Krizan’ s impressive accomplishments have easily placed him on Makin’ s journalistic radar. With his own sound and style and calling his music " blues-infused rock & roll with soulful swampy undertones "-- Anthony Krizan is one of the premier songwriters and producers in the New York metropolitan area. He first rose to fame in 1994 as lead guitarist for the commercially successful jam band, Spin Doctors, bringing his electrifying guitar prowess and solid backing vocals to the group, as well as co-writing the band ' s third album. Five of Krizan ' s songs made the Spin Doctors ' " Greatest Hits " collection. During his tenure with the Spin Doctors, Krizan opened on tour with The Rolling Stones and shared the stage with the Allman Brothers, along with television appearances on both Jay Leno and David Letterman.
Krizan followed up on his initial success with two major songs— including the Lenny Kravitz classic " Stand By My Woman," also selected for Lenny Kravitz ' s " Greatest Hits." He additionally penned the title track for rock notable John Waite ' s album, also included on Waite ' s " Greatest Hits."
Krizan ' s rock roots run deep-- having performed as a guitarist with Noel Redding, bassist of The Jimi Hendrix Experience for 10 years, with Redding and Krizan becoming friends as well as musical partners. The years to follow included a long list of songwriting credits on numerous artists ' albums, movie soundtracks, and television show themes. Krizan co-wrote " Dust and Bone " for Gretchen Wilson ' s " Right On Time "— with the song also being recorded by blues rock legend Pat Travers, and additionally picked for the second track on Universal country artist Tim Hicks ' album, which opened at # 1 on the SoundScan“ Country Album Charts.” These industry endorsements contributed to making " Dust and Bone " the obvious choice for the title track for Anthony ' s recently released debut solo album.“ Dust and Bone” is currently available both as a physical CD and digitally.
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