DANNY CRAWFORD MUSIC

Danny Crawford has been actively involved in some facet of the music business since his early teens. He began playing piano at age 5 and started traveling and playing with a local gospel group when he turned 13.

He continued with that throughout high school and college and opened his own music store (The Music Maker in Easley, SC) when he was 21. He owned the store for 27 years and gained much experience in the field of music retail while being a dealer for most of the mainline brands in the industry.

In the early years of owning the store, Danny continued playing with different groups in the area, and then in the mid-80s, he began traveling with The Nelons of Atlanta, GA.  Also in his teenage years, he began playing keyboards and bass on sessions for local studios.

By the early 90s, he was so busy with sessions, traveling with a full-time group (Karen Peck and New River), owning a retail music store, and being a husband and new father that something had to go. In 1993, he came off of the road, turned the daily duties of the music store over to a store manager, and pursued a full-time career of playing sessions.

Since that decision, he has become one of the busiest session keyboard players outside of Nashville. He travels about a 5 – 6 state area playing and producing at various studios for both part-time and full-time groups, mainly in the gospel industry. He has played on numerous #1 and top-ten songs over the years.

His playing and recording credits include such groups and artists as Gold City, The Isaacs, Ivan Parker, The Kingsmen, Jeff and Sheri Easter, Squire Parsons, The Martins, Karen Peck, Ricky Skaggs, Tony Rice, and countless others. Danny is also the author of the instructional book and CD entitled “121 Fills for Gospel and Country Piano“.