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Raymond Creasy, musician, songwriter, artist, & instrument maker, playing acoustic guitar, bouzouki, banjo, flute, bass, harmonica, & drum together with Sue Lukens Creasy, on mandolin, guitar, flute, & drum feature original and traditional songs in folk, celtic, alternative, jazz, blues, new age, and bluegrass styles. We love it all and hope you do too.
"Raymond Creasy is a songwriter and musician, an entertainer and a storyteller. His performances are distinguished by a sense of completeness.
The songs and stories intertwine, the music and the humor flow together... and, through the warmth and music extended to them, shared with them, the audience is drawn into the movement and feeling of the
evening." -Jane Sanderson, Memphis Commercial Appeal
The songs and stories intertwine, the music and the humor flow together... and, through the warmth and music extended to them, shared with them, the audience is drawn into the movement and feeling of the
evening." -Jane Sanderson, Memphis Commercial Appeal
"A musical jewel," Sandy Miller Hays, Arkansas Democrat
"Multi-talented, rippling banjo fingerwork"
"Multi-talented, rippling banjo fingerwork"
Delores Ballard, the Jackson Sun
Ripplin' Banjo Fingerwork CD
-an anthology of original songs over 30 years of banjo playing and recording. Laundramat Breakaway, Blind Fiddler, Catfish Pond, Light in Your Eyes, Yellow Springs March, Lonely Town, Favorite Son of Society, Home in Tennessee, Uncle John's Reel, Dancin', Five String Gigolo, Harmony, Decatur County Boy, Home From the Store, My Way Home Co-writer on My Way Home, John Paul Daniel-John Paul Daniel Publishing ASCAP. Guest artists and many instruments in support. © 2007FREE FORM CD
Recorded Live -- Raymond & Sue Creasy
Raymond-guitar, flute, and bouzouki; Sue-piano. Graphics by Sue & Raymond. Songs are Cody’s Theme, Travis’ Lullabye, Stupid Romance, Not Part of the Show, Broken Heart, Alone at the Top, New Trends, Cry of the Wolves, Harmony, Hard Luck Boy © 2007. All songs were uploaded to youtube once completed. For your free sample, go to youtube.com/user/sueraymond© 2007Free Form DVD
See exactly how Raymond plays Travis' Lullabye, and more. Recorded Live in our studio. Brad Bergdoll was videographer on some, while we set up the tripods on other songs. Raymond-guitar, flute, and bouzouki; Sue-piano. Graphics by Sue & Raymond. Songs are Cody’s Theme, Travis’ Lullabye, Stupid Romance, Not Part of the Show, Broken Heart, Alone at the Top, New Trends, Cry of the Wolves, Harmony, Hard Luck Boy © 2007. The songs are on youtube too.fusion cd
Raymond Creasy -- a fusion of styles & influences: contemporary music featuring electric guitar, percussion, keyboard, flutes.
New Trends, Stupid Romance, Geronimo Meets Django, Light in Your Eyes, Brand New Bottle, Lonely Town, Harmony, Jamaica Jive, Dancin'. Raymond: Vocals, electric & acoustic guitar, harmonica, bouzouki, mandolin, flute, bass. Sue Creasy: Vocals, keyboard. Waclaw Kozlowski: Violin. Jesse Hale: percussion. Deborah Martin: flute. Plus several more guest artists. Galactic Warrior Publishing; Also John Paul Daniel Publishing on Jamaica Jive; Bill Lusk, Turtle Tunes on Light in Your Eyes and Harmony. ©2006Fusion Music & Art DVD
by Sue & Raymond featuring live music by us on mandolin and guitar at Raymond's opening reception at the Fresh Air Gallery Art show, filmed by Brad Bergdoll, and also featuring New Trends, Stupid Romance, and Jamaica Jive from the Fusion CD. See both his fusion paintings and his nature paintings. 40 minutes. Galactic Warrior Publishing; also John Paul Daniel Publishing on Jamaica Jive © 2006. View a sample of it on youtube.com, in shortened form.Mountain Serenity DVD
Raymond & Sue's first video of our Ozark Mountain highland scenery & original music.Creek Walk features "Millennial Guitar," a suite of guitar rambles that accompanies trickling, sparkling rivulets and waterfalls carved by time.
"Cry of Wolves" echoes elemental flutes and guitar looking out high above a valley from atop a bluff with caves below.
Snow Shadows catches the timeless beauty of a snowfall, with two compositions, reprised from Blind Fiddler, "Travis' Lullabye" and "Cody's Theme." Acoustic guitar, bass, and a thrilling violinist, classically trained in Poland, transport the spirit to indescribable improvisational musical bliss.
