Sometimes a song defines a recording artist. Sometimes the artist defines a song. For David Cook, his song Permanent, written for his older brother Adam who died of brain cancer, does both those things.
Basically the song IS Cook. It’s doubtful we will get to hear it on his tour stop here on Oct. 20th, but that doesn’t mean you can’t listen to it via the You Tube link here.
Here is what Cook had to say about the song last week from his Los Angeles home:
“Permanent … I think if it all fell apart tomorrow and that was the song that I had to hang my hat on I’d be very happy with that…
“I think that song … it’s an important song. It’s a song that we don’t do live very often. I think mainly because there is so much in that song personally. I mean no one wants to come and spend how ever much a ticket is and watch me mope around on stage.”
David Cook and Gavin DeGraw with Carolina Liar
8 p.m., Oct. 20
At Wells Fargo Center for the Arts
Highway 101 at River Road, Santa Rosa
Tickets: $45 and $35.
Phone: 707-546-3600
Online: wellsfargocenterarts.org
TOUR DATES
Oct. 9 State College, Pa. – Penn State
Oct. 10 Columbus, Ohio – Newport Music Hall
Oct. 11 St. Louis, Mo. – The Pageant
Oct. 13 Tulsa, Okla. – Cain’s Ballroom
Oct. 15 Denver – Ogden Theatre
Oct. 17 Boise, Id. – Knitting Factory
Oct. 18 Seattle – Showbox Sodo
Oct. 20 Santa Rosa – Wells Fargo Center for the Arts
Oct. 21 Reno – Silver Legacy Resort Casino
Oct. 23 Phoenix – Arizona State Fair
Oct. 24 San Diego – Humphrey’s
Oct. 26 Pomona – The Fox Theatre
Oct. 29 Houston – Arena Theatre
Oct. 30 Austin, Texas – Austin City Limits Live
Nov. 1 Grand Prairie, Texas, – Verizon Theatre
Nov. 2 Memphis, Tenn. – Minglewood Hall
Nov. 4 Winston-Salem, N.C. – Wake Forest University
Nov. 5 York, Pa. – Penn State-York
Nov. 6 Cleveland – Playhouse Square Center
Nov. 7 Cincinnati – The Taft Theatre
Nov. 9 Greenville, S.C. – Peace Center
Nov. 10 Athens, Ga. – The Classic Center