Andrew Young, David Cook Playing Kokomo
Andrew Young and American Idol winner David Cook will be taking the stage in Kokomo on August 16.
Andrew Young lives the music he sings. With every performance Andrew has the ability to open his heart, pour out the colors of his emotions and life experiences to paint you a picture with his voice. He has played venues in Detroit, Tampa, LA, Atlanta, Nashville, NYC, and Minneapolis.
He has opened for National recording artists Kevon Edmonds, After 7, Dave Hollister, Blackstreet, Ginuwine, Prophet Jones, Toni Tony Tone, Sir Mix-a-Lot, Digital Underground, Das EFX, Rob Base and DJ E.Z. Rock and Grammy Award winners Regina Belle, Norman Brown, The Isley Bros. and multi-Grammy Award winner, Babyface. He has been onstage with Vanessa Williams, Rome & L.V.
David Cook’s life has been punctuated by extraordinary highs and devastating lows. In short order, the 28-year-old singer, songwriter, and musician won the seventh season of America’s most popular television show, American Idol, rewrote chart history with a record-breaking 14 debuts on Billboard’s Digital Songs chart, released his self-titled major-label debut album in November 2008, watched it debut at No. 3 on the Billboard album chart, spawn two Top 20 singles (the platinum “Light On” and “Come Back To Me”), and sell more than a million copies, reaching platinum status. He immediately hit the road for his year-long “Declaration Tour” to support it.
In May of that year, Cook’s older brother, Adam, who had been fighting a battle with brain cancer, died of the disease. In December 2009, one day after the tour ended, Cook traveled to New York City to begin writing the songs that would become his second album, “This Loud Morning.”
Young and Cook, with special guests: Paul Stout, The Pummels and South Side, will be at the Kokomo Arts Pavilion in Foster Park on Saturday, Aug. 16. Music starts at 4 p.m. The show is free.