Craig Bickhardt
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My guitar and songwriting influences range from John Martyn and Bruce Cockburn to Doc Watson. My original songs have been recorded by Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, B. B. King, Vince Gill, Tony Rice, Charlie Louvin, Alison Krauss and dozens of others you may not have heard of. So what have I done lately, you ask? Nothing, I just listen to the world going by.
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Philadelphia Inquirer Review:
"Craig Bickhardt - Brother to the Wind
(Stone Barn ***1/2)
Craig Bickhardt is back home in the Philadelphia area after 24 years in Nashville, where he penned numerous hits for others. Brother to the Wind shows this songwriter's songwriter to be as fine an interpreter of his own material as anyone.
Cut in Nashville with some of the town's best pickers, and guests such as Janis Ian and Maura O'Connell, the album is a seamless, largely acoustic blend of folk, country and pop. The understated grace and piquant touches of the music complement the warm, carefully crafted lyrics, from the wryly observant "Life With the Sound Turned Down" to the lessons learned of "A Day Well Spent" and the heart-tugging reverie of "This Old House." (The last was a hit in the '80s for Bickhardt when he was part of the group SKB.)
In "The Real Game," Bickhardt contrasts the pros playing baseball for millions with the kids "down on the corner" playing for the sheer joy of it. After all his years in the big time, he too has managed to retain that purity of spirit, and Brother keeps it refreshingly real.
- Nick Cristiano, Staff Writer for The Philadelphia Inquirer"
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