"Water Spirits" is a mesmerizing duet of flutes set to the sound of running water, near Blanchard Springs, with a glimpse of elusive otters. Walking upstream towards the Springs' cave mouth, the lilting flute, mandolin, guitar, and bass play "Jamaica," brought back from Shamrock Sampler with Sue on flute. 40 min. long. Galactic Warrior Publishing; also John Paul Daniel Publishing on Jamaica © 2005Mountain Serenity CD
see above on the DVD for details. Raymond plays both flutes on Water Spirits and guitar solo on Millenial Guitar. Light in Your Eyes CD
Raymond Creasy ~ Original songs in bluegrass style.Dancin,' Broken Heart, Light in Your Eyes, Was I Dreamin,' Catfish Pond, Why She Had to Go, Feelin' Lucky, Home in Tennessee, Brand New Bottle, Tomorrow's Sun, Lonely Town, Thinkin,' Faded Dreams, Wedding Song, Harmony.
Raymond: Vocals, acoustic guitar, banjo, dobro, harmonica, bouzouki, mandolin, bass. Sue: Vocals, mandolin, penny whistle, piano. © 2002 Galactic Warrior Publishing. Light in Your Eyes (Creasy,/Lusk-TurtleTunes,ASCAP);Harmony (Creasy,Lusk:/Turtle Tunes Music,ASCAP) Was I Dreamin' (Creasy,Daniel:HighSteppe Music,ASCAP/ Kingston Springs Music,ASCAP/ Medders-Acuff-Rose Music,Inc.,BMI/ Locust Fork Music,BMI/&Doug Pincock Designee, BMI) Home in Tennessee (Creasy, Jaworowicz, Tucker-Galactic Warrior Pub., ASCAP) Catfish Pond (Creasy, Daniel: John Paul Daniel Music, ASCAP).Retrospective CD
Raymond Creasy's original folk music from 1978-82, remastered to digital. Wandering Man, Too Many Differences, Black Bottom Strut, Favorite Son of Society, Company Man, Yellow Springs March, Ropes That Could Bind Me, Five String Gigolo; Things That Will Be, Bohemian Rag, Decatur County Blues, Laundramat Breakaway, Wild Mountain Wind, Home Sweet Home, Mary Ann, Fishers Hornpipe, Honorable Discharge Shuffle, Decatur County Boy, Decatur County Boy Part II, Lost in the Flatlands, Colorado Song, I Want to Go Home, Never Looking Back, Uncle John's Reel. Galactic Warrior Pub. ASCAP/John Paul Daniel Pub. ASCAP also on Colorado Song, Bohemian Rag & Laundramat Breakaway. Traditional tunes: Black Bottom Strut, Fishers Hornpipe, Home Sweet Home. Raymond-Vocal, banjo, guitar, mandolin, dobro, harmonica, dulcimer, recorder, pocket comb; John Jaworowicz - Bass; Sam Elrod - Bass; Randy Wilkes - bass, mandolin, vocal, electric guitar; John Paul Daniel - Rhythm guitar, vocal, kazoo, handclaps; Ned Davis - pedal steel, rhythm guitar, vocal; David Katz - Vocal, bass, rhythm guitar; Chuck McGill - Rhythm guitar, saxaphone, vocal; Fred Winn - Vocal; Bill Lusk - Bass, vocal; Rick Malchow - flute, rhythm guitar. ©2002 Shamrock Sampler CD
An all instrumental collection, featuring flutes, that ranges from traditional acoustic tunes to jazzy ones with a beat, or ethereal sounds from ancient memories. Wooden flutes played on this CD were made by Raymond. Stupid Romance, Broken Heart, Water Spirits, Southwind, Greensleeves, Birdwoman, Jamaica, Cry of the Wolves. R. Creasy: flute, electric & acoustic guitar, keyboard, percussion, dobro; Sue Lukens: flute, keyboard, mandolin; Allison Lukens: flute; Travis Creasy: bass. Southwind & Greensleeves traditional; Birdwoman by S. Lukens; all others by R. Creasy. Jamaica co-written by John Paul Daniel, John Paul Daniel Publishing. Art by R. Creasy. ©1999, Galactic Warrior Publishing, ASCAP.Shamrock Dreams CD
Raymond Creasy & Sue Lukens
Our most celtic collection with some whistle; three tunes are vocals. Hewlett; Monday Morning; Flowers of Edinburg; Seamus O'Brian; In Christ There is No East or West; Star of the County Down; Planksty Irwin; Red Haired Boy; Fiddler's Green; Cattle in the Cane. R. Creasy: Vocals, guitar, mandolin, Irish bouzouki, tambourine, drum. S. Lukens: Vocals, mandolin, keyboard, flute, penny whistle, drum. Allison Lukens: Penny whistle. Debra Davis: Penny whistle on Flowers of Edinburgh, cello. All traditional songs. Artwork by Raymond Creasy ©1998.a Legacy of Herbs CD
Our first CD together - Sue Lukens & Raymond Creasy
This features Sue's singing and playing with Raymond's support.
Wild Mountain Thyme; English Country Garden; Johnny's Gone for a Soldier; Come All Ye Fair & Tender Ladies; Simple Gifts; Scarborough Fair; One Morning In May; The Ash Grove, She's More to be Pitied Than Scolded; Danny Boy.
