Anthony Crawford (born May 5, 1957) is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter, who has worked with many well-known musicians in the studio, onstage and as a songwriter. Crawford has also released several solo albums in addition to two albums and a DVD with his wife, Savana Lee, as Sugarcane Jane. Although born in Birmingham,

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became Anthony's home, where he performed live at Opryland USA, toured with the Sonny James Band, and appeared on television’s Hee Haw and The Ralph Emery Show. He caught the eye of many in Nashville including

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and Little Dog Records. After traveling throughout the Southeast playing various string instruments, his opportunities expanded to include tours with Neil Young. In between tours with Young backing bands The Shocking Pinks, International Harvesters, and Electric Band, Anthony also toured with

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, Dwight Yoakam, Vince Gill, the Pegi Young Band,

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and Blackhawk. A prolific songwriter, Crawford has over four hundred songs to his credit, many recorded by artists including

, Pegi Young, Kenny Rogers, Lee Greenwood, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Sawyer Brown, Billy Burnett, and Lorrie Morgan. Anthony’s solo career includes a self-titled debut album, Radio Cafe, and Five Is Red (a collaborative album recorded with Everest and Bo Koster from My Morning Jacket). With wife/singing partner Savana Lee, he created Sugarcane Jane in 2009 and tour the southeast. Anthony opened his recording studio Admiral Bean in 2010.

Solo albums

* "Anthony Crawford"- Little Dog Records - Producer- Pete Anderson (1993) - Two singles appeared on Gavin's Adult Contemporary Chart: "Fit In" peaked at # 20, "On The Edge" peaked at # 15 *"Unintentional Decoy" - AC Sound - Producer -Anthony Crawford (1995) * “Radio Café”- Cason Companies – Producer Buzz Cason/Anthony Crawford (2000)
“Five is Red”
- Independent release – Producer Anthony Crawford (2009)

Album appearances

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'' Radio Romance'' Liberty Records (1982) * Tanya Tucker '' Changes'' Arista (1983) * Rosanne Cash '' Rhythm and Romance'' Columbia (1985) * Rodney Crowell ''

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'' (1986) * Neil Young '' Everybody's Rockin''' Geffen (1983) * Neil Young '' Old Ways'' Geffen (1983–1985) * Vince Gill '' When I Call Your Name'' MCA Nashville (1989) *

'' Refugee of the Heart'' Virgin Records (1990) *

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'' Geffen (1992) * Pete Anderson '' Working Class'' (1994) * Dwight Yoakam ''

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'' Reprise (1995) * Dwight Yoakam '' Under The Covers'' (1997) * Neil Young '' Prairie Wind'' Reprise Records (2005) * Neil Young '' Fork in the Road'' Reprise Records (2009) * Neil Young '' A Treasure'' Reprise Records (2011)

Played on tour with

* Sonny James (1981) * Neil Young and th
"International Harvesters"
World Tour (1983) * Neil Young and

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World Tour (1983–1985) *

(1986–1987) * Vince Gill (1989) * Steve Winwoo
"Roll with It Tour"
(1988–1990) *

"The American In Me" (1990) * Dwight Yoakam “Gone” World Tour (1996–1997) * Blackhawk "For The Sake Of The Song" (2003–2007) * Neil Young (2007–2009)

Video and TV appearances

* 1980 "Grand Ole Opry Matinee" Solo * 1981 "Hee Haw" with Sonny James * 1983-85 with Neil Young
"Austin City Limits"
"Nashville Now", "Live Aid", "Farm Aid I and II", “New Orlean’s World Fair", "Cryin" video and "Wonderin" video * 1988-89 with Nicolette Larson - "Nashville Now", "Hee Haw"

* 1989 with Steve Winwood

* 1990-1996 with Rodney Crowell - "Lovin' All Night" video, and "Nashville Now" * 1996 SOLO - "Country Today"

video, "On The Edge" video * 1996-97 with Dwight Yoakam - "Late Show with David Letterman", "Grammy Awards Show", "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno", and "Gone" video * 2003 Blackhawk DVD * 2005 with Neil Young (Directed by Jonathan Demme)- “Heart of Gold” movie and DVD * 2008 with Neil Young – “Farm Aid”

Compositions

, Dwight Yoakam, Kenny Rogers, Lee Greenwood,

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, Billy Burnette, Lorrie Morgan, Sawyer Brown, and The Oak Ridge Boys have all recorded songs written by Crawford.

Production

Steve Forbert, Willie Sugarcapps, Sugarcane Jane, Edward David Anderson, Scott Nolan, Savana Lee, Cary Laine, Rusty Miller, Sterling Fletcher, Pete Nice, Sassafrass, T-Bone Montgomery, Lauren Kay, Corey Rezner, Laci Wright, Charles Davis

Instrumentalist

Acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, mandolin, violin, drums, harmonica, pedal steel, piano, keyboards and banjo.

External links

Official Anthony Crawford WebsiteOfficial Sugarcane Jane Website
* Billboard ProfileArtist Biography, Discography and album information
"On the Road With a Rock Star"
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