Craig Maki

Craig Maki, co-author of "Detroit Country Music: Mountaineers, Cowboys, and Rockabillies" (with Keith Cady, University of Michigan Press, 2013), guides the reader on a comprehensive quest to uncover the details behind some of the rarest and most surprising music ever made in the Motor City. Maki contributed to M.L. Liebler's anthology "Heaven Was Detroit: From Jazz to Hip-Hop and Beyond" (Wayne State University Press, 2016); liner notes for "I'm A Whip-Cracking' Daddy - Ricky Riddle" (BACM CD...See more

Craig Maki, co-author of "Detroit Country Music: Mountaineers, Cowboys, and Rockabillies" (with Keith Cady, University of Michigan Press, 2013), guides the reader on a comprehensive quest to uncover the details behind some of the rarest and most surprising music ever made in the Motor City. Maki contributed to M.L. Liebler's anthology "Heaven Was Detroit: From Jazz to Hip-Hop and Beyond" (Wayne State University Press, 2016); liner notes for "I'm A Whip-Cracking' Daddy - Ricky Riddle" (BACM CD 644, British Archive of Country Music, U.K., 2019), "Slow Down - Jack Earls and the Jimbos - The Sun Years, Plus" (BCD 16935, Bear Family, Germany, 2010), and "Cool Daddy - Jimmy Kirkland" (RCCD 3054, Rollercoaster, U.K., 2007); and has furnished pieces to music magazines: American Music (Sweden), and Blue Suede News (U.S.A.). Besides writing, Maki plays music, collects records, and posts articles at www.CarCityCountry.com. See less