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Karen Crawford began her musical journey at the age of six singing harmony with her father; Rolan, performing for family and friends in her hometown of Tyler, TX. In the coming years, she sang solos in church and at school backed by church and school choirs.

In 1980 she recorded her first single with Tyler’s Johnny Cooper, on a song penned by Johnny called Cross Over To London.

In 1983 she joined the band Illusion, a hard rock band with influences such as The Scorpions, and Motley Crew. This is when she recorded the song Without You, written by Brian Boatman. The song was in regular rotation on KTYL in Tyler, TX as well as surrounding area radio stations. Karen developed a prominent following, providing for her the opportunity to open for groups like Uriah Heep at The Oil Palace.

While still living in Tyler, she recorded several TV and radio jingles, and soon moved to Fort Worth where she began to work with Rick Berkeley, Phil White, James Pennybaker, Bill Hamm (guitarist for Sonny & Cher) and several other “A” players to form a House Band called The Lynn Twinns. The band moved to a larger venue, and changed their name to Thirty Something sharing the bill with Rick Derringer.

In 1993, Karen teamed up with singer/guitarist Peggy Taylor in a duo called Pretty Lies. They entertained some of their largest audiences to date, as the supporting act for Chicago at the Starplex Amphitheater in Dallas, TX.

During that same time, Karen added her haunting vocal to the recurring dream sequence, on a soundtrack to the movie “Ghost Bite”.

By October of 2001, Karen had moved to St. Louis, MO where she began singing with an up-and-coming pianist named Michael Perrine, in a duo called Preferred.
She then met singer/guitarist Scott Nienhaus (The Byrds, Nicolette Larson, and Firefall), Terry Jones Rogers (The Byrds), and Pat Liston (Mama’s Pride) with whom she is currently performing in duo, and trio situations. She’s played with such names as Supe Granda of the Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Michael Curtis of The Curtis Brothers, Crazy Horse and Hoyt Axton, and Rusty Young of Poco as well.
Most recently, Karen, Scott Nienhaus & Terry Jones Rogers recorded and submitted a cover of Keep On Tryin’ for a Poco Tribute CD being produced on Paul Cotton’s label. This recording was accepted and CD is being pressed and should be out before the end of 2007.
Karen Crawford, Scott Nienhaus, Terry Jones Rogers, John Mondin, John Coatney, Paul Graves and Curt Sharkey have embarked on a new adventure in a Crosby Stills & Nash Tribute Band called 4 And 20. This is a very exciting venture and we expect to be out and performing by early 2008.