Artist description Percussive guitar and crisp vocals backed by solid bass and drums, and powerful, well-written songs.

Music Style Acoustic Rock

Musical Influences Paul Simon, The Police, Michael Hedges, James Taylor, The Jam, Bob Dylan, CSN, Neil Young

Similar Artists Dave Matthews, James Taylor, Neil Young, Michael Hedges, Goo-Goo-Dolls, Counting Crows

Artist History Mike Craghead has been Performing extensively and recording in Humboldt County, Ca., both solo and with the trio, since 1993.

Group Members Mike Craghead: Vocals and guitar Eldin Green: Bass Bob Martinez: Drums

Instruments Guitar, Bass, Drums

Albums Straight With You (1999), Hot Brew Live (1994), Feel The Rain (1993)

Press Reviews Craghead gets 'Straight with You'By Pam Long of Green Witch Internet Radio Mike Craghead has been on the local Humboldt music scene performing his personal stories in breweries and coffee houses for the better part of a decade. If you are at all familiar with Craghead's work then you will at once enjoy Straight With You, a new collection of classic Craghead along with a few newly penned beauties. Along with Craghead, local musicians Eldin Green (bass) and Bobby Martinez (drums) provide just the right amount of rhythm and driving energy while never drowning out their main man. All together they all a solid trio and a pleasure to listen to. With music in his head and emotions on the loose in his heart, Craghead communicates such subject matter as betrayal, anger, discovery, unconditional love and letting go into well-crafted songs. Yes, these are serious subjects, and left in the hands of a lesser wordsmith they often become gooey, causing a symphony of listener winces. Songs like "Words Like Forever," "Last One With You," and the title track, "Straight With You," have all been recorded on previously released cassette format. And as fortune would have it, here they have been polished up, reworked and re-recorded onto CD making them as listenable as hearing them performed live. Of the new songs, "It's Only Me" is an honest, poignant stream of thoughts attesting to the confounded wonder of being a father. This awe-inspiring reproductive experience seems to have given the singer a more powerful and grounded vocal quality and ultimately(time will tell) a slightly different view of the lyrical world.Mike Craghead's upcoming CD release party will be held at Six Rivers Brewery, Saturday, October 30. For details and a RealAudio stream of the album go to http://www.northcoast.com/craghead. Better yet, support your local talented singer/songwriter and buy the CD at your local music store.-Pam Long, former music director of KHUM radio, now lives in the Bay Area programming the multi-channel internet radio site The Green Witch (www.greenwitch.com). Email pam@greenwitch.com

Location Eureka, Ca - USA

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