Acoustic Planet
''Acoustic Planet'' is the second solo album by American guitarist, producer, and composer Craig Chaquico. It was released a year after his first solo album, ''Acoustic Highway''. The album received a Grammy nomination in 1994 for Grammy Award for Best New Age Album, Best New Age Album. Background and recording When Chaquico left Starship (band), Starship in 1990, he began looking for a new musical direction, opting for a solo career as a jazz and New-age music, New Age instrumentalist to showcase his acoustic music. ''Acoustic Planet'' is his second album of this solo direction. The album was recorded at Chaquico's Lunatunes Studio in Mill Valley, California, Mill Valley, California, mixed at Auravision Studios in Ojai, California, Ojai, California, and mastered at Quad Tech Studios in Los Angeles. Accolades ''Acoustic Planet'' debuted at the top of the ''Billboard charts, Billboard'' New Age chart on November 12, 1994 and received a Grammy nomination for Best New Age Albu ...
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Craig Chaquico
Craig Clinton Chaquico (or Chaquiço, ; born September 26, 1954) is an American guitarist, songwriter, and composer. From 1974 to 1990 he was lead guitarist for the rock bands Jefferson Starship and Starship. In 1993, he started a solo career as an acoustic jazz guitarist and composer. Early life Chaquico was born and raised in Sacramento, California and attended La Sierra High School in the suburb of Carmichael. His mother, Muriel, was a state government employee, and his father, Bill, owned an upholstery business. Both were of Portuguese descent. He had an older brother named Howard. The household was a musical one; Chaquico recalls, "My mom and dad were musicians and played around the house all the time. I thought everybody played the piano and organ like Mom and the sax and accordion like Dad together after dinner." He began playing the guitar as a young boy, when his parents bought him his first guitar at the age of ten. When Chaquico was twelve, the car he and his father ...
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