What’s on your authentic Gold and Platinum albums? https://craigchaquico.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/DRAGONFLY-GOLD-1.mov DRAGONFLY by JEFFERSON STARSHIP is the first GOLD and PLATINUM selling album by this classic rock band after forming in 1972 with Craig Chaquico on lead guitar and one of the songwriters. Every album Craig played on went GOLD and or[…]
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10-22-20 VIDEO PREMIERES TO SUPPORT VICTIMS OF THE ALMEDA FIRE – Craig Chaquico premiered a personal music video featuring his composition, “Winter Flame,” to say thank you to the firefighters and first responders and to raise funds for the victims of the devastating Sept. 8, 2020 Almeda Fire in his[…]
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJRLPeFJnJI&feature=youtu.be Craig Chaquico, Former Jefferson Starship Bandmates, Reunite After 40 Years by: Paul Liberatore (liberatore@marinij.com) POSTED: Thursday, June 15, 2017 – 11:50 a.m. The last tour that Craig Chaquico, Pete Sears and Johny Barbata were on together was nothing short of a disaster, to put it mildly. That would be the[…]
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In a split second one man was dead and a star was born. Twelve year old Craig Chaquico and his dad were driving down the highway in their Ford Galaxy when suddenly there was a flash of light and a screech of tearing mangled metal. They had been hit head[…]
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When Smooth Jazz News debuted [15] years ago this month, the cover showed a smiling Craig Chaquico at the Catalina Island JazzTrax Festival.” — Brian Soergel Chris Botti, Ray Yslas, and Craig talk Latin rhythms appearing in Pop, Smooth Jazz, Contemporary Instrumental and Classic Rock[…]
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Guitar Player… San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle… New York Times… Rolling Stone… Modern Recording… GQ… People… USA Today… American Iron… BAM… Acoustic Musician… Song Hits… Smooth Jazz News… MOUNTAIN IN THE MIST – from Acoustic Highway (a Billboard Magazine #1 album of the year) and JANE – from Freedom[…]
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Red Octopus in the 1970s included Marty Balin, Grace Slick, Paul Kantner, Pete Sears, Craig, Papa John Creach, David Frieberg, and John Barbata, and in the ’80s, Mickey Thomas and Aynsley Dunbar joined the band. While other band members came and went throughout both decades, Craig was the last original founding member and hit[…]
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At the age of twelve, Craig Chaquico’s young world came crashing down, literally, when he and his father were in a serious automobile accident involving a drunk driver. He suffered two broken arms and a broken leg. Through music, Craig found a way to cope,’ in fact thrive, through the[…]
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