Category: music
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And speaking of new records, many of you know I recently announced a new record I’ve released, The Craig Demos on June 18. The physical CDs arrived on July 1 and I wanted to let you know they are available now from my website. Please visit and have a listen. I hope that you enjoy…
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Greetings to everyone from Liberty, Tennessee, on the edge of the Cumberland Plateau. I certainly do hope that the world is shining brightly on you as we approach summer. This is the first spring that I will have seen in its entirety in middle Tennessee, after thirteen years of hanging my hat here. It’s been…
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The latest report from Willbilly Music is a new record, The Craig Demos…
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Greetings from Liberty, Just a short note of thanks to all of you that showed up, practiced patience and watched the Pass the Song, Pass the Hat virtual concert on Thursday night. Your generosity is greatly appreciated. It was a real hoot. The platform, Crowdcast, had a glitch at the beginning of the concert and…
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Greetings from Liberty, Tennessee, on the edge of the Cumberland Plateau. We are still alive and well and haven’t fallen off yet. This Thursday, April 2, I will be performing one song, along with eight other performers as part of an online virtual birthday celebration for Amber Black. I just met Amber online, and with…
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Greetings from Liberty. The world just keeps getting smaller and smaller. At a recent show in Ft. Myers, Florida, I met a couple who were visiting from Baltimore. We had a lovely chat after the show and spoke of the songs I had performed from my Another Life record about people, places and reminiscences from my…
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Greetings from Baltimore. I’m heading “down the ocean” as we say here in the Land of Pleasant Living. I’m playing a few shows this weekend with my good friend, Troy Hanna. It’s always fun playing with Troy because I get to play a lot of banjo. I’m also excited because when I get back to…
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Greetings and welcome from Baltimore. I’m writing from my Dad’s apartment, not far from where I grew up. I’m having a mug of green tea this morning and staring at a peach and deciding on whether to have that with my cereal or a banana. Maybe I’ll have both. There are locally grown tomatoes on…
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I am so thrilled to announce the release of my latest album of originalroots songs and tunes called Another Life. It’s been months of hard workwith a finished product I am so excited to share with you all. My last solorelease was in 1994, many lives ago. This project was born out of manychanges just…
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Back in February I had the one of the world’s greatest harmonica players over to my studio, Artland, here in Nashville to do some recording. Mickey Raphael, born and raised in Dallas, Texas, has been performing and recording with Willie Nelson for over four decades.
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