Craig Hopping

AKA

Craaaaaig

Craig started his music career at his home in Eastport. He would break out the old suitcase and start beating on it with his hands to the music of the Beatles. When Craig was about 16 to 17 he started singing in the back of the car when he would go on rides with his older sister. He used to go into his fathers bedroom and somehow rig up the amp from a reel to reel tape recorder into a stereo with a microphone hooked up to the recorder and sing. One of the first songs he sang was a David Gates song, Make It With You. Craig and his younger sister used to sing together. When Craig was 18 he started jamming with some local boy’s, they did hard rock music, i.e. Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, ect. The called the band Synyster. Craig then went on with a couple of guy’s from that band and a few more members to form a band call Last Stop. They played more classic rock, along with some hard rock as well. After that ended Craig was going to take a break when he was in the local luncheonette having breakfast and talking to the proprietor. They started discussing music and found out the Paul the owner was a guitarist. From there they together with Paul and another local talent “Known now as Toby and The Boy’s” and Chris Bruschi from Mean Gene and the Flamethrowers, started a blues band called “in the beginning” The Mojo Rhythm Kings, now, the Mojos. Craig played drums in that band and was then in turn bitten by the Blues Bug! He played with them for a while and went on the sing with a band called the Secret Band with a member of the Mojo’s and some other musicians. When that was a done deal and over Craig went on to sing with a band called the Straightjackets, they did Rhythm and Blues, and swing music, they played around the local clubs for about 4 years. From there Craig tried to take another break after that and got a call from Bob Canovas. Bob said he was trying to put a band together with some local talent and had some originals, he asked if Craig would like to record them with him. Craig said sure. So for the last 4 to 5 years from 2007 Bob and Craig have been in the find the right musicians mode for the project they have now call Buttered Soul. Buttered Soul plays some of the best Blues, Funk, Soul, Motown and R&B you can hear. Craig knows that he has a connection with the guy’s that are in the band now and the music sounds fantastic. Craig says “it’s all about the feel and sound” and “music comes from the soul” Also “It’s time to get your soul buttered”