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David Kraai ... is a Band performing Americana, Country, and Singer-Songwriter music.
David Kraai (pronounced cry, meaning crow) is a multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter and bandleader who has been traveling and performing his melting pot of country, folk and rock for over two decades. His roots stem from the famed Woodstock area of New York's Hudson Valley, but his music has taken him all over the United States, and at times abroad, gaining him an ever-growing fan base.
Carrying on the tradition of Cosmic American Music, David's influences include Gram Parsons, Neil Young, Bob Dylan and The Band. These influences along with his unique sense of melody and lyric help create a sound that is truly his own. Kraai has been fortunate enough to release several albums and share stages and bills with some of his heroes like Pete Seeger, Levon Helm, Garth Hudson, Dickey Betts, Leon Russell, Charlie Louvin, Dr. Ralph Stanley and more.
David Kraai's new album, Back To When, features a stellar group of musicians, several of whom played with the legendary Gram Parsons - who is at long last being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this year. The album also features the very guitar on which Gram wrote his signature song, the classic "Hickory Wind," and which was used to record his groundbreaking International Submarine Band's album Safe at Home.
Back To When reunites this guitar for very first time with the only surviving musicians from that album: JayDee Maness (Steel Guitar Hall of Fame, Buck Owens), Earl Poole Ball (Johnny Cash, The Byrds) and Jon Corneal (The Flying Burrito Brothers, Gene Clark).
Along for the cosmic ride with this core band are such lauded musicians as Rock & Roll Hall of Famer John Sebastian (The Lovin' Spoonful), Tony Garnier (Bob Dylan, Asleep at the Wheel), Andy Hess (The Black Crowes, Gov't Mule), Phil Jones (Tom Petty, Roy Orbison), Larry Packer (The Last Waltz, The Band), Teresa Williams (Levon Helm, Phil Lesh) and Herb Pedersen (The Dillards, Mudcrutch), who has performed on albums by both Gram Parsons and his iconic singing partner Emmylou Harris.
Besides two carefully chosen Parsons-related covers, the other seven tracks on Back To When are David Kraai's engaging originals - including a co-write with Grateful Dead lyricist Gerrit Graham. The album was mixed by Justin Guip, three-time Grammy winner for his work with Levon Helm, and mastered by the legendary Rob Fraboni, who was called a "genius" by Keith Richards in his autobiography. Accompanying the album are insightful liner notes by award-winning author Holly George-Warren.
Now is the time to go on a journey back to when music is still made by real musicians playing original songs of the heart. Songs that examine our current times while celebrating the timeless connection between friends, here and gone, who continue to influence and enrich the tapestry of all our lives.
Back To When2026 Americana, Country, and Singer-Songwriter
David Kraai's new album, Back To When, features a stellar group of musicians, several of whom played with the legendary Gram Parsons.
North Mountain Rambling2017 Americana, Country, and Singer-Songwriter
A melting pot of country, folk & rock recorded in the basement of the legendary Big Pink with special guests Rob Stoner & Eric Weissberg... 50 years of basement tapes!
Country Dreamer2012 Americana, Singer-Songwriter, and Country
Fine country folk music w/ a hearty dose of rock thrown into the Americana potpourri for taste. Featuring appearances by members of The Black Crowes, Gov't Mule, Gram Parsons & Emmylou Harris' band!
high & lonesome2007 Rock (classic), Country, and Singer-Songwriter
The best country rock this side of 1973! An 11 track album that mixes traditional and progressive, acoustic and electric, laid-back and upbeat, country and rock...
A Denim Fall2004 Folk/Traditional, Country, and Singer-Songwriter
Fine country folk music from the heart of America. Bob Dylan meets Gram Parsons for sweet tea in an orange living room with white christmas lights. Full-length album with 12 tracks...
