Raymond Creasy grew up in the rural Tennessee traditions of folk, bluegrass and country music, becoming Tennessee banjo champ while still a teenager. He expanded his musical horizons while living in Memphis, playing electric guitar and banjo with blues legends, beat bands, and rock and roll groups. At the same time, he was a graphic artist and songwriter.
Silver Hawk, with John Paul Daniel, The Lick Creek Band, The Flying J Wranglers, Toad Suck Symphony, are a few of the groups he's played with in the past. He's toured throughout the Midwest and West, and became a regular performer at the Cowboy in Durango, and the Chuckwagon in Ruidoso, and hosted a weekly TV program in New Mexico, called "the Mountain Musical." Some of these performance are our favorites on youtube. We have remastered the Lick Creek Band's LP, Home in Tennessee, recorded in 1974.
Raymond and Sue became a duo almost 20 years ago. Together, they've recorded 10 CDs, the latest entitled Opposites Attract. Raymond starting making flutes about 15 years ago. Previously Raymond had recorded 6 albums of his own compositions. Three of these recordings, done between '78 and '82, were remastered to a CD, "Retrospective." Sue recorded one previous collection of folk music, "Dave & Sue," and played in the Dixie Darlings, Patchwork, and Legacy. A native Kansan who's lived in Arkansas 20 plus years, Sue grew up singing at church and talent shows, playing piano, flute, and guitar, and added mandolin and mountain dulcimer as an adult. Raymond and Sue used to perform at the Ozark Folk Center in Mtn. View. Making videos using Sue's MAC has become our newest form of artistic expression together, producing several videos each year, using our music for the backgrounds. We also have done videos for fellow musicians and artists, uploaded to youtube.
As a sign artist, Raymond's elegant lettering and accurate depictions can be seen throughout many towns in north-central Arkansas. Raymond's artwork graces the covers of many of our CDs. Raymond's music publishing company is Galactic Warrior Publishing and he's been an ASCAP composer since 1996.
