Kent Cox

Started singing at a very, very young age and wrote his very first song at age 5. In 1979, Kent and Fred Ludovici were members of a band called Captive that performed at a music festival in Thompson Park of East Liverpool. It was that performance that got them a recording contract for a 45 rpm record, featuring the songs “All Night Hard Drinkin’ Early Morning Hangover Blues” and “Captive.” In 1982, Kent became a member of the band EZ. Stayed with EZ until 1984 when the road called him to pursue a solo career. In 2009, he bought a bus ticket and headed for New Orleans, with nothing but his suitcase and his guitar. Once there, he was a starving musician who performed on Bourbon Street with his guitar case open to collect tips. When New Orleans didn’t go as planned, Kent returned home and that’s when the Mad River Men came to be. MRM performed in bars, saloons, clubs, honkytonks, basements, barns, and any place else you can imagine. It wasn’t long before they were the opening act for the [a508629] and Blackhawk (3). Exactly 35 years after Kent’s 1979 performance at the music festival in Thompson Park, he performed again in Thompson Park for the 2014 East Liverpool’s Got Talent 1st Annual Music & Arts Appreciation Festival where he caught the attention of the Henry Mancini Arts Academy in Midland, Pa.... commissioned to write a song for the school’s Heroes Project, which tells the stories of veterans through the creative and performing arts.