Alex V. Cook

Author of Louisiana Saturday Night: Looking for a Good Time in South Louisiana's Juke Joints, Honky Tonks, and Dance Halls, published LSU Press in March 2012

Rocker at The Rakers

His first collection of essays Darkness, Racket and Twang: Essential Listening from the Fringes of Popular and Unpopular Culture was published by Side Cartel in 2006.

He blogs furiously at alexvcook.com.