Spirit Cool popularly known as Spirit is a Canadian singer, songwriter, guitarist and acoustic live looping artist based in Vancouver, British Columbia. He is a former Guinness World Recordholder for longest marathon guitar playing.
He was placed in the "Top 20 Lower Mainland Best New Acts" in the 2013 CBC Music's Searchlight Contest, selected by public vote.
Career In the 1990s, he played in Poetic Justice, a Kitsilano based band. Later, he toured across Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and Japan. He has performed with members from Trooper, Prism, Poetic Justice and other bands. He left his construction job to pursue his career in music in 2011, reportedly by Surrey Now.
In 2013, he released his debut album, All The Pieces, which was well received. He uses an acoustic live looping technique to perform original music with an acoustic guitar and his voice. Spirit released singles, Where, Oh Where in November 2017, followed by Give It All Back and Hands.
Spirit was placed in the "Top 20 Lower Mainland Best New Acts" in the 2013 CBC Music's Searchlight competition.
World record In May 2018, he entered in the Guinness Book of World's Records for longest marathon guitar playing. He played the guitar for 124.5 hours over six days, breaking the world record of 114 hours of guitar playing, which was previously held by David Browne from Ireland. Later in July 2018, Australian's Scott Burford broke Spirit's record by playing continuous guitar for over 125 hours.
Philanthropy In May 2018, he raised $10,000 funds for the Canadian Cancer Society by performing at the River Rock Casino Resort in memory of his parents, who both died of cancer.
Discography Year Track Artist(s) 2013 Come to Think of It Spirit Cool 2013 Thief Spirit Cool 2013Nothing On Me Spirit Cool 2013No Goodbyes Spirit Cool 2013Leave Alone to Love Spirit Cool 2013Still Waters Run Deep Spirit Cool 2013Crosshaven Spirit Cool 2013Tornado Spirit Cool 2013Soul for Sale Spirit Cool 2013When It Rains Spirit Cool 2017Hands Spirit Cool 2017Where, Oh Where Spirit Cool 2017Give It All Back Spirit Cool
Albums list Year Albums's Name 2013 All the Pieces 2018 Hands
See also
List of Canadian musicians
References
External links
Spirit Cool at Spotify Spirit Cool "Live Looping Artist" at BlogTalkRadio