Tony is a brilliant guitarist with a repertoire all his own, so different to the usual solo guitar players' set bag of tricks and tunes.  This is what one feels when attending a Cox concert; he is not trying to impress you with great technical playing or with a string of golden-oldie covers, he's there to give you what he is made of and what made him, through the medium of an acoustic guitar and the warmth of his natural sense of humour. It is with this ease of delivery and his breathtaking power and mastery of a simple wooden box with six strings that he never fails to bring an audience to their feet, be it in Europe or North America, clamouring for more.

Having negotiated the quagmire of apartheid South Africa and yet still managing to carve out a name for himself as a brilliant guitarist in an industry notoriously myopic where it came to its own home-grown talent, Cox has become a national icon of the instrument in Southern Africa and is steadily growing appreciative audiences across the planet.

Tony has won a weighty clutch of South African music awards for creating instrumental masterpieces in the recording studio and has been nominated no less than seven times. He now resides in the UK and travels the world as a solo performer.

http://www.tonycox.co.za/

 

Steve Picken