What's New

Dan Crary is now represented by Laura Rae of Blue Night Productions Inc, PO Box 84, Shirland, IL 61079-0084. Laura can be reached at 815.871.5715 or bluenightpromotions@gmail.com.

New DanCrary.com Q&A feature! Submit your questions, problems, and challenges to The Flatpicker's Guide.

NEW RELEASE! Dan Crary & Thunderation: Perfect Storm is out and available for airplay and purchase! Learn more here.

The world television premier of Primal Twang: The Legacy of the Guitar will be broadcast on public television station KLRN Ch-9 in December 2009 (air date TBA).

Dan Crary appeared at the Texas Music Extraganza, a Benefit Concert for the March of Dimes held in San Antonio in August 2009. Look for this show on your local public television station starting in 2010.

Primal Twang is now available on DVD! View trailer.

In September 2006, San Diego hosted the world premiere of Primal Twang: The Legacy of the Guitar — the first definitive theatrical journey through the guitar's colorful and surprisingly controversial 3500-year history. Dan Crary appeared with an international ensemble of musicians, including Eric Johnson, Albert Lee, Andrew York, Mason Williams, Doc Watson, and many more.

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Now available: Dan Crary's new CD, Renaissance of the Steel String Guitar, a journey into the past and recent history of the instrument, with performances of the music that has punctuated its rise.
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Among the winners of the 2003 International Bluegrass Music Awards is Dan Crary, awarded "Best Liner Notes for Recorded Project," for writing the notes for Chambergrass: A Decade of Tunes from the Edges of Bluegrass by Berline, Crary, & Hickman on Sugar Hill Records.