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Career Timeline

1967 : Recorded 1st record with The Jades (d.craig/j.young)
70s : Wrote theme for "Festival of Man and Earth" performed by the War Babies
70s : Wrote soundtrack to movie "The Player", including the song "June Wind"

Not only did David actually help to construct the physical building that is Studio in the Country, he worked on the original staff for over 13 years in many capacities (producer, writer, assistant engineer, studio technician), working with:

  • Kansas (Dust in the Wind, Wayward Son)

  • Dick Van Dyke

  • Perry Como

  • Wayne Newton

  • Alan Toussaint

  • Pot Liquor

  • Thunderhead

  • Stevie Wonder (Secret Life of Plants)

  • Willy Nelson (IRS Tapes)

  • Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

  • Mills Brothers

  • Pete Fountain

  • Professor Longhair

  • Beau Dalls and the Wild Magnolias

  • Louisiana's Leroux

  • Doug Kershaw

  • Johnny and Edgar Winter

  • The Neville Brothers

  • Dirty Dozen Brass Band

  • Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown

  • Memphis Slim

• Breaux Bridge Rag     • Bad Week for Old Fiddlers

• Bootleggin'     • The Boxcar     • Blues Cowboy

• Aztec Flower     • Fiddlin' Around     • Bayou Stomp

1976 : Recorded his own CD of original music called "Briar Symphony' at Studio in the Country
1980s : Formed the band Full Circle

•  David Craig      • Frank Smith     • David Hyde     • David Peters

• Ransom     • Breaux Bridge Rag     • Brand New Day

August 13, 2014 : Awarded the company name "Cruel River Music" for music publishing by BMI
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