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.
Hello Charlie, Yes, we are enjoying the book. I need one autographed and put it away, this ones getting worn already with me and Marvin reading it. LOL Has Chris sent me my master cd yet? I'll be watching the mail closer if he has. Did you listen to it? Do you like the way it sounds? Can't wait to get it. It was good getting the little text back from you last nite. We will talk soon, love ya, Marti
Hey! Charlie, I hope you're doing well... We're getting that cold rain, from the hurricane.. Won't complain, it's been beautiful, up until today:) I wish well with the sell of your book! Hope you have a Beautiful rest of the Week<3:)
Man, what a page!! Ya know, Mondays start out pretty cool, Tuesdays are okay, Wednesdays start the stress that Thursdays I just hate. Then Fridays starts the craze...until the Saturday guitar licks...I wake to Jesus Christ...for my Sunday mornin' fix.
And just before I lay down, I often catch your peace. And give thanks for a guy like you...to help me thru next week.
That's the life I yearn for as I try my best to make this next week better than the last, and I try to tighten up some workin' songs, that I need to fine tune...and start a few more others, from ideas I get from you.
Hello Charlie, Chris is suppose to be sending my cd and stuff now. I listened to them, they are good. Thank you for liting a fire under him. I hope your doing good. Hugs, Marti
Hey Mr Charlie. How are things? On my way to GA for GCMA Awards. Did I tell you I have been busy co-writing? I am going to the studio next week to record one. It brought so much to my music. I love writing as much as singing! See ya.
Jenna
Hey,Charlie, I Hope your Day is a Good One.....Another Beautiful day in SC, What in the world am I doing on the computer..lol.. Hugs,love & prayers<3:)
Hello! my friend I hope you have a wonderful day and it starts with a good laugh here's a joke to tickle you a little, love ya.
A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales.
The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because even though they were a very large mammal their throat was very small.
The little girl stated Jonah was swallowed by a whale.
The teacher reiterated a whale could not swallow a human; it was impossible.
The little girl said, "When I get to heaven I will ask Jonah."
The teacher asked, "What if Jonah went to hell?"
The little girl replied, "Then you ask him." --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sorry my friend but I just couln't resist to add one more laugh to your day
A woman went into her kitchen to find a burglar loaded down with a bunch of stuff he was stealing from her kitchen. Not having any kind of weapon to scare him off, she raised her hand and said "Acts 2:38," and proceeded to quote scripture.
The burglar froze in place and didn't move. The woman called 911; the police arrived and were amazed to find the burglar still frozen where he stood.
"What did you say to him that kept him from moving?" they asked the woman.
She told them that she had simply said Acts 2:38 and quoted scripture.
The police chuckled and escorted the burglar out to the patrol car. "Why did the woman's quoting scripture scare you so much?" they asked.
"Scripture?" said the burglar, "I thought she said she had an ax and two 38's!
Oh hey..meant to tell you...Billy Joe Royal did a great job on your songs...but of course, I'm bias as to my preference as to who performs them...(you of course). Just ordered the book...anxious to get it...also ordered Sarah Palin's...Going Rogue...so, when my cheeks hurt from laughing so much..cause you have a way to make people laugh...well, when I need to get serious and all that stuff...I'll get political and read about what Sarah has to say. Talk to you...Connie
Hey there...can't wait to get your book..and I'm so sorry I can't make it down to the book signing..I was looking so forward to being there. But, when they got me scheduled for surgery..well, I had to take the date they chose...say a prayer, since it's on Friday the 13th ...lol...I'm not worried. Anyway...I know I'm gonna enjoy the reading while I'm off my feet. I'm sure you'll have a great day, and I'll be missing being there and wishing I were. Talk to you in a little while.. Connie
