![]() community behind the record (the likes of Matt McCaughan, Mountain Man’s Amelia Meath) beams through as its own kind of congregation, though there’s occasionally a homespun gospel duo here, too, in the golden tones of Sophie Blak and Jeanne Jolly. Recorded in the Blue Ridge Mountains, the warmth of the Durham, N.C. And like any good missionary, Cook’s fervor is infectious.Īlthough Southland Mission is studiously steeped in tradition, it wears it lightly. Whether simple banjo fare, outlaw stompers, or reeling strut, each one of Cook’s modes is an easy and infectious exertion. Southland Mission is a more full-bodied commitment. In 2011 he released Hungry Mother Blues, a low-key solo instrumental record that chased Ry Cooder and John Fahey. White and Hiss Golden Messenger, acted as bandleader for the Blind Boys of Alabama, and produced for Indigo Girls’ Amy Ray. He played gorgeous, doleful folk rock in Megafaun, complemented the cohorts of Matthew E. "I didn’t realize it had to come out of me, but it had to." A decade ago, Cook moved his family from Wisconsin-where he was a member of Bon Iver’s orbit-to North Carolina, lured by the music of the Delta, Bayou, and Appalachia. But I am as focused as ever on doing well for my country at the Olympics and making sure my children are OK.That’s the stuff, right there-not that carrying on is as simple as just saying so Cook spends much of Southland Mission attempting to find the way, just as the path to this he record was its own calling. “We grew apart and it has been very difficult. Things don’t just happen overnight and it is correct that we were not together at Zara’s wedding or my father’s memorial service. ![]() She said: “It has been a very tough year. Tina confirmed yesterday the couple were splitting up after the marriage had been in difficulties for some time. I don’t expect him to come and watch me ride horses all day and equally he doesn’t expect me to watch him play golf.”Ī friend said: “If anyone can keep focused on gold despite all her problems it is Tina. She admitted: “Phil is not a horsey man at all. She always knew she and her husband had very different priorities. It was tragic losing my dad but he was incredibly tough and would have told me to just crack on. Tina was selected for the London 2012 squad alongside Zara, William Fox-Pitt, Nicola Wilson and Mary King.Įven before her marriage split, Tina said: “It’s not been a great year but you need to move on and focus on things. To add to Tina’s worries her horse, Miners Frolic, nearly died of colitis but has recovered well enough to compete at the Games. He also did not accompany Tina to her father’s memorial service. Pals say he told his wife he had to take part in a golf day instead. Phil turned down an invitation to last July’s royal wedding of Zara to ex-England rugby captain Mike Tindall in Edinburgh. It is a mile from the family home at Josh Gifford’s renowned West Sussex stables where the couple’s son, five, and daughter, seven, have remained. Phil is now living in a chalet property he has been converting. “It wouldn’t surprise anyone if she still won an Olympic medal.” ![]() Tina has already faced heartbreak this year when her horse trainer dad, Josh Gifford, a four-times champion jockey, died of a heart attack in February.Ī friend of Phil and Tina said: “Despite everything she has been through she is a fantastically determined woman and has been practising on the gallops near her home every day. “She’s a lovely woman and winning a medal would be a great boost to her morale.” Friends like Zara have done their best to help Tina move on in her life. “Everyone is rallying around her at this difficult time. One pal confessed: “It may sound a bit heartless but after the collapse of her marriage the Olympics could not have come at a better time for Tina. AN Olympic team-mate of Zara Phillips has been left devastated after her husband walked out on her just weeks before the start of the Games.Įquestrian star Tina Cook, 41, is bringing up the couple’s two children alone at the marital home after Phil, her property developer husband, moved out.įriends say Tina, who won two bronze medals at the 2008 Games in Beijing and was in the British team that won the World Championships in 2010, is “bitterly upset” about the split after 11 years of marriage.īut she has now thrown herself into training for the Team GB equestrian squad that’s expected to be a leading contender for gold at London 2012. ![]()
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