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

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holder for longest marathon guitar playing. He was placed in the "Top 20 Lower Mainland Best New Acts" in the 2013

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's Searchlight Contest, selected by public vote.

Career

In the 1990s, he played in Poetic Justice, a

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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

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. 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

'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

Albums list

References

External links

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Spirit Cool "Live Looping Artist"
at '' BlogTalkRadio'' {{Authority control 1976 births 21st-century Canadian male singers Living people Musicians from Vancouver 21st-century Canadian guitarists