, but the show never came to fruition.

In June 2012 Elizabeth Cook returned to the Late Show to perform with Jason Isbell.

Elizabeth Cook worked extensively with Carlene Carter on Carter's tenth studio album, Carter Girl.

In 2016, Elizabeth Cook released her sixth studio album, Exodus of Venus.

Elizabeth Cook can be heard on select episodes of the Adult Swim series Squidbillies, where she voices Tammi.

Elizabeth Cook has been nominated for two Ameripolitan Music Awards for her radio work.