Craig Ross

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Craig Ross 2012 in Madrid.

Craig Ross is an American guitarist who is best known in Germany for his collaboration with Lenny Kravitz .

Life

Ross was born and raised in Los Angeles . He first came into contact with a guitar at the age of 8 and counts the Beatles and Chuck Berry among his first influences.

At the age of 16 he founded the band The Broken Homes at his high school, which then played for some other well-known groups, such as B. INXS or Stevie Ray Vaughan concerts opened. There were also three recordings for MCA Records , some of which also included Andy Johns as producer and sound engineer , who in the 70s also did this job for such legendary bands as the Rolling Stones ( Exile on Main St. ), Led Zeppelin ( IV ) and Free (Highway) met. At that time he performed under the name Kreg Ross.

The meeting with Lenny Kravitz in 1991 in an LA billiards club influenced his further career completely. After going on the Mama Said tour, he started writing some songs for the upcoming Are You Gonna Go My Way album, which went gold in Germany . For the title track, he was not only involved in the composition, but also recorded all of the guitar tracks. The success of this song, which reached number 1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart, was another crucial career boost for Lenny Kravitz. The collaboration continued on the following albums, and Ross has participated in every Lenny Kravitz album since then. He also played mandolin and keyboards several times with the Lenny Kravitz Band .

In addition to his work at Lenny Kravitz, Ross worked on various recordings by well-known artists such as Mick Jagger , Sheryl Crow , Eric Clapton , BB King , The Black Crowes , Marc Ford , Nikka Costa and others. a. With.

He has two daughters with his wife Anna.

Discography

Broken Homes

  • Broken Homes (MCA, 1986)
  • Straight Line Through Time (MCA, 1988)
  • A Wing & A Prayer (MCA, 1990)

Lenny Kravitz

Guest performances with other artists

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biography at MTV
  2. ↑ The Broken Homes at discogs.com
  3. ↑ Wing And A Prayer at discogs.com
  4. ^ Engineer Andy Johns discusses the making of The Rolling Stones' 'Exile on Main Street' by Harvey Kubernik at goldminemag.com
  5. ↑ Exclusive Interview Legendary Engineer Andy John's Talks Exile on Main Street by Matt Blackett at guitarplayer.com ( Memento of the original from July 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.guitarplayer.com
  6. ↑ Kreg Ross at allmusic.com
  7. ↑ Album Are You Gonna Go My Way at the Federal Association of the Music Industry
  8. ↑ Lenny Kravitz chart positions at allmusic.com
  9. ↑ Craig Ross Credits at allmusic.com (Note: The information on the source is incorrect, here allmusic.com mixes works by Craig Ross referred to in the article with recordings by another guitarist, also called Craig Ross, from Austin, Texas, about the same old and also located in the rock sector. The photo shows the wrong Craig Ross at this link. The real one has very curly hair, as you can see in the article above.)
  10. ↑ Broken Homes at allmusic.com
personal data
SURNAME Ross, Craig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American guitarist
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century