Sue: Vocals, mandolin, dulcimer, & guitar. Raymond: Guitar, bass, banjo, dobro, harmonica, & bouzouki. Artwork by Raymond Creasy. ©1996Blind Fiddler & Other Favorites CD
Original bluegrass with improvisational style & outstanding fiddler.
Blind Fiddler; Travis' Lullabye; Hard Luck Boy; Old Cowhand; Not Part of the Show; Cody's Theme; Alone at the Top; My Way Home.
Raymond Creasy: vocal, guitar, banjo, mandolin, dobro, recorder; Waclaw Kozlowsky: violin; Dr. John Jaworowicz: bass, vocals; Warren Haynes: vocals; Tony Migliore: piano. My Way Home co-written by John Paul Daniel; John Paul Daniel Publ., ASCAP. Old Cowhand by Johnny Mercer. ©1999 Galactic Warrior Publishing, ASCAP.Live at the Ozark Folk Center cd
Just the two of us, switching instruments-half are instrumentals.
Hand Me Down my Walkin' Cane; Blackberry Blossom; Railroad Boy; Hewlett; Sweet Heaven; Little Maggie; Arkansas Traveller; Devil's Dream; Scarborough Fair; Last Steam Train Blues; John Hardy. Raymond on vocal, guitar, banjo and bouzouki; Sue on vocal, mandolin & guitar. © 1999.Off the beaten path studio tour 2009
This is a compilation of 24 outstanding artists at their home studios during the Off the Beaten Path Studio Tour 2009 near Mtn. View, AR. The cover photo is a glass bead by Sage Holland. This is almost an hour long, but chapters are enabled, so besides being able to see it all the way through, one can select which studios to visit. Music is by Raymond Creasy, including Yellow Springs March, Alone at the Top, Not Part of the Show, & Hard Luck Boy. ©2009 All videos may be previewed at youtube.
Musical Biography & History
Raymond Creasy grew up in the rural Tennessee traditions of folk, bluegrass and country music, becoming Tennessee banjo champ while still a teenager. He expanded his musical horizons while living in Memphis, playing with blues legends, beat bands, and rock and roll groups. At the same time, he was a graphic artist and songwriter.
Silver Hawk, The Lick Creek Band, The Flying J Wranglers, Toad Suck Symphony, are a few of the groups he's played with in the past. He's toured throughout the Midwest and West, and became a regular performer at the Cowboy in Durango, and the Chuckwagon in Ruidoso, and hosted a weekly TV program in New Mexico, "Mountain Musical."
Silver Hawk, The Lick Creek Band, The Flying J Wranglers, Toad Suck Symphony, are a few of the groups he's played with in the past. He's toured throughout the Midwest and West, and became a regular performer at the Cowboy in Durango, and the Chuckwagon in Ruidoso, and hosted a weekly TV program in New Mexico, "Mountain Musical."
The Cowboy Band, Raymond on banjo, in a parade in Durango, Colorado.
This was the cover photo for the Stone County Leader's Visitors Guide in 2001, taken at our booth at Folk Festival by Rusty Frazier.
Raymond and Sue became a duo about 15 years ago. Shamrock Studio is what we call our own recording studio. Previously Raymond had recorded 6 albums of his own compositions. Three of these recordings, done between '78 and '82, were remastered to a CD, "Retrospective." 
photo by Cindy McAllister '05 at Festival in Mtn. View, AR.
photo by Cindy McAllister '05 at Festival in Mtn. View, AR. Sue recorded one previous collection of folk music, "Dave & Sue," and played in the Dixie Darlings, Patchwork, and Legacy. A native Kansan who's lived in Arkansas 25 years, Sue grew up singing at church and talent sho ws, playing piano, flute, and guitar, and added mandolin and mountain dulcimer as an adult. Raymond and Sue have performed at the Ozark Folk Center in Mtn. View and collected some of their favorites from that experience on the Live at the Ozark Folk Center CD.
Raymond starting making flutes about 12 years ago, so have become a part of our many albums. Making videos has become our newest form of artistic expression together, many of which may be seen at our channel on youtube.com.
Wooden G major Flute by Raymond with leather bag by Sue. His website includes a page on the flutes he makes. 
St. Patrick's Day, 2006 when we were on the noon show at Channel 7 in Little Rock, playing Star of the County Down.
When Raymond made this sign panel for Zeke's Music store in Mtn. View, before he lettered on it, he just had to have this picture taken with the big guitar! What an opportunity! This photo is on Light in Your Eyes CD.
Raymond's publishing company logo
Jackson, TN concert with Vassar Clemens (center) and Waclaw Kozlowski (right), 1987.
Performing live as seen on the FUSION MUSIC & ART DVD, at the Fresh Air Gallery in Clinton, AR opening reception for Raymond's artwork, Aug. '06.
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ph: 870-269-4051
alt: 870-615-1830
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