Billy Crain

BILLY CRAIN BIO Billy Crain has been a driving force on the Southern Rock and Rock scene for three decades. Practically born with a guitar in his hands, he learned how to play by ear at a very early age. By the age of fifteen he was playing in bands on the club circuit with his older brother, Tommy Crain. Tommy eventually went on to play with the Charlie Daniels Band for fifteen years . In 1976, Billy began playing with Bobby Whitlock from Derek and the Dominoes. In 1977 Billy got a cal...

BILLY CRAIN BIO Billy Crain has been a driving force on the Southern Rock and Rock scene for three decades. Practically born with a guitar in his hands, he learned how to play by ear at a very early age. By the age of fifteen he was playing in bands on the club circuit with his older brother, Tommy Crain. Tommy eventually went on to play with the Charlie Daniels Band for fifteen years . In 1976, Billy began playing with Bobby Whitlock from Derek and the Dominoes. In 1977 Billy got a call from Henry Paul from the band the Outlaws to come join his band. Billy moved to Florida to join the Henry Paul Band and the band inked a deal with Atlantic Records. The band went on to record four albums of which Billy was one of the main contributors of the songwriting. The band toured extensively with the Allman Brothers Band, Van Halen, The Rolling Stones, The Charlie Daniels Band, Molly Hatchett, ZZ Top, Rossington-Collins, and many others. In 1982 the band broke up and Billy joined the Bellamy Brothers. In 1988, Billy had his first hit record, co-written with David Bellamy called “I’ll Give You All My Love Tonight”, the song went top five on the Billboard charts and garnered Billy a BMI songwriter award. Billy left the Bellamys and moved to Nashville in 1988 to pursue a songwriting career. In 1989 he signed a joint venture with GMMI/MCA Music. That year Billy had his first pop hit by the band Poco. The song “Call It Love” went to #2 on the Billboard AC charts, #2 on the Billboard AOR chart, and #15 on the Hot 100. It also went #1 in many countries around the world. Billy received his first gold record for this endeavor and received a BMI pop songwriter award and also eventually received a Million Airplay award. He went on to write songs for many artists including the Dixie Chicks, Martina McBride, Sara Evans, and others with combined sales of over 14 million records as well as playing on records by Shania Twain, the Dixie Chicks, Pam Tillis and a host of others. In 2007 Billy got a call from old friends Monte Yoho and Henry Paul to help them reform the Outlaws. Billy has been touring and writing with the Outlaws to date. In 2010, Billy released his first solo CD “Skeletons In The Closet” on Slidebilly Records. Billy Crain P.O. Box 1039 Smyrna, TN 37167 slidebilly52@yahoo.com billycrain.com