Jim Crawford was born in Bury, lancashire, U.K. in 1958. His father was a drunken Irishman, his Mother wasn't.
At the age of four he began lessons on the cornet only to have his hopes of becoming the next Louis Armstrong dashed when he was involved in a bizarre accident involving a mouse and a fish tank.
By age seven his aim was to play football for England. His complete inability to kick a ball more than a few feet plus his skill in being able to run only in slow motion, soon put paid to that idea.
By age ten his mind was made up.He was going to be an ASTRONAUT!! As he couldn't even spell the word astronaut, the writing was firmly on the wall for that idea too.
After several years in a blurry wilderness,at the age of seventeen, he finally hit on the bright idea of becoming an itinerant singer/ songwriter.He's looked back ever since.
By sheer good luck he has ended up living in the picturesque village of Appledore on the North Devon coast with his wife (the renown sculptor) Maggie Curtis, his beloved old hound dog "Ry Cooder", several chickens, and a hive full of bees.
He has been blessed in playing alongside some very fine musicians including Tom Doughty, Sean Genockey, Kevin Brown, Ian Briggs, Steve Payne, Ben Andrews,Wizz Jones,& Mike Dowling.
When he isn't out with a fishing rod in his hand, he occasionally gets round to recording an album or two. If you ever feel inclined to, you can purchase them from his website,
www.jimcrawford.org.uk
Hi Jim! Thanks for all your help last night, it was a great gig. We both really enjoyed it! We loved your tunes, hope to see you soon! Jimi & Della :-)
An absolutely wonderful gig with Ian Briggs at the Teignmouth Jazz festival last Saturday, and what a lovely Martin guitar you've managed to acquire. Mind you I still think your Gibson J45 is wonderful, that's what made me decide that I had to get one. Regards to that nice lady, and see you at the Sutton Blues Collective in April.
HELLO JIM!!!!!THANKS FOR THE ADD TO FRIENDS !!!!! AWSOME TUNES COMING FROM THIS PAGE A REAL TREAT TO STOP BY AND HAVE A LISTEN!!!! IN FACT IM STOPING A WHILE LONGER !!!! ALL THE BEST CRAIG AND MAND !!!!!!!!
This years festival is headlined by Billy Bragg (Friday), Seth Lakeman (Sunday) and Peatbog Faeries (Saturday) with many more top artists also performing incl the award winning The Demon Barbers.
Hi Jim, Looking forward to the concert at the Sutton Blues Collective this week, and to the guitar workshop that you are hosting in Sutton Coldfield on Saturday.
Hi Jim, We can't wait to see you at Combefest on 20th September near Newton Abbot. South Devon fans - this is your chance to see and hear Jim's wonderful perfomance near to home. Tickets from www. myspace. com/combefest xxx
