Birth name Craig Carothers Website craigcarothers.com Instruments vocals, guitar Name Craig Carothers | Years active 1990 - present Role Singer Labels Dwight Rabbit | |
Albums Acoustic Set, Home Remedy, Solo, Inventory, The Vagabond, One Revolution, Air Mail Blue, The Card Genres Folk music, Singer-songwriter Similar Steve Seskin, Tony Arata, Don Henry, Dave Berg, Tom Grant Profiles | ||
Craig carothers singer songwriter performer at the nye beach writers series newport oregon
Craig Carothers is an American singer-songwriter. He is originally from Portland, Oregon, but now lives in Nashville, Tennessee. Carothers's "Little Hercules" was recorded for Trisha Yearwood's 1996 album Everybody Knows. The song went Gold.
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- Craig carothers singer songwriter performer at the nye beach writers series newport oregon
- Craig carothers she needs me
- Biography
- Discography
- Songs
- References
Craig carothers she needs me
Biography
Carothers grew up in the Pacific Northwest. His parents, both music teachers, introduced him to a wide range of music, including jazz, classical, and blues. Carothers also cites a number of Motown, pop, and folk influences.
During the early stage of his career (some 20 years), he toured little, playing primarily in his hometown of Portland, Oregon. He shared the stage with a range of notable acts.
In 1995, country music singer Trisha Yearwood recorded his song, "Little Hercules", leading to a Gold record. It was at that time Carothers began traveling first to Nashville and then to gigs in other southern cities, Birmingham, Atlanta, Houston, and Little Rock. During this stage of his career some of his performances at Nashville's Bluebird Cafe were featured on the Nashville Public Radio program Players and Poets.
In 2000, Carothers moved to Nashville and has continued to tour more widely ever since. Since that time, a number of other artists have recorded songs written or cowritten by Carothers, including: Kathy Mattea, Lorrie Morgan, Sons Of The Desert, Kate Markowitz, Andrea Zonn, Steve Seskin, Berkley Hart, and Peter, Paul and Mary.
Carothers has also continued to gain wider acclaim as a songwriter. In 2001, Carothers served on the faculty of the Song Camp directed by the Nashville Songwriters Association International. The camp is oriented toward aspiring songwriters. Carothers also wrote several songs for the soundtrack of the 2005 movie, The Californians, including the title track. In 2006, Carothers was one of the top five writer/performers recognized from some 2500 entries to the Newsong Contest at the Mountain Stage NewSong Festival in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. The song, "She Needs Me" (cowritten by Carothers & Tony Haselden) won as part the festival's first three-way tie for Best Song.
Carothers latest album, Alpenglow, was released in late 2016, and features two songs co-written with Bruce Hornsby, "Alpenglow" and "Alma Mater." The album also features Bruce Hornsby on keyboards.
Discography
Songs
A number of songs written or cowritten by Carothers have been recorded by other artists. A few examples are: