10281 - BILLY CRAIN - FAMILY MATTERS (2015)
BILLY CRAIN
''FAMILY MATTERS''
SEPTEMBER 14 2015
53:00
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1 Dark House 05:38
2 True Beauty 06:07
3 Lucky Penny 06:26
4 Family Matters 05:31
5 Road Warriors 05:13
6 Glory (Jim's Song) 04:29
7 Hurricane Helen 05:34
8 Wilder Things 04:04
9 Joe Parker 04:46
10 1928 05:09
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Album Notes
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This CD gets about as up close and personal as Billy Crain can get. "I grew up with my older brother, Tommy Crain, of the Charlie Daniels Band, as my mentor. We toured together on and off since our early teens. My whole family picture shattered drastically on Jan. 13, 2011. My beloved brother passed away in his sleep. A week later on the very night of Tommy's memorial service, my wife, Sandy and I, took in a little boy named Dallas as our foster child. Later that summer Sandy was diagnosed with breast cancer and went through two rounds of surgery. It was a rough time. I was on the road with the Outlaws and on Feb 22nd, we took in a second foster child named Stella Rose. I also went through some legal stuff with the Outlaws so it felt like my whole world was caving in. In Feb of 2013 my mother died and a month later my father died. I was about as beat down as you can get. I had already started work on my third solo record "Silent Roar." In June of 2013, my doctor and my pastor both told me "You better get off the road or you are gonna die." I was 30 pounds underweight and I knew i literally was dying. After a couple of months off the road I began to get my health back. I went through an intense period of writing and soul searching. Dallas and Stella were both adopted and the tragedies of the last 3 years were coming alive in my music. I decided to call this work of music "Family Matters' because that is what it is about.......Family. I look forward to sharing my family with you because it's been one incredible journey."
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OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY
I've played in front of 1,100,000 people in Washington, D.C. on the fourth of July and performed for no one in a club called the Losers on Christmas Eve. I was taught guitar by the best, my brother, Tommy Crain. I got to see Duane Allman, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Albert King, and Jimmy Page perform when I was a teenager. I've shared the stage with the Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Van Halen, ZZ Top, The Cars, The Marshall Tucker Band, The Allman Brothers Band, The Charlie Daniels Band, and all the heroes of old. I've played a show using Duane Allman's Les Paul, recorded a record using Steve Gaines Stratocaster, and am the proud owner of my brother's beloved Gold Top Les Paul. I've stayed up all night flipping quarters with Gregg Allman, jammed with Dicky Betts on "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" in the wee hours of the night in a hotel room in Philadelphia, and almost had the bottom half of my left ear bitten off by Allen Collins. Oh yeah, I drank whiskey with Jimmy Page too. I've shared the stage with a Blues Brother named Dan Ackroyd, travelled in Econoline Vans, Silver Eagles, and puddle jumper planes and toured the world many times over. I've recorded with little known acts at the time like Shania Twain and the Dixie Chicks. I've received royalty checks for as little as 15 cents and as big as $80,000. I've been an Outlaw, a Bellamy Brother, a Music Row songwriter and producer and session guitar player, won songwriter awards, received multi-platinum sales awards and ended up shoveling horse manure to pay my child support. I am a sinner but have been saved by the Grace of God, been a foster parent, a humanitarian to Haiti, and buried my brother, my parents, been sued, helped my wife survive cancer, adopted 2 children and had to retire indefinitely from the road,, all in a 2 year period. I still love to play guitar, write songs, and make records, I love Jesus and my wife and 4 children and that's about all you need to know about me....... - See more at: http://www.billycrain.com/bio/#sthash.6TLdzSz2.dpuf
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''FAMILY MATTERS''
SEPTEMBER 14 2015
53:00
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1 Dark House 05:38
2 True Beauty 06:07
3 Lucky Penny 06:26
4 Family Matters 05:31
5 Road Warriors 05:13
6 Glory (Jim's Song) 04:29
7 Hurricane Helen 05:34
8 Wilder Things 04:04
9 Joe Parker 04:46
10 1928 05:09
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Album Notes
cdbaby
This CD gets about as up close and personal as Billy Crain can get. "I grew up with my older brother, Tommy Crain, of the Charlie Daniels Band, as my mentor. We toured together on and off since our early teens. My whole family picture shattered drastically on Jan. 13, 2011. My beloved brother passed away in his sleep. A week later on the very night of Tommy's memorial service, my wife, Sandy and I, took in a little boy named Dallas as our foster child. Later that summer Sandy was diagnosed with breast cancer and went through two rounds of surgery. It was a rough time. I was on the road with the Outlaws and on Feb 22nd, we took in a second foster child named Stella Rose. I also went through some legal stuff with the Outlaws so it felt like my whole world was caving in. In Feb of 2013 my mother died and a month later my father died. I was about as beat down as you can get. I had already started work on my third solo record "Silent Roar." In June of 2013, my doctor and my pastor both told me "You better get off the road or you are gonna die." I was 30 pounds underweight and I knew i literally was dying. After a couple of months off the road I began to get my health back. I went through an intense period of writing and soul searching. Dallas and Stella were both adopted and the tragedies of the last 3 years were coming alive in my music. I decided to call this work of music "Family Matters' because that is what it is about.......Family. I look forward to sharing my family with you because it's been one incredible journey."
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OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY
I've played in front of 1,100,000 people in Washington, D.C. on the fourth of July and performed for no one in a club called the Losers on Christmas Eve. I was taught guitar by the best, my brother, Tommy Crain. I got to see Duane Allman, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Albert King, and Jimmy Page perform when I was a teenager. I've shared the stage with the Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Van Halen, ZZ Top, The Cars, The Marshall Tucker Band, The Allman Brothers Band, The Charlie Daniels Band, and all the heroes of old. I've played a show using Duane Allman's Les Paul, recorded a record using Steve Gaines Stratocaster, and am the proud owner of my brother's beloved Gold Top Les Paul. I've stayed up all night flipping quarters with Gregg Allman, jammed with Dicky Betts on "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" in the wee hours of the night in a hotel room in Philadelphia, and almost had the bottom half of my left ear bitten off by Allen Collins. Oh yeah, I drank whiskey with Jimmy Page too. I've shared the stage with a Blues Brother named Dan Ackroyd, travelled in Econoline Vans, Silver Eagles, and puddle jumper planes and toured the world many times over. I've recorded with little known acts at the time like Shania Twain and the Dixie Chicks. I've received royalty checks for as little as 15 cents and as big as $80,000. I've been an Outlaw, a Bellamy Brother, a Music Row songwriter and producer and session guitar player, won songwriter awards, received multi-platinum sales awards and ended up shoveling horse manure to pay my child support. I am a sinner but have been saved by the Grace of God, been a foster parent, a humanitarian to Haiti, and buried my brother, my parents, been sued, helped my wife survive cancer, adopted 2 children and had to retire indefinitely from the road,, all in a 2 year period. I still love to play guitar, write songs, and make records, I love Jesus and my wife and 4 children and that's about all you need to know about me....... - See more at: http://www.billycrain.com/bio/#sthash.6TLdzSz2.dpuf
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WEBSITE
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TO THE TOP
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