Andrew V. Craig
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"Hey Andrew,
You sound great -- fun!........ "
Sandy Shore -SmoothJazz. com
"Dear Andy:
.....Your choices for the music were lovely and very fitting for this program."- Helen M.Jansson for members of PAVE
"We liked him so much we just had to have him back".... brochure Uptown Coffee House
Vocal Scholarship Recipient-2002 Lehman College Bronx,N.Y.
Honorable Mention- Billboard Music Awards for "Follow Your Heart"
Andrew is writing and performing music as a teacher, a leader of song,singer/songwriter and a bass player. Andrew performs with orchestras, dance, jazz, blues,rock, folk bands.He is also the father of five and the accidental mid-wife of one of those children.
He performed outdoors in Greenwich Village as part of Make Music NY and TimeOut magazine,with Pete Seeger at the Beacon water front and opened for Rod MacDonald at the Uptown Coffee House. Andrew has performed his songs at New York City venues:The Bitter End,Kenny's Castaways, An Beal Bocht Cafe and The Uptown Coffee House.
Andrew's band mates(depending on availability personel might vary)
Kathy Halvorson- principal oboe,
county Cork,Ireland and recordings with Bjork
(more info available soon)
Rich Dashnaw- great guitar player and musician
Jon Doty-drummer for many jazz and blues artists including Gil Paris
Andrew was influenced by those great 60’s-70’s rock groups such as Yes, early Genesis, Traffic, Cream, Led Zeppelin, Hendrix Experience and the Allman Brothers Band. Andrew also experienced the influence of the very eclectic, now gone, radio station, WRNW. There is where Andrew heard the likes of Steel Eye Span and other celtic folk artists along with Joni Mitchell and the jazz fusion group, Weather Report, A.C.Jobim, Flora Purim and Milton Nasimento.
He studied string bass with Jack Messing,Arnold Schnitzer and Dr.Lyn Christie , Jazz Composition with Irwin Stahl and vocal /string/band pedagogy with Dr.Diana Mittller- Battapaglia.
Andrew’s writing has also been influenced by his five children, his students and his Bronx neighbors.
Andrew is a member of Folk Alliance,Just Plain Folks,ASTA,WCSMA,BMI and a Tribes Hill board member.
www.myspace.com/andycraigfriends
www.cdbaby.com/andrewvcraig
"Hey Andrew,
You sound great -- fun!........ "
Sandy Shore -SmoothJazz. com
"Dear Andy:
.....Your choices for the music were lovely and very fitting for this program."- Helen M.Jansson for members of PAVE
"We liked him so much we just had to have him back".... brochure Uptown Coffee House
Vocal Scholarship Recipient-2002 Lehman College Bronx,N.Y.
Honorable Mention- Billboard Music Awards for "Follow Your Heart"
Andrew is writing and performing music as a teacher, a leader of song,singer/songwriter and a bass player. Andrew performs with orchestras, dance, jazz, blues,rock, folk bands.He is also the father of five and the accidental mid-wife of one of those children.
He performed outdoors in Greenwich Village as part of Make Music NY and TimeOut magazine,with Pete Seeger at the Beacon water front and opened for Rod MacDonald at the Uptown Coffee House. Andrew has performed his songs at New York City venues:The Bitter End,Kenny's Castaways, An Beal Bocht Cafe and The Uptown Coffee House.
Andrew's band mates(depending on availability personel might vary)
Kathy Halvorson- principal oboe,
county Cork,Ireland and recordings with Bjork
(more info available soon)
Rich Dashnaw- great guitar player and musician
Jon Doty-drummer for many jazz and blues artists including Gil Paris
Andrew was influenced by those great 60’s-70’s rock groups such as Yes, early Genesis, Traffic, Cream, Led Zeppelin, Hendrix Experience and the Allman Brothers Band. Andrew also experienced the influence of the very eclectic, now gone, radio station, WRNW. There is where Andrew heard the likes of Steel Eye Span and other celtic folk artists along with Joni Mitchell and the jazz fusion group, Weather Report, A.C.Jobim, Flora Purim and Milton Nasimento.
He studied string bass with Jack Messing,Arnold Schnitzer and Dr.Lyn Christie , Jazz Composition with Irwin Stahl and vocal /string/band pedagogy with Dr.Diana Mittller- Battapaglia.
Andrew’s writing has also been influenced by his five children, his students and his Bronx neighbors.
Andrew is a member of Folk Alliance,Just Plain Folks,ASTA,WCSMA,BMI and a Tribes Hill board member.
www.myspace.com/andycraigfriends
www.cdbaby.com/andrewvcraig
Genres:
Acoustic, Alternative Country, Folk, Jazz, Singer-Songwriter (male), Traditional Country
Members:
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Jon Doty-drums
Kathy Halvorson-oboe
Wally Irizarry or Rich Dashnaw-bass
Lisa Gutkin-violin
(members depend on the gig-other guests might be present)
Andrew V. Craig-guitar, voice -songwriting
Jon Doty-drums
Kathy Halvorson-oboe
Wally Irizarry or Rich Dashnaw-bass
Lisa Gutkin-violin
(members depend on the gig-other guests might be present)
Andrew V. Craig-guitar, voice -songwriting
Setup Requirements:
None Listed
