The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #534   Message #89245
Posted By: Bill D
24-Jun-99 - 12:14 AM
Thread Name: Lyr ADD: Way Down the Road (Craig Johnson)
Subject: RE: blow your whistle out across the lines
I had the good fortune to be around while Craig Johnson was new and getting known...and heard him sing his own songs back in 1978-88..(and a few times since) ..(he did a house concert in my basement once!) he has that 'voice' that is perfect for the stuff he wrote...and he does MANY MANY old time songs on guitar, fiddle and banjo, too...and he wrote a few things you'll never see on record...*grin* check out this little item..verse 3 by yours truly (oh...the word 'frightening' should be 'sprightly'...Dick transcribed a tape)

Craig also wrote a topical thing called "I want to be in Brooklyn for the Blackouts in the Spring"....

but he is a consummate musician...and a heck of a nice guy!