THE SONGS OF JOHN CRAVE

John Crave is a mystery. He's one of independent music's most prolific and ingenious songsmiths and yet no one knows anything about him.

Hi, my name is Carly Browning and I’ve started this fansite to share the music of John Crave with the world. I'll post a different song by Crave each day with whatever information is known about it.

Contact us: johncrave@johncrave.com

Dec 06
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Albuquerque New Mexico

“Albuquerque New Mexico”
recorded January, 1996
Syracuse, NY

The first collaboration of John Crave and Scrapdog, the rap duo later to be known as Mammoth. Recorded in a college dorm room one night using a two-cassette stereo and a Radio Shack microphone. The rhymes were written quickly and rapped all in one continuous take over an instrumental by Massive Attack.

Clearly, John Crave hadn’t fully developed his sense of rhythm yet.