Wayne Cook brings 35 years experience in the Music Industry.

Mr. Cook is a top specialist in Classic Pop/Rock music; Film, Television and Advertising, with multiple Gold Albums, Advertising and Commercial Awards. As a band member of Steppenwolf and Player, he reshaped monster hits like "Baby Come Back" and "Born To Be Wild".  Wayne has also recorded and toured with Pop/Rock superstars like John Lennon, Alice Cooper, Stevie Nicks, Jackson Browne, Olivia Newton-John, Joni Mitchell, The Beach Boys, Helen Reddy, The Osmonds, Jan & Dean and countless others. An outstanding recording engineer, Wayne provides a rare combination of top musician and audio professional.
 

Known for his time as keyboardist with Steppenwolf with multiple hit songs and albums (like the 1976 Skullduggery album), he co-wrote the instrumental "Lip Service" and was a founding band member of Player, credited with "Baby Come Back" a top hit of 1977.  He joined and appeared on their second album Danger Zone in 1978 and Room with a View in 1980.  They continued with Top 10 hits in 1978. Their last charting singles were for Casablanca in 1980 and RCA in 1982.  He additionally toured with Heart, Boz Scaggs, Kenny Loggins, and Eric Clapton.

 

 

Engineering

  • Atlantic Starr            • Beach Boys            • Disney                       • Earth, Wind and Fire

  • Cindy Lauper           • Little Richard          • Kenny Rogers           • Manhattan Transfer  

  • The Imperials           • Little Anthony         • Jan and Dean            • David Foster

  • Jose Feliciano          • Patti LaBelle          • And many others.

 

Songs – Videos - DVDs

  • “Born to be Wild”       • "Magic Carpet Ride"·           • "Rock Me"·         • "It's Never Too Late" 

  • "Move Over"·             • "Hey Lawdy Mama"·             • "Monster"           • "Screaming Night Hog" 

  • "Who Needs Ya"·      • "Snowblind Friend"·               • "The Pusher"     • "Ride With Me"

  • "For Ladies Only"·     • "Straight Shootin’ Woman"·    • "Caroline"·          • and MANY more.

 

Videos

  •  Live from Itchycoo Park              •  Rock N' Roll Greats (Steppenwolf)  

  •  Living Legends of Rock & Roll    •  Live from Louisvelle ---  and more

 

Albums

• Multiple GOLD Albums and Awards on request.

 

Feature Films

   • Spiderman    • Batman    • Hulk    • Room with a View  - and more

   • Danny Elfman (Multiple Projects)    • Oprah (Multiple Ptojects)

 

Musician / Full band member

  • Steppenwolf          • Jackson Browne          • The Osmonds        • Alice Cooper

  • Joni Mitchell          • Olivia Newton John       • Helen Reddy

  • Studio Partner with Rich Aronson - 25 years