Paul Craft

Paul Charles Craft (August 12, 1938 – October 18, 2014) was an American country singer-songwriter.^[1] The Memphis-born Craft was known as the songwriter for Mark Chesnutt's single "Brother Jukebox", and the novelty song "It's Me Again, Margaret", recorded by Ray Stevens, and Craft himself. Between 1977 and 1978, Craft charted three singles on RCA Nashville.

Paul Craft
Birth name	Paul Charles Craft
Born	(1938-08-12)August 12, 1938 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Died	October 18, 2014(2014-10-18) (aged 76) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Genres	Country
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter

His song "Keep Me From Blowing Away" was originally recorded by The Seldom Scene on their 1973 album Act II and was then recorded by Linda Ronstadt on her 1974 album Heart Like a Wheel, and has since been recorded by Moe Bandy, T. Graham Brown, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Grascals and Willie Nelson. Craft's song "Midnight Flyer" was recorded by the Eagles on their 1974 album On the Border and by himself for his own album Brother Jukebox in 1998. His song "Dropkick Me, Jesus" was a No. 17 country hit for Bobby Bare in 1976. He also wrote Moe Bandy's "Hank Williams, You Wrote My Life" and T. Graham Brown's "Come as You Were" among others.^[2]

Craft was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame on October 5, 2014.^[3]

Craft died at a hospital in Nashville, Tennessee on October 18, 2014, at the age of 76.^[4][5]

Discography

Year	Single	Chart Positions	Songwriter	Label
		US Country[1]
1974	"It's Me Again, Margaret"	55	Paul Craft	Truth
1977	"We Know Better"	98	Paul Craft	RCA Nashville
	"Lean on Jesus (Before He Leans on You)"	55	Mark Germino, Rob Stanley
1978	"Teardrops in My Tequila"	84	Paul Craft