Scott F. Crago
| Scott Crago | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Scott Francis Crago |
| Born |
July 26, 1963 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Genres | Blues-rock, country music |
| Occupation(s) | Session drummer, songwriter, producer |
| Instruments | Drums, percussion, |
| Associated acts | Venice, The Eagles, Don Henley, Sheryl Crow, Stevie Wonder, Stevie Nicks, Patty Smyth, Bee Gees |
Scott Francis Crago (born July 26, 1963) is an American session drummer, songwriter, and producer, most notably recognized for his work with The Eagles as their backup and touring drummer since 1994. He has played for other artists such as Venice, Sheryl Crow, Bonnie Raitt, Bryan Adams, Stevie Nicks, Jackson Browne, Paul Simon, Bee Gees, Stevie Wonder, Bob Seger and Chris Isaak. Besides drumming, he also works as a songwriter and producer.
Career
Crago has a twin brother, engineer Jeff Crago. In his youth, Scott Crago was in a band with Trafton and Gardener Reynolds. Seeing him as less mature as a musician, his bandmates forced him to depart because he was not fit enough to be with them. This motivated him to progress as a drummer and a musician. He has no hard feelings however and remains friends with Trafton and Gardener to this day.
When he was in 10th grade at Greenfield High School, Greenfield MA, The Eagles broke up. He says:
"Yeah – the funny thing is, the Eagles broke up when I was in tenth grade in High school. To think back then when I was a fan that one day I'd be playing with the Eagles, sitting in London doing an interview, co-writing songs, it's like 'Yeah, right! I don't think so!' But you know, the world is a crazy place, and the music business is even crazier, so you never know what's going to happen..."
Crago attended Berklee College of Music in Boston for two and a half years. He left for Los Angeles after his dorm room burnt down due to a disgruntled student setting fire to various places around the college.
On the Eagles' Farewell 1 Tour-Live from Melbourne DVD, Glenn Frey introduces Crago as hailing from Greenfield, Massachusetts.
Equipment
He endorses Drum Workshop Drums (DW), Evans Drumheads, Paiste Cymbals, Vic Firth Drumsticks, Quikstix Drumstick Holders, and Reebok Apparel.
Scott Crago and Jeff Obermeyer invented a drum muffling device (U.S. Patent # 5,088,376). Drum Workshop manufactures the device, the DW Pro-Cushion, for drummers to place inside their bass drums for a dampened sound.
Other duties
Aside from drumming, Crago is also a very successful songwriter and producer. He has written many songs, one of which was Don Henley's single "Everything Is Different Now", which he wrote with Henley and Timothy Drury, the keyboardist in the Eagles' 1994–95 Hell Freezes Over tour. The song is found on Henley's 2000 album Inside Job. He also does recording and mixing. Crago also co-wrote "That Made Me Stronger" off Stevie Nicks' 2001 album "Trouble in Shangri-La.
Crago also and produces songs as well as new artists and bands.
He is, with a.o. Steuart Smith, in Don Henley's touring band in Henley's 2016 world tour.
References
Trafton's Son