CITY ART AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY PRESS RELEASE APRIL 20, 2005 TRIBUTE TO CRAIG CROWTHER A Tribute to poet and musician Craig Crowther will be held at the City Art reading series on Wednesday, April 20. The Tribute begins at 7:00 p.m. at The Salt Lake Main Public Library, 209 East 500 South. The program is free and open to the public. TRIBUTE PROGRAM Musicians, poets, and friends will gather to pay tribute to the memory of Craig Crowther who died on October 5, 2003. Musicians from the Cowdaddies, The Smiths Bros. Dirt Band, and the Craig Crowther Band will perform. Poetry in commemoration and by Crowther will be read. Tribute participants include Harold Carr, Kennard Machol, Rex Flinner, Randy Smith, Josh Crowther, Sandy Anderson, Charles Potts, Miriam Murphy, Hector Ahumada, Jose Knighton and Sherm Clow. CRAIG CROWTHER Craig Crowther was a musician, poet and an outdoor adventurer. He was one of those rare people whom everyone considered their best friend. He played guitar and sang in three bands: The Smiths Bros. Dirt Band, The Craig Crowther Band and The Cowdaddies. In the most recent, The Cowdaddies, his voice was the center. Fellow bandmember Harold Carr says: "The guitar, fiddle or bass players could send subs to a gig and the music would work. But if he couldnt make it, there were no Cowdaddies." The author of 2 books of poetry, his work is mischievous and funny, with a sensitivity to the Western landscape. He was the editor of Concours, the Westminster College literary magazine in the 1970s. He went on to help organize with Charles Potts the Underwater Poetry Festival and publish a group of poetry books under the press name Litmus, including one of Charles Bukowskis first books of poetry. He kept the plates, and used to joke about printing up another batch of "first editions" so he could retire. Crowther was a founding member of Word Affair in the 1970s, and City Art in the 1980s. As a printerhe helped many local poets to publish their work. All the City Art publications were made possible under his tutorage. Born on September 25, 1946, Crowther started college at Southern Utah University where he organized the first campus protest in Utah. He finished his education at Westminster College, and served one year in Vietnam. His interests were reflected in his occupations: he owned a printing business, started an outdoor wilderness touring service, performed music professionally, and worked for the state of Utah as manager of e-Publishing. His legend as a river runner continues. Many are the tales of him navigating his 18 foot raft through rapids on the Grand Canyon, Desolation and other rivers in the West. And he never flipped his raft! One of Crowthers favorite phrases was "divide the number of days you sleep outdoors by the number of days in the year. That is your happiness quotient." CITY ART PROGRAMS ARE MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY: The Salt Lake Arts Council/Art Barn The Utah Arts Council Salt Lake Countys Zoo, Arts, & Parks Program The Salt Lake Public Library Audience Donations FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Harold Carr: 322-2777 Sandy Anderson: 277-1510 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Plan great trips with Yahoo! Travel: Now over 17,000 guides! http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide