Corey Crowder is tagged as: “Sometimes,” Corey Crowder says with a laugh when referring to his music, “I think I would have fit in better if I’d come up thirty years ago.” There’s irony in that statement. With over five million plays of the songs on his MySpace page, major television placements, and a major label record under his belt, Corey, at age 26, is virtually a model of how to commence a musical career, 21st century style. Commentators have described his music variously as americana, alternative country, folk, or even funky storytelling. By any name, it recalls roots rock and soul sounds of the sixties and seventies—updated for today. “That’s the music I was raised on,” explains the singer-songwriter who grew up in a small town between Atlanta and Athens, GA. “Creedence and Bill Withers…Hank Williams and Bob Dylan. When I first started playing I was sort of running from that—a kid just trying to be different. I was into metal for awhile, and when I was first in college, I really tried to get into indie rock—but I quickly went back to the music I grew up on and always loved, for all the emotion and feeling behind it. It’s soul music.” After high school, Corey followed his high school sweetheart (now his wife) to Greenville, SC. It was there he set about produ... Read More About Corey Crowder Biography... |
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