Craig was born in Brisbane and has loved music for as long as he can remember. Since receiving his first guitar at age 17, Craig quickly focused on song writing and to date has over 80 songs ready to record. Craig has been a “Writer-Full Member” of APRA since March 1994.

Craig studied singing formally with various tutors and vocal coaches before deciding to go his own way down the singer/songwriter path. He graduated from the school of Audio Engineering in the top 3 for the class of 1996.

Craig has recorded and produced several local independent bands, including ALCHEMY’S debut album and the single ‘U Will Be Mine’, the second album ‘Suburban Groove’ and the single ‘La Radio La’ and ‘New Day’ Craig produced ALCHEMY’s last album ‘Not Selling…’ Craig’s influences are many and varied including; The Beatles, Crowded House, Pink Floyd, David Gilmour, Dire Straits, Mark Knopfler, Eric Clapton, Live, Little River Band, John Farnham, Diesel, Cold Chisel, Jon Stevens, Crosby Stills & Nash, Foo Fighters, Peter Gabriel, Genesis, Tommy Emmanuel, Tina Arena, Christine Aguleria, Pete Townsend, The Who, Silverchair,Irwin Thomas, Mozart, Beethoven, Keith Urban, Martina Mcbride, and many more to numerous to mention!

Craig’s love of the 12 string guitar, (and any guitar for that matter), vocal harmonies, his unique vocal style, and his diverse range of original songs are at the heart of the  Craig Thomson and The Last Avenue Band’s  sound.

Enjoy the first new songs Lonely Rain and August Winds and keep checking back for more new songs leading up to the release of the debut album.

“I am now ready to share some new music, i hope you like it……….