Greg Brown, "Alice's Restaurant", Marc Chagall, Wilco, Tom Robbins, John Prine, Mason Jennings, "Bound For Glory", Madeline Peyroux, Mark Twain, James McMurtry, Nick Drake, Henri Rousseau, Dan Bern, Coen Bros., The Flaming Lips, "Harold and Maude", Radiohead, Todd Snider, Joni Mitchell, Jim Croce, Michelle Shocked, Lucinda Williams, "Nebraska"
Sounds Like
Arlo Guthrie, Joni Mitchell, and Mitch Hedburg in a room together, passing around a guitar and a bottle of wine.
Before open mics, before showcase slots, and before the hype, there was the traveling folk singer. Woody Guthrie, Ramblin Jack, Leadbelly, and others traveled the country armed with nothing but a guitar and a head full of songs. And while the tradition has long been shadowed by the ever growing music industry, the folk singer is still out there. John Craigie is one. Doing his best to keep the tradition alive, he travels from town to town, telling stories and singing songs. Some nights to a crowded house, some nights for two people. His songs and stories cover the spectrum of human emotion. Some funny, some sad, some bitter and some sweet. With his roots style, Craigie has been gaining a cult following throughout the country. Despite the lack of any of the tools of the modern aggressively popular musician, his music continues to spread.
There will be no hype, no exaggeration. No blurb from some magazine/person youve never heard of telling you what "next thing" he is. No pushy manager telling you to go out to the shows. Just the music and the performances. We'll see you out on the road.
Chuck Norris' Tears Cure Cancer, Too Bad He Never Cries will air on WBAA Acoustic Blend (www.wbaa.org) from 8-9pm on Saturday, July 11, eastern daylight savings time! Thanks for the disc and the story.
Hi John, I had a great time playing together at Genghis last night. Wonderful show! I hope we do it again soon. I'll be looking forward to the new record. -Doug
Hey Craigie----I gots a EP coming out soon! Cool huh? A first cut is on my space right now! love to hear what you think...Hope your touring is going awesome! Keep it up brotha!
Hey man. Still bummed that we couldn't get anything going this summer. But I just posted some tracks from my new album, AMEN online. check it out and hopefully we can get our paths to cross soon!
hey i was wondrin if you remember me from the guitar bar in milwaukee. you played a show there and i bartended. we talked a little bit and i wanted your guitar really bad..but im just gonna steal your idea of paintin it! anyway music sounds awesome!!
I have gotten sucked into my east coast life and almost forgotten the west coast! I am glad you are comin' this way and I hope to see you in June. Safe travels!!
It was surely a pleasure playing last night's show alongside you. Your music was good for the soul, and you're quite the entertainer. Thank you for coming out to Columbia. May our paths cross again, my friend.
did u catch up with my mom and gran yet? hahahah hope you got to indiana safe...have a good show...it was a very interesting sunday/monday of listening to you play and hangin out!
hey john, i really like your new album "soft hail" and the minneapolis show was great! let me know, if you come to germany or europe and i let you know when i come back to the states. ;-) take care, aaron
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