Charlie Craig's new CD, "THE HITMAKER"
is also available on ITunes now for $7.99. Individual selections just $.99
Order hard copy CD from Gusto Records for $10.94.
Autographed upon request
1900 Elm Hill Pike, Nashville, TN. 37210
Songs on CD:
I Wish I Had You Back Again
Blowing Smoke In My Eyes
Wanted
I Married Your Sister
Between An Old Memory And Me
Lay Me Down A Truck Driving Man
Frog For The Water
Following The Feeling
Champagne Chevrolet
Down Home Loving
~OLD~MEMORIES~&~ME~
~*~CHARLIE~CRAIG~*~
In this nothing held back story of failures, success, tears, laughter, romance, heartbreak and sometimes humorous candor, Charlie Craig takes you on a personal journey with him that leads down pathways he walked with such stars as Alan Jackson, Dolly Parton, Aaron Tippin, Johnny Cash, Andy Griffith and many others. Charlie’s life and career are filled with stories you have never heard or read before.
From beginning to end you feel as though you are sitting in your living room or den listening to this man tell you stories you could listen to all day long. Some will make you laugh, some will make you cry, but every line will make you feel you are there. From a Carolina cotton field to a little cemetery in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, you can’t help but become a part of Old Memories and Me….
YOU CAN BUY MY AUTOGRAPH COPY OF THE BOOK HERE @
CharlieCraig.com
Charlie Craig was born and raised in Watts Mill, South Carolina, a cotton mill village two miles from the city square in Laurens, South Carolina. He performed on a Saturday morning live radio show at age 15 in Laurens singing as a duet with a high school friend.
Charlie began working clubs, high school auditoriums and theaters after graduating from high school. In 1968 he moved to Nashville, Tennessee and began a 40 year songwriting career that is still ongoing today.
Charlie says in his book, "Looking back on my life in this dazzling world of country music, I sometimes wonder if I am somebody else and not that kid from Watts Mill, South Carolina that used to sit up on an iron rail across from the cotton mill and daydream about the life I have been living in this business of country music for more than forty years. How could I possibly have known that the Sears & Roebuck Silvertone guitar I got when I was about fourteen years old would lay the musical path to Nashville, Tennessee and pair me up with the likes of Alan Jackson, Travis Tritt, Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash and a lot of other great stars. It still amazes me how this all happened. I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth. I didn't know anybody important. I didn't even have a rabbit's foot. So why me? I don't honestly know. I do believe that God gave me a gift and something inspired me to take that gift and make it my craft."
Some of Charlie Craigs more than 300 recorded credits as a songwriter are listed below.
Wanted - Alan Jackson
Bring on the Night - Alan Jackson
Tropical Depression - Alan Jackson
All American Country Boy - Alan Jackson
What a Day Yesterday Was - Alan Jackson
She's Single Again - Janie Fricke, Reba McIntyre
Between an Old Memory and Me - Travis Tritt, Keith Whitley
Lay a Little Lovin' on Me - B.J. Thomas, Wayne Newton, Del Reeves &
Bill Medley
I Would Like to See You Again - Johnny Cash, Kenny Rogers,
Don Williams & Del Reeves
Miss Mis Behavin' - Aaron Tippin
She's Got a Way - Aaron Tippin
Every Time it Rains - George Strait
Let's Get Over Them Together - Mo Bandy & Becky Hobbs
Following the Feeling - Mo Bandy & Judy Bailey
Chicken Every Sunday - Dolly Parton
Rainy Days and Stormy Nights - Billie Jo Spears
Leavin's Been a Long Time Coming - Shenandoah
The Generation Gap - Jeannie C. Riley
Ill Take The Memories- Lorrie Morgan, Tanya Tucker
Waking Up With You - Waylon Jennings
Love Is Alive - Mark Wills
I Think Im In Love - Keith Stegall, Conway Twitty & Ed Bruce
Your Memory Finds A Way - Moe Bandy
Nickel Bar Candy - Kitty Wells
Every Step Of The Way - Kitty Wells
Other credentials include:
Grammy Nomination - The Generation Gap
Nominated Song of the Year - Wanted
Nominated Song of the Year - She's Single Again
Wrote One Foot Dragging - used on the television show "Northern Exposure" -performed by the Coasters
Had five songs on the soundtrack of Robert Duval's Academy Award winning movie, "Tender Mercies."
Inducted into South Carolina Entertainment Hall of Fame in 1998
Produced Nashville Super Pickers - they released two singles from this album.
Produced two developmental acts for Warner Brothers Records.
Worked in A&R for Giant Records.
Worked in A&R and Promotion with Gusto records.
Worked with several special acts in the beginning of their careers - acts that went on to become super stars; Alan Jackson, Randy Travis, and the Wilkinsons.
Charlie was directly responsible for the signing of Tracy Hagen and The Wilkinsons to their record deals.
Charlie Craig has recorded a Cd with himself performing 12 hits he has written for some of Nashville and country musics biggest stars.
Charlie currently has a new CD being released on Gusto Records in 2008 entitiled, The Hitmaker.
Hey Charlie, just wanted to wish you , Dawn, Kyle, and Dale, a safe and Happy Thanksgiving. Still praying for your full recovery...got your message today, will talk to you later. Tell them hello for me. God Bless you all.
TODAY... MAY YOU FIND YOU HAVE MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR,
TOMORROW... MAY THE JOYS OF THE SEASON STAY WITH YOU... AND ALWAYS... MAY YOU KNOW GOD'S MANY BLESSINGS IN YOUR LIFE! HAPPY THANKSGIVING HAVE A NICE WEEK
Lettin' you know that you still have a special place in my heart!!!! A great friend you are to me and Mac!! Love you My Charlie!!!! ((((BIGGEST OF HUGS))))
Hi Charlie! It was great talking with you once again on the show last week. Always a pleasure. We'll have to chat again in the New Year. I ordered your book tonight and will anxiously await its arrival. Hope you are having a great week. I'm happy to call you a friend.
Hello My Dear Friend :) I got the book today and just MADE myself put it down in order to come write to you :) It wasn't easy to stop reading. I LOVE IT !! So far I've laughed my behind off !! The way you tell a story is so magical !! I just wish I was sitting there "sipping coffee from a saucer" and "hearing you" tell the stories !!! I MUST cook dinner now...but I know I'll be reading until I fall to sleep after wards. I'll be back in touch soon ! Your Fellow SC Sandlapper ! Love ya ! Libby
