R.I.P.: Paul Craft (Legendary Nashville Songwriter)

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Only two weeks after being inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, legendary songwriter Paul Craft has passed away at the age of 76. Craft is known for having penned, among other things, "Blue Heartache" (a Top 10 C&W hit for Gal Davies in 1980), "Midnight Flyer" (which the Eagles did on 1974's On The Border), and "Keep Me From Blowing Away", which Linda did on Heart Like A Wheel:

www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2014/10/18/paul-craft-songwriters-hall-famer-dies-age/17499253/

As a sidenote, at the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame induction for Paul, "Keep Me From Blowing Away" was performed by Linda's second cousin Britt:

www.americansongwriter.com/2014/10/nashville-songwriters-hall-fame-inducts-john-anderson-paul-craft-tom-douglas-gretchen-peters/