Where Are They Now? : Kristy Lee Cook

Kristy Lee Cook she is the pride of Selma, the bringer of 'Shame', and Oregon's sole star on American Idol. So she had a number eight country album with her major label debut "Why Wait'' last year in September and a number twenty-eight chart hit with its sole single '15 Minutes of Shame' but before she could even get a second single out her label Arista Nashville, the same as Carrie Underwood, dropped her in December. Now the question that remains where is she now? Well she has done three major things and one good looking thing for fans. The first thing is early this year she signed with a management firm based out of Los Angeles called Morey Management, they are a talent spotting firm. She also started last winter a new charity foundation called Kristy Lee Horse Foundation a charity that raises money that is used to rescue, heal, and finding a new home for numerous horses (a link to the website for the foundation will be posted soon). She more recently has set up a deal with the Outdoor Channel to be a host on a show about hunting and the best locations. The show entitled 'Outdoors Ten Best' comes on the Outdoor Channel on Fridays at 10 pm. The final thing I'm going to tell you about is an extension to an interview I had with her earlier this year. In that interview she told me she had recently written songs with former country super group Lonestar and according to her Twitter she recorded a couple of songs in mid September which are possibly the songs she wrote with them. For those of you who are fans of her, like I am, I will try to post updates about what Ms. Cook is doing from time to time.

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Kristy Lee Cook (Yamhill Fair August 1st)

On August 1,2009 Kristy Lee Cook a former contestant on American Idol from Selma, Oregon played her first concert in her home state since last year when she was in Portland for the American Idol tour. Cook gave a solid performance in which she played for an hour. Here is a track by track review.

--- Not Tomight - A Great opening performance of a song co-written by her album producer Brett James and former labelmate Carrie Underwood.
--- Why Wait - Strong Performance of a great song to get people moving, it also proved she can sing.
--- Baby Believe - introduced as a song she fought for to get onto Why Wait written by Jamie O'Neal, delivered an elegant and strong performance.
--- I'm Outta Here -The first cover of the night was a well preformed version of Shania Twain's number one country hit and top five Australian pop hit.
--- Oh Baby - the sole new song in the setlist, it got all the girls moving. (read the news section interview for more info.)
---Plant The Seed -She sent this song out to all the teachers in the audience, gave an amazing performance of a touching song.
--- 15 Minutes of Shame - Fun performance where she confirmed the nature of "Jason" (an ex) and not only did she have a lot of fun with it but so did her band.
--- God Bless The USA - She started out by saying that both her parents are veterans, her performance got everyone up singing along.
--- Cowgirls - Kerry Harvick cover, Why Wait Itunes Bonus Track, and previous track on the AI tour, you could tell she loved this song.
--- Here For The Party - A song she's been performing since her Dallas,TX days, she gave a strong performance that got virtually everyone up.
Encore:
--- I Love Rock n' Roll - A fun performance in which she went into the crowd giving hugs and taking pictures with all.

Pictures from after the concert

Kristy Lee and I after the concert while she was signing autographs.

Kristy Preforming during the concert.

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Interview w/ Kristy Lee Cook

On August 1,2009 Ms. Cook played her first concert in her home state of Oregon since the American Idol tour last year at the 2009 Yamhill County Fair. Kristy delivered a solid preformance of covers, tracks from her album, and one new song. After the concert i got to ask Kristy Lee some questions very quickly while she was signing autographs.

Q- Was the new song "Oh Baby" the song you talked about in your January interview with AOL that Arista wouldn't let you put on your album?

A-Yes, that was the song I was talking about and I find it good that I'm no longer with Arista because they were trying to turn me into something I'm not.

Q-Are you talking with any labels right now?

A-I recently wrote some songs with Lonestar and I am waiting for a chance to go to Nashville to cut them then continue to shop around for labels.

Those were the only questions I could ask because of the line behind me.

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