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About Me

Thanks for stopping by!(New EP-CD "Beautiful You" out now on eco- disc with art by Mimi Feicco and Graphic design By Nancy Bink). Andrew wrote these songs and arrangements (with the exception of Footprints- Wayne Shorter's tune and his lyrics) recorded and mixed by Crawford Brown at the Loft Studios in Bronxville, N.Y.,USA. Andrew has guest appearances by Grammy award winner ,Lisa Gutkin of the Klezmatics on violin,Susan Kane and Fred Gillen Jr. on harmony vocals,Rich Dashnaw on solo guitar,Kathy Halvorson on oboe and Jon Doty on drums.I hope you enjoy them.As a bass player,Andrew has performed with the group "Hope Machine", orchestras, dance,jazz,blues,rock, folk bands and also was lucky enough to perform with living legend, Pete Seeger. As a singer/songwriter,Andrew has performed his songs at New York City venues:The Bitter End,Kenny's Castaways ,Cafe An Beal Bocht and The Uptown Coffee House opening for Rod MacDonald.(Member:BMI)This profile was edited with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4. (www.strikefile.com/myspace)

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Member Since: 7/3/2006
Band Website: andrewvcraig.com
Band Members: ..

Jon Doty-drums.Kathy Halvorson-oboe. Lisa Gutkin-violin Crawford Brown-engineer and mix. Rich Dashnaw-solo guitar Susan Kane,Fred Gillen Jr., Meredith Craig-harmony vocals Andrew V. Craig-lead and harmony vocals,guitar,double bass,song writing. (When playing out or on future recordings various combinations of the following folks might occur):bass-Wally Irizarry,Rich Dashnaw drums- Jon Doty oboe-Kathy Halvorson violin-LisaGutkin, Bob Green,Scott Mettey percussion-Greg Burrows

Influences: My folks,my daughters and sons,my students,The Beatles, Peter Gabriel,A.C. Jobim,Cream,The Allman Brothers Band,Led Zeppelin,Miriam Makeba, Jimi Hendrix,J.S.Bach,Jaco Pastorius,'Duke" Ellington,Joni Mitchell,Yes,Freedy Johnston,Jeff Buckley,Jonatha Brooke,Lucy Kaplansky,Pete Seeger,Miles Davis,Carla Bley,Francois Rabbath,Kate McGarry,Rebecca Martin,Aimee Mann,Bela Fleckand the Flecktones,Lyn Christie,Arnold Schnitzer, Irwin Stahl,Death Cab for Cutie,Dr.Diana Mittler-Battapaglia,Dr. Jack Hyatt,Dr.Edward Kravitt, Penny Prince, Gary Karr,Edgar Meyer,Michael Manring and everyone I've sung or played with.
Sounds Like: With me are:Kathy Halvorson (improvising like no one else can on oboe ) and Greg Burrows(the percussion maestro) . We are playing a portion of my tune- Everyday of My Life, outdoors in Greenwich Village,NYC for Make Music New York on June 21,2008 (recorded on Meredith's cell phone).
Type of Label: Indie

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Artwork and Photos by mimi-Design by Nancy Bink

Please check out my friend mimi's artwork and photos. She did the cover art of my EP and takes great photos.
Posted by Andrew V Craig on Wed, 21 May 2008 03:12:00 PST