"A virtuoso fingerpicker...soulful songs that evoke (The Band's) Big Pink"- rehydraters.com Best of 2023
"Dirty slide guitar and raw midwestern sensibility... selections tailor-made for live shows...the capacity to both elevate and devastate the listener"- Steven Grady's best of 2023 via CHIRP Radio 107.1
July, 2023 - "Pierce... Amazing! Such an excellent musician. His music was soulful & engaging... we even had guests dancing in the grass! The guests were so delighted with his guitar and harmonic skills. He blew us away. Pierce was a dream to work with. I cannot wa...
Member since: 2019-02-07 Home: Skokie (Chicagoland area), IL, US Frequently Tours: United States # of Members:
1 or 2 Sound Equipment:
Available if needed Main Instrument:
Vocals, Guitar/Resonator Guitar Other Instruments: Harmonica Genre:
Americana, Blues, Bluesicana Style:
Groovy Bluesy Content: Mainstream Storytelling Rating: G
Bio
Chicago-based singer-songwriter Pierce Crask, accompanied by his guitar, harmonica, and foot-taps, and drawing from influences such as Townes Van Zandt, John Prine, Steve Earle, Bob Dylan, Greg Brown, and Chris Smither, has been entertaining audiences professionally since 1999.
Pierce plays about 300 shows a year, from living rooms to festivals, interspersing stories and cover tunes in with his sets of original material. In a addition to conventional acoustic and resonator guitar, Pierce a...