10 Facts About Jeff Cook

Jeffrey Alan Cook was an American country musician.

Jeff Cook was best known for being a founding member of the band Alabama, in which he contributed to occasional lead vocals, guitar, fiddle, piano and other musical instruments.

Jeff Cook was a graduate of Fort Payne High School and Jacksonville State University.

Jeff Cook obtained a broadcast engineer license three days after his fourteenth birthday, and worked at a local radio station as a disc jockey while still in high school.

Jeff Cook contributed lead as well as backing vocals, lead guitar, keyboard, and fiddle to the group's productions.

Jeff Cook is noted for his culinary endeavors, having operated a restaurant and marketed his own sauce.

Jeff Cook endorsed the 2008 presidential candidacy of former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, and made appearances with the candidate in Alabama.

Jeff Cook was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2019.

Jeff Cook stopped touring regularly with Alabama in 2018, but did join the band for their 50th Anniversary tour in 2022.

Jeff Cook died of complications from Parkinson's disease in Destin, Florida, on November 7,2022, at the age of 73.