Biography

Contact Info:
Daniel Crabtree
info@DanielCrabtreeMusic.com


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"John the Baptist" is the first featured single from Daniel Crabtree's upcoming fifth album, "Closer Than I’ve Ever Been," a collection of Bluegrass songs penned by Daniel. The tune was inspired when his church's pastor said that John the Baptist was his favorite character in the Bible. The story interested Crabtree, so he researched John the Baptist and created the song based on the compelling facts that Daniel found out while studying him. "John the Baptist" is based on the man who spread the message and prepared the way for Jesus. Daniel Crabtree is thrilled to be putting out new music in the gospel genre, the one that he loves the most.

JOHN THE BAPTIST

Producer: Daniel Crabtree
Recorded at: Digital Underground Recording Studio
Engineer: Scott Vestal
Mix & Mastering: Scott Vestal

Musicians on John the Baptist:
Daniel Crabtree: Lead Vocals
Scott Vestal: Banjo
Gaven Largent: Dobro
Patrick McAvinue: Fiddle
Cody Kilby: Guitar
Harry Clark: Mandolin
Evan Winsor: Upright Bass
Donna Ulisse: Background Vocals
Rick Stanley: Background Vocals
Aaron McCune: Background Vocals

Songwriter, Publisher & PRO:
Daniel Crabtree / Three Girls I Work For Publishing / ASCAP

ISRC: QM2PK1720945


Daniel's recent accomplishments include recognition by the Independent Music Awards, which named "Piedmont Train" as the "Best Bluegrass Song of 2019," and a nomination by the International Acoustic Music Awards for "Best Bluegrass Song" ("Sally Sunday").
 
Famous bluegrass artists Larry Sparks, Valerie Smith, and others have recorded his songs.

Recently, the gospel songs recorded by Sparks "Don't Take Your Eyes Off of Jesus" and "All Over Me" have charted on Bluegrass Today. Daniel's "He'll Change Your Life" charted on the Gospel Bluegrass Today Charts in 2021. 

His first two albums were original gospel songs. "I recorded two full gospel projects first because I felt that was my strongest material," Daniel says. His next album was secular material. His fourth album, The Way I See It, is a mixture of secular and gospel songs. Donna produced all four of the albums. Daniel records at Scott Vestal's Digital Underground Recording Studio in Greenbrier, Tennessee.  

"Most of my songs are from personal experiences," Daniel says,"but some are completely made up from my imagination."