Nine out of ten average Joes would tell Dan Craig he’s nuts. After all, who the hell puts medical school on hold to pursue a career in music? Who would trade all that delicious Gray’s Anatomy scandal and future financial security to live on cereal and dream of a used van to take on the road? “It’s the best thing I know how to do,” he says, quite simply.
A native of Denver, Colorado, Dan began playing the guitar in sixth grade, put his first band together before his voice changed, and continued collaborating and forming bands all the way through high school. While earning a degree in Biology at the University of Pennsylvania, Dan kept busy writing songs and gigging at local Philly hot spots like, The Point, Grape Street Pub, and Doc Watson’s. After graduation, he recorded his debut album, New Every Morning, and wandered the East Coast, getting the feel for the road, and playing every chance he got.
Dan returned to his Denver roots and landed a job doing cancer research, which eventually lead him to the University of Colorado Medical School. He spent the last year in scrubs, honing his sound and writing songs for his next album. The working title, The Confidence Interval, is proof of a magical coexistence between art and science—a proof that leaks subconsciously into his lyrics. “… A billion years of DNA won’t keep her warm at night, it’s just so irreducibly complex…” (Anything Less)
Listening to Dan Craig is like standing at the crossroads of coming-of-age and ageless wisdom. His voice is a sweet lullaby touched with sandpaper. His lyrics move seamlessly from innocent cries of honest introspection, “I am so insecure…” (Would You Tell Me I’m Wrong) to confident statements of universal truth, “…it’s the hurt that makes the healer feel like home.” (Afterglow) When it’s all said and done, you’re not sure where you’ve been, but you know that you’ve been moved.
Dan will be headed back to a studio outside of Boston this summer, reuniting with the disjointed members of his band to record these new songs and more. The album is expected by August/September and will be available through his website, Amazon, and anywhere else he can sell it. Dan’s gorgeous; rock-star/nerd act has the ladies swooning and the gentleman adding him to the mental soundtrack of their lives. Stay tuned for the schedule of upcoming shows in Denver and beyond. See him live, and you’ll realize he wasn’t joking. This is the best thing he knows how to do.
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