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| Dan Crary | |
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| Born | September 29, 1939 Kansas City, Kansas |
| Genre(s) | Bluegrass |
| Occupation(s) | Guitarist, singer |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar |
| Years active | 1960-present |
| Label(s) | Thunderation Music, Sugar Hill |
| Associated acts | Bluegrass Alliance, Sundance, BCH, California |
| Website | http://dancrary.com |
Dan Crary (aka Deacon Dan Crary) (born September 29, 1939 in Kansas City, Kansas) [1] is an American bluegrass guitarist.
He helped re-establish flatpicked guitar as a prominent soloing bluegrass instrument. Crary is an innovator of the flatpicking style of guitar playing. He is also a Speech communications Professor at California State University, Fullerton. Crary categorizes himself as a "Solo flatpicker" and has recorded several projects that feature him along with guests, usually other innovators of the guitar in all styles.
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Crary started playing guitar at the age of 12.[2] In 1957, after graduating from high school, he attended Chicago's Moody Bible Institute to study theology. In 1960, he moved to Lawrence, to study at the University of Kansas, he played guitar and sang in a trio called the Carltons. 1965, he went to San Francisco to study at the Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary — playing locally both with groups and solo to make a living.
In 1967, with a degree in hand he moved to Louisville Kentucky to continue his studies in pursuit of a doctorate of philosophy at the Southern Seminary. In Louisville, greatly interested in bluegrass music, he became friendly with various musicians, and in 1968, he became a member of Bluegrass Alliance. They soon became the house band in a local bar, known as the Red Dog Saloon. In 1970 he released "Bluegrass Guitar the first bluegrass album built around the acoustic guitar.
After leaving Louisville in 1970 Crary went to Los Angeles and did not record again until late 1975 when he Byron Berline and Sundance and recorded a Country rock album by the same name. In 1977 he recorded "Lady's Fancy." a solo album that marked his return to Bluegrass. In the late '70s, Berline teamed up once again with Crary and five string banjoist John Hickman for a tour of Japan. That trio went on to become known as BCH. By adding John Moore and Steve Spurgin to the original BCH, the trio formed the band California which won the IBMA Instrumental Group of the Year award in 1992, 1993 and 1994. California and BCH continue to play sporadic dates.
Crary hosted a monthly flat picking column in Frets Magazine during the 1980s. A column that on a regular basis was, "the #1 or sometimes the #2 most-read column in the magazine".
In September 2006, Crary produced a theatrical musical history of the guitar called "Primal Twang: The Legacy of the Guitar." The production took place at the Birch North Park Theatre, in the community of North Park, San Diego, CA. Primal Twang brought numerous innovators of the Guitar together for a 4 night concert/theater event that has since been released as a DVD, including Mason Williams, Doc Watson, Albert Lee, Eric Johnson plus several others.
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