Craig Carothers

Craig Carothers
Birth name	Craig Carothers
Origin	Portland, Oregon
Genres	folk singer-songwriter
Instruments	vocals, guitar
Years active	1990 - present
Labels	Dwight Rabbit
Website	craigcarothers.com

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.

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.^[1]

During the early stages 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.^[1]

In 1995, country music singer Trisha Yearwood recorded his song, "Little Hercules", leading to a Gold record. It was at that time that Carothers began traveling first to Nashville and then to gigs in other southern cities, Birmingham, Atlanta, Houston, and Little Rock.^[1] 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.^[2]

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.^[1]

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.^[3] 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.^[4][5]

Discography

• Greenhouse FX (1990, Silent)
• Home Remedy (1994, Silent)
• Craig Carothers Trio (1995, Silent)
• Air Mail Blue (1996, Silent)
• Acoustic Set [live] (1998, Dwight Rabbit)
• The Card (2002, Dwight Rabbit)
• One Revolution (2003, Dwight Rabbit)
• Solo (2006, Dwight Rabbit)

Songs

A number of songs written or cowritten by Carothers have been recorded by other artists. A few examples are:

• "Little Hercules" (Craig Carothers) - recorded by Trisha Yearwood for Everybody Knows (1996)
• "I Can Count on You" (Craig Carothers, Angela Kaset) - recorded by Lorrie Morgan for Show Me How (2004)
• "Invisible People" (Craig Carothers, Gene Nelson) - recorded by Peter, Paul and Mary for In These Times (2003)
• "Whoop-De-Do" (Craig Carothers, Angela Kaset) - recorded by Lorrie Morgan for To Get to You: Greatest Hits Collection (2000)
• "BFD" - recorded by several artists: Kathy Mattea, Berkley Hart, Don Henry
• "Father's Day" and "Everyday Heroes" - recorded by Steve Seskin for An Original (2002)

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Biography from craigcarothers.com
2. ^ "WHAT'S HAPPENING :Folk music news & information", Sing Out!, 42:2, Fall 1997, p.10
3. ^ Bessman, Jim, "NSAI Holds Summer Camp for Songwriting Hopefuls", Billboard, 113:31, August 4, 2001, p.45
4. ^ "2006 Mountain Stage NewSong Contest Co-winners Announced", Mountain Stage Newsong Festival press release), August 28, 2006
5. ^ "WHAT'S HAPPENING: Folk music news & information", Sing Out!, 50:4, Winter 2007, p.8-15

External links

• Craig Carothers, official web site
• Craig Carothers page on MySpace

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