Craig

I am 52 years old and live in Eastern Pa with my wife, Christine, two of our 3 kids, and our two dogs. I've been a guitarist nearly all of my life. I started playing in 1964, like so many others, influenced by the Beatles' performance on the Ed Sullivan Show. I love to travel and get to do so on a regular basis as I perform not only with my own band, the Craig Thatcher Band, but also with Simone, the daughter of jazz great Nina Simone, and also my young friend and former guitar student of 5 years, Eric Steckel.Family and music take up most of my time and that's fine with me. My musical taste covers a broad spectrum, from blues to jazz, 60's and early 70's rock, country (Jerry Reed, Chet Atkins, Merle Travis, Johnny Cash, Thom Bresh), classical Indian music and since the early 90's I've gotten back into a lot of solo acoustic guitarists.So there's a bit about me. You can read more about CTB on our website if your're interested, at www.craigthatcher.com.