Craig has engaged and inspired two generations of pop music fans, first as a founding member, lead guitarist, and a prolific principle song writer for the multi-platinum Jefferson Starship/ Starship – ’70s, ’80s, ’90. While others came and went Craig is the only person in the band to appear on EVERY recording, tour, MTV video, album, CD, and hit song during that time.

With 20 Gold records combined between Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship and Starship, Craig was instrumental in making that combination one of the most successful bands in history.

In the 1990s, after finding himself at the top of the national charts in each of 3 consecutive decades with his first band, Craig left the fast-paced pop world and reinvented himself as an award winning, #1, GRAMMY nominated, million selling solo artist, songwriter, producer, and band leader, #1 in Billboard for his CDs and songs, GuitarPlayer Magazine Readers’ Poll Winner for Best Pop Instrumental Guitarist, Jazz Iz Magazine list of Top 100 Most Influential Guitarists of All Time, again at the top of the national charts in a fourth decade and a new millennium with #1 Cafe Carnival, #1 Luminosa, and now a fifth decade with Songbird in the Top 3 in Billboard and Smooth Jazz Radio.

Latest Release

Craig Chaquico, former guitarist for Jefferson Airplane/Jefferson Starship and ruler of the high-energy yet mellow acoustic guitar is back on track with Follow the Sun. His talent with jazz rhythms and rock licks is just as at home on the electric guitars he brings out on this album as with the classical and gut-string guitars he has primarily used on past records. Ozzie Ahlers and most of Craig’s regular touring band join him again on Follow the Sun. It has rapidly moved up to tie with ‘Acoustic Highway’ as my 2nd-favorite Chaquico album (yes, I own them all, and Four Corners is still my favorite! If you are familiar with and comfortable with Craig’s jazz/new age music, Follow the Sun fits right in, just a little funkier than before.