Biography

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Daniel Crabtree
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"People should learn how to live with one another and how to treat one another. Because after all, we all are human beings, regardless of color. If the loss of my sight made people in America get together to prevent what happened to me from ever happening again to any other person, I would be glad." - Isaac Woodard

In honor of February being Black History Month, Daniel Crabtree has written and recorded a song about Isaac Woodard.

Honorably discharged Army Sergeant Isaac Woodard returned to the United States after fighting abroad in World War II, traveling via bus on February 12, 1946, to his home in Winnsboro, South Carolina. The 26-year-old Black man asked the bus driver if he could pull over at a rest stop to use the bathroom. The driver refused and subsequently ordered Woodard to disembark at the next stop in Batesburg, South Carolina, where police arrested Woodard. Woodard was blinded by police chief Lynwood Shull, who beat him in the eyes with a billy club. Shull was acquitted in November 1946 by an all-white jury tasked with determining whether he used excessive force. The incident of police brutality became a tipping point in the civil rights movement. - Daniel Crabtree - Songwriter/Executive Producer

ISAAC WOODARD

Executive Producer: Daniel Crabtree
Recorded at: Digital Underground Recording Studio
Recording Engineer: Scott Vestal

Musicians on Isaac Woodard:
Daniel Crabtree: Lead Vocals
Scott Vestal: Banjo, Background Vocals
Cody Kilby: Guitar
Jason Carter: Fiddle
Jesse Brock: Mandolin
Mike Bub: Bass

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

ISRC: QM2PK1720948


Daniel just released his chart-topping album "Closer Than I've Ever Been." He released a stellar fourth album, The Way I See It. Crabtree wrote all 13 tracks and has become one of the celebrated singers/songwriters in today's gospel, roots, and bluegrass music.

His songs embrace the human spirit through clever lyrics, for which Daniel Crabtree's writing is known.

The project combines secular and spiritual songs produced by award-winning artist/songwriter/producer Donna Ulisse. Once again, the tracks were recorded and engineered by the multi-talented Scott Vestal.  

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 been 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, combines 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." Expect a new complete project, "Storms on the Ocean," from Daniel Crabtree soon