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| Location: | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | Nov 6, 2007 (392 days back) |
About Me |
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| Craig J Martin, Nashville singer songwriter most noted for writing Tim McGraw's first number one song "Don't Take The Girl" The former Mercury/Polygram recording artist also penned Western Flyer's chart topper "What Will You Do With M-E" And many others. CMA Nominee 3 times, ACM Nominee 2 times. Member of BMI 2 million airplays club. Has reached Platinum 1 million sales 15 times over. Admits that the highlight of his songwriting career so far is hearing George Jones sing Craigs song "Dyin Day" Born and raised in McMechen, West Virginia (Marshall County) It began when he was 8 years old, at Christmas. Craig’s older brother (by two years) got a guitar for Christmas from his father. It only took a day for his brother to get bored with the gift, so to save his Dad’s feelings Craig picked it up. From that moment on, he couldn’t put it down. He taught himself how to play and not long after, started writing songs. Craig’s love for music progressed the older he got. At fifteen he started a band and played in honky tonks and bars that performed regularly in West Virginia, Ohio, Western Pennsylvania and Kentucky. At the age of eighteen, he put the music aside and took a job in the North Hall unit in the maximum security penitentiary in Moundsville, WV. There he stayed for five years. After he realized that the corrections life wasn’t what he wanted, Craig packed up and moved to Nashville and was immediately taken under the wings of hit songwriters and artists alike. Craig played for tips for a year or more at Hound Dogs Hot Dogs Stand on Music Row with Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw before any of the three established a name for themselves. From there, Craig was noticed by Mercury/Polygram Records and signed to a recording deal. After a year of working on a slow moving album project, and disputes between him and the label of song selection he decided to leave the label and concentrate on song writing. At that time, Tim McGraw was recording his second album and asked Craig if he could record a song that Mercury Records wouldn’t let Craig record. The song was “Don’t Take The Girl”. You can imagine how his song writing career exploded after that. “Don’t Take The Girl” was Craig’s first number one song as a writer and Tim McGraw’s first number one song as an artist, And has been determined now to be within the top 5 selling country singles of all time. The hot dog stand days paid off! Craig went on to write other songs for artist’s such as; Western Flyer, George Jones, Clinton Gregory, Lee Ann Womack, Cledus T Judd and others. He has been nominated three times for CMA awards, twice for ACM awards, is a member of BMI’s 2 million airplays club. His songs have appeared in television shows, and on albums in excess of 15 million sales.His new CD entitled “Let Him Walk You Home” can be purchased or downloaded now at www.craigjmartinmusic.com. |
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Music:Member Since: 8/26/2006Band Website: craigjmartinmusic.com Band Members: This is the official Craig J Martin Myspace page operated by outside affiliates. Although Craig does take part in this page, he can't answer every email that comes to this page personally. Please feel free to leave comments! He does see them and tries very hard to respond. Music Video: DON'T TAKE THE GIRL (by Tim McGraw) From the pen of Craig J Martin ..Influences: Lefty Frizzel, Merle Haggard, Keith Whitley, Hank Williams, James Taylor, Dan Fogelberg, Sounds Like: Craig J Martin Record Label: SongStorm Records Type of Label: Indie |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Country) |
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Watch the "Don't Take The Girl" video |
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| http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual
&videoid=1423075247 Posted by Craig J Martin on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:32:00 PST |
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Keith Whitley, Tim McGraw, Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time, Clinton Gregory, Billy Don Burns, Tammy Cochran, George Jones, Carl Jackson, Rascal Flatts, Deborah Allen, Taylor Swift, Toby Keith, George Strait, Dolly Parton, Trace Adkins, Don't like my attitude call, 1800-KISSMYASS!, ♥Stephanie♥, ♥ Brenda ♥, Normal people worrie me, Dale Watson, ♥Sweetcheeks♥, *sexy eyes*, Frank DeWitt, TeamFloyd, Tommie aka CherokeePassion, Lyle Makit, Tone Irene, Tone Irene, Terry Lee Ballard, MUSIC VALLEY WAX MUSEUM, sexyprincezz2007, Geneva Band, *Michelle*, Dawn, Sweetie, diana, Punk Daddy, Flash, lynn, Crystal, Dawn, SPOILEDBITCH, Patty, Kateara, ~HeavensAngela~, bud GAL, Linda Lee Lang/Country Music Vocalist, Dustbowl, The Mayhaws, The Uncle Bill Roach Band, neil akers
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