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Butch Cook
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Butch Cook, founding member of the Golden Valley Crusaders, began performing to help his father, Reverend Ottis Cook, when he preached at brush arbor meetings and in churches. He grew up listening to his father's old-fashioned preaching. Butch and his sister, Martha, started the Golden Valley Crusaders in 1970 as a family band, and it has been almost exclusively a family band for decades. Other members of the family included: Clint Houser, Martha's son, on banjo; Gary Heavner, Butch's son-in-law, on bass; David Heavner, Gary's son, on mandolin. In the 1990s, Butch, Martha, and their other siblings opened a music park in honor of their father: the Ottis Cook Memorial Gospel Music Park. There they hosted three outdoor singings every year, and the Golden Valley Crusaders performed along with other groups. (www.blueridgeheritage.com/traditional-artist-directory/golden-valley-crusaders)
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