CONTACT

H.R. Cook, President
P.O. Box 803
Tazewell, VA 24651
t: 276.988.6267
email: cooksong@verizon.net

ADMINISTRATION

Kim Hylick
Bug Music
33 Music Square West
Suite 104B
Nashville,TN 37203
t: 615.313.7676
email: kimh@bugmusic.com
www.bugmusic.com


Weaver of Words Music was established in 1978 by H.R. Cook in conjunction with Fireball Records. Originally it was a company geared to the Nashville country scene. It now represents writers in other styles such as pop, R&B, rock, dance, gospel, film and television. Weaver of Words Music Group is always listening and open to new writers and songs. We pitch our catalog to producers, A&R, management, film companies, and artists worldwide.

RECENT NEWS AND RELEASES

H.R. Cook has a new CD titled Neongrass. Thirteen of the fourteen songs were written or co-written by Weaver of Words Music writers.


Click here to watch the "Virginia's in the South" music video.


Grammy winner and nine time IBMA Entertainers of The Year, The Del McCoury Band has recorded the Alan Johnston song “Sweet Appalachia” on their new “Family Circle” release.


Mountain Home Records recording artists Balsam Range did the Daniel Salyer song 'Runnin' Through My Mind' on their Trains I Missed cd.


Upcoming country female artist, Denae Gardner, has recorded five Gene Vail and Darrell Morris tunes. The new project is scheduled for release in 2011.


Junior Sisk

Junior Sisk & Rambler Choice has recorded a Daniel Salyer song “Working Hard Ain’t Working Anymore”on their Heartaches And Dreams release on Rebel Records. The project went #1 on the Bluegrass Unlimited and BMP album chart.


Loonesome River Band

Lonesome River Band has recorded the Daniel Salyer song 'Jackup The Jail' on their Still Learning project on Rural Rhythm Records. The project went #1 on Bluegrass Unlimited, Cashbox, and the BMP album chart.


Josh Slone & Coaltown

Josh Slone & Coaltown cut the Mike Wells song 'Bluegrass and Me' on their Rural Rhythm debut cd.


The Auroralights project “Still Moving Mountains – The Journey Home” features Alan Johnston singing his song “Sweet Appalachia”. Del McCoury and Kathy Mattea are also featured on the project. www.auroralights.org


Larry Sparks

Bluegrass Icon Larry Sparks has recorded the Al Weekly and Cliff Abbott tune “Lines On The Highway” on his Almost Home on his Rounder Records release.


Lorriane Jordan & Carolina Road

Rural Rhythm artist Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road has cut the Hank Bowman song “You Don’t Know The Blues” on her Carolina Hurricane project.


Several Alan Johnston songs are featured in the Steve Date documentary film “Welcome To Coalwood”. Coalwood is the home of the Rocket Boys which inspired the film “October Skys”.


 

Common Strings has recorded the Greg Preece tune "Hardhat For A Halo" on their rural Rhythm Christian label project Somewhere In Glory.


The Alan Johnston songs "Two Nickels and A Dime", "Where Were You", "That's When I Cried", "I Can Hear Daddy Play the Fiddle" and the Jim Kelly tune "Never Looking Back" are now on the new David Davis and The Warrior River Boys' project Two Dimes and A Nickel on Rebel Records.


Brand New Strings

Brand New Strings the 2009 SPBGMA International Band Championship winners have recorded the Alan Johnston song "Merry Go Round" on their Rural Rhythm release No Strings Attached..


Stacy Grubb has recorded the Alan Johnston songs "Hurricane" and "Once Upon A Cross" on her debut cd.


5 time SPBGMA Contemporary Male Vocalist, Larry Stephenson, has recorded the song "Weary Pilgrim Welcome Home", written by Barry Clevenger, to be included on his Pinecastle Records' gospel project titled Thankful.


The Grammy nominated and IBMA 2005 Entertainers of The Year, Cherryholmes features a Pat Kramer song "Mansions of Kings" on their Skaggs Family Records release Cherryholmes II: Black and White CD. Debuted at #1 on the Billboard bluegrass charts.


Del McCoury

"Zero To Love", a H.R. Cook co-write, was recorded on the Grammy nominated IBMA 2004 Album of the Year It's Just the Night by The Del McCoury Band.


Josh William

"Ol' Brown Suitcase", a H.R. Cook tune, was featured on the Josh WIlliams project Lonesome Highway on Pinecastle Records.


Don Rigsby

"Muddy Water", a song written by Alan Johnston, was recorded by Don Rigsby on the Sugarhill album "Midnight Call". The album made it to #2 on the Bluegrass Charts.


The songs "Muddy Water", "The River Ran Black" and "Ballad of Sarah Malone" by Alan Johnston, and "Chancellorsville" by Warren Wilken was included on the new David Davis and The Warrior River Boys project Troubled Times on Rebel Records.


"Are You Lonesome Tonight" a tune pinned by Daniel Salyer is on the Mark Newton Band Project Hillbilly Hemingway on Rebel Records. The album was produced by two time Grammy winning producer Carl Jackson


Another Daniel Salyer song "The Legend of Johnny Clay" is on the new Crooked Road Series CD Taking the Crooked Road Again by Sammy Shelor and Linda Lay. Sammy Shelor is the founding member of The Lonesome River Band.


Two Hearts N Him recorded an Alan Johnston song "Once Upon a Cross" on their new Landmark Communications Group project. The project is also titled "Once Upon a Cross".

Don Rigsby has recorded the Alan Johnston song "Mary Magdalene" on a new gospel project on Rebel Records to be released soon.

PICTURES

Josh William

H.R.Cook with Josh Williams


2005 IBMA Songwriters Showcase: Dixie Hall, Tom T. Hall, Hazel Dickens, Janet McGarry and H.R. Cook.


H.R. with cousin, Hall of Fame Bluegrass artist and writer, Hazel Dickens.


Alan Johnston with Don Rigsby.


Alan Johnston with David Davis.


Sandy Cherryholmes, H.R. Cook, and Cia Cherryholmes.


H.R. Cook and Del McCoury.


Bluegrass legends Del McCoury and Larry Sparks performing together.