David L. Cook - Artists Music Guild

Artists Music Guild

Cook and other entertainment industry insiders started the Artists Music Guild in January 2011 to reduce the risks of artists being taken advantage of in a predatory industry. On November 11, 2011, The Artists Music Guild held its inaugural convention at the historic Heritage USA complex; former home of the Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker's world renowned PTL show in Fort Mill, South Carolina. The inaugural convention was filmed for a PBS Special entitled, "A Walk Through the History of Music in the United States" and had over two thousand people in attendance. Cook's stated that his main goal for making the Heritage USA the official home of the Artists Music Guild's convention was to heal the broken people who were affected by the fall of PTL. The convention reunited several of the former PTL Singers such as Toni Bogart, Brian Keith, Lee Young and Sandy and Russell Hosey. Also in attendance were many of the employees who lost their jobs amidst the sexual and financial scandal which caused the fall of the Bakker's ministry. Cook further stated that "by reuniting these individuals who have not performed together in over twenty plus years it would allow them to come together on their own terms and walk out of the complex without someone telling them they could never come back. It was the ultimate form of healing the hurts from the past."