Billy Craig

Billy Craig has been busy these days with his new release This Side of Somewhere featuring 14 of his original compositions. The recording started out at the legendary Sun Studio in Memphis where Johnny Cash began his recording career and finishing the process in the Metro Detroit area...... As a featured artist the legendary WSM in Nashville played JAKE TERRY from his new release getting a great response and also with stations in Michigan WWBR Big Country and in heavy rotation on WGDN as well as in Illinois, Kentucky WRVK and WCYO, Tennessee WDXE AND WNKX. Recently added to the play list for Pure Country GAPEAU FM in France and regular rotation on Radio Antenna 2 in Italy as well as England and Australia..... Billy is no stranger to the music industry, he’s been kicking it around for some time now. In fact, since childhood Billy has performed in thousands of shows. From solo performances to cover and original bands, from jazz and country to rock, he has played in front of audiences of up to 25,000 across the USA and abroad, including New York, California, Florida, Ohio, Texas, Detroit, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway...... As one of the founding members of a Detroit based band he co-wrote songs receiving heavy radio play in Southeast Michigan on both WRIF and WLLZ in the Detroit metro market and as far west as Sacramento, California...... A regularly featured artist performing live on the syndicated Mitch Albom Show for millions of listeners across the USA...... Newly nominated for the Motor City Music Awards.....Residing on the upper eastside of Metro Detroit, Billy was born and raised in the small town of Big Rapids, Michigan, the second youngest of nine kids. His musical influences started at a very early age from watching his older sisters dance to Motown hits and listening as his older brother played AC/DC and Van Halen albums. He recognized something powerful and familiar in the rhythms and riffs, and even though he couldn’t explain it at the time, music seemed to burn in his young soul. It wouldn’t be long before he charted his own course to becoming the seasoned pro that he is today.....His mother bought him his first guitar at age seven, and he was out doing gigs by the time he was in the eighth grade with his older brother’s band. They won the Eastern Michigan Battle of the Bands that year, going up against bands with much older players, and Billy gained not only his first fans but also the confidence and desire to perform in front of larger audiences....Since childhood, Billy has performed in thousands of shows. From solo performances to cover and original bands, from jazz and country to rock, he has played in front of audiences of up to 25,000 across the USA and abroad, including New York, California, Florida, Ohio, Texas, Detroit, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway......His present focus is his going deeper into the country genre, he’s looking forward to starting pre-production on his follow-up CD.....www.billycraigmusic.com