Paul Craft

Biography

Paul Charles Craft (August 12, 1938 – October 18, 2014) was an American country singer-songwriter. The Memphis-born Craft was known as the songwriter for Mark Chesnutt's single "Brother Jukebox" and the novelty song "It's Me Again, Margaret", recorded by Ray Stevens and Craft himself. Between 1977 and 1978, Craft charted three singles for RCA Nashville.

His song "Keep Me From Blowing Away" was originally recorded by the Seldom Scene on their 1973 album Act II and was then recorded by Linda Ronstadt on her 1974 album Heart Like a Wheel; it has since been recorded by Moe Bandy, T. Graham Brown, Jerry Lee Lewis, the Grascals, and Willie Nelson. Craft's song "Midnight Flyer" was recorded by the Eagles on their 1974 album On the Border and by himself for his own album Brother Jukebox in 1998. His song "Dropkick Me, Jesus" was a number-17 country hit for Bobby Bare in 1976. He also wrote Moe Bandy's "Hank Williams, You Wrote My Life" and T. Graham Brown's "Come as You Were", among others.

Craft was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame on October 5, 2014.

Craft died at a hospital in Nashville, Tennessee on October 18, 2014, at the age of 76.

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