Woody Crabapple Bio

Woody Crabapple hails from the hills of CT.  He started playing drums at the age of nine in Big Flats, NY, playing along to his big sister‘s Monkees records.

Moving to CT, he learned guitar, bass, keys, singing, and harmonica.  

The tune "Drowning Man Blues" is a true story.  We were sitting at the end of our dock in the CT River one July evening.  It was high water.  And this guy, the captain of his pontoon boat, dove off into the raging river without a life jacket.  The boat came around to try and get him, but they couldn’t navigate.  We went out on our dinghys to help out, but it was too late.   A blues tune hence came forth.

Woody Crabapple- Cool,  Fine, And Jumpin' Liner Notes

 Here is Woody Crabapple’s second effort, entitled “Cool, Fine, And Jumpin’”.   The album starts off with the title track taken from a 1970 Hawaii Five-0 episode-a line from the script uttered by a guest star, the great jazz singer Nancy Wilson. The next track, “Giant Calamari”, takes us to the South Sandwich Islands-from an article in Sci. News online magazine about the world’s largest squid. “Bumpy Construction”, a tune about female curves, from a car trip where someone mentioned the roads were less than perfect. “You’re Not Fooling Me”, a swampy blues about infidelity. Next, a cover of the 1954 Hank Ballard classic, “Annie Had A Baby”. “Cancellation Rejected”-an eBay order screw up, turned into a breakup song. Then a couple of tunes everyone can relate to, “It’s A Lot Of Fun Till It Sucks” and “Punched In The Mouth”.  Next, a cover of the 1961 Henry Mancini classic “Baby Elephant Walk”, finishing with “Time Is Running Out”, which it surely is. 

Instruments and vocals -Woody Crabapple 

Big thanks to:

Hope Romel-beaucoup inspiration and support

The great Mick Clarke 

Spinner at bandana blues 

The folks at Roots Music and Global Blues 

Marty Gunther and Blues Blast Magazine 

Crossroads Blues 

And everyone else.  If I've forgotten anyone, please let me know.