![]() ![]() He was ridiculously good so good I wonder how long before he heads out on his opening tour. I would categorize his music as bluegrass, and while he sang and strummed, my mind transported me into the lush woods of Wisconsin that I spent 3 nights enjoying, and I envisioned miles of highway stretched out before me, or a lazy Sunday drinking lemonade on the creaky front steps of an old cabin. He’s one of those artists that you know will make it. Orders from this store are not limited by territory. Phil Cook - Old Hwy D (Digital) VIEW 5.00. Phil Cook - People Are My Drug (Digital) VIEW 10.00. I remember him playing with Phil’s band at Eaux Claires, and he would also pull double duty on this night, but I couldn’t think of a better opener than him. Phil Cook - As Far as I Can See (Digital Download) VIEW 10.00. With his hair tucked neatly into a knit beanie and at least 4 guitars and a beloved banjo stacked up next to his stool, he proceeded to lay down some of the most precisely intricate and perfect fingerpicking I’ve seen and heard in recent times. This man, Ryan Gustafson, who usually plays in his band, The Dead Tongues, was presented to us solo. This past Wednesday, those words resonated in my mind again when I witnessed Phil Cook along with his band, The Guitarheels play at Rough Trade NY.īut before I get into Phil Cook, let me tell you what I saw beforehand. ![]() He stabs at a piece of meat, drags it along the plate for maximum sauce exposure then shoves the fork into his mouth.“… searching for benediction…” were the last words that Michael Perry preached to the crowd at Eaux Claires Festival earlier this year in Wisconsin. Those old dudes treated us to one of the best afternoons we'd had. In addition to his new favorite foie gras sope, Broken Spanish is home to Rosenthal’s favorite pork dish: The Chicharrone, a glistening slab of crunchy-skinned pork belly surrounded by a punchy Elephant garlic mojo. Gypsy Joker to a Hells Angel Phil Cross, Meg Cross. You don’t think of foie gras as Mexican,” he says. I think it makes our town better in many ways to have this great restaurant scene.”Ī server delivers a foie gras sope to the table and Rosenthal let’s out a “he-he!” “We support the arts in education and this is my way of supporting this other art form that I really love. “It’s my way of supporting the arts like any other,” says Rosenthal as he orders a shot of tequila. While he isn’t financially involved in Broken Spanish, Rosenthal is an investor in more than 25 restaurants around the country including Suzanne Tracht’s Jar Nancy’s Silverton’s Osteria Mozza, Pizzeria Mozza and Chi Spacca Roy Choi’s Locol Walter Manzke’s Republique and Jonathan Whitener’s Here’s Looking at You, all in Los Angeles. He has composed music for Bon Iver, Kanye West, The Blind Boys of Alabama, and Hiss Golden Messenger, among others, as well as contributed to studio recordings for Amy Ray (The Indigo Girls), The Mountain Goats, Kathleen Edwards, Matthew E White and more. He’s a superhero.”Ĭhris Collins, co-owner of Zero Point Zero, the production company that works with Rosenthal on his show, and the same one that worked with Bourdain on his CNN show “Parts Unknown,” calls Rosenthal a “force of sheer will and kindness. Phil Cook is an accomplished multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and producer based in Durham, North Carolina. ![]() I’m not getting a chest tattoo by tribesmen in Borneo. “I’m not going to those places, I’m afraid. Sitting on an old front porch in Birmingham, Alabama one hot spring morning with. ![]() “I watch Bourdain and I say, ‘He’s amazing, I’m never going to do that,’” Rosenthal says of the late chef turned author and TV host. Id overhear in hushed tones when my parents picked me up from lessons. When the PBS show wasn’t picked up for a second season, Rosenthal signed a deal with Netflix for 12 episodes of “Somebody Feed Phil.” Carving out his own space in the streaming service’s growing stable of food shows, Rosenthal is fond of telling journalists, “I’m exactly like Anthony Bourdain if he was afraid of everything.” Cat No: PSY903digital Label: Psychic Hotline Genre: INDIE / ALTERNATIVE. On his first travel food show, “I’ll Have What Phil’s Having,” which aired on PBS in 2015, he traveled to what he likes to call “Earth’s greatest hits”: Tokyo, Paris, Barcelona, Los Angeles, Italy and Hong Kong. ![]()
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