Ryan Craig at Broken Bottle Winery

Back to Broken Bottle - let's show him how to drink wine and party like a rockstar! Below is Craig's bio:

Craig's Bio:
My name is Ryan Craig, I am a Singer-songwriter from Peotone Illinois, who is chasing dreams in Nashville, Tennessee. I first started my music journey a little over 3 years ago when I first picked up my uncle’s hand-me-down guitar. I swore that thing collected dust for years until I decided to give it a try and learn some cords. Like all musicians or anybody whos ever tried to play guitar at first, it can be frustrating! I remember once I learned G, C, and D, it started to come together. Thanks to the countless YouTube tutorials out there, I learned songs quickly.

From there, I would attempt to do my first open mic and sing in front of people with only a handful of songs. I never have been more nervous in my life before doing that! Open mic got me hooked, I felt reborn and began to like that nervous feeling of playing covers and originals in front of a crowd. At the time, I was a college graduate and was working three jobs, that barely paid anything but I always found a way to make it to open mics at local bars. It was common for me to only have two hours’ worth of sleep before waking up to work my daytime shifts.

Eventually, a booking agent in the Chicagoland area wanted to land me a gig at some bars around the suburbs. I started to play my original music out during this time and it seemed to get the crowd’s attention. My gigs started to expand quickly from there and I was playing at venues, I used to watch my favorite country artist perform at!

I decided to give Nashville a try and attend Songwriter shows around town. I was coming to Nashville consistently and started to write with talented friends down in the area. What once was a hobby began to manifest itself into something I loved doing. Writing songs is my passion, I love creating a story. I find myself getting caught up in songs that paint a picture and bring you back to a memory.

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