When I first heard his music there was something that I was captured by. The music is inviting and warm, with a rootsy feel. It’s something that reminds you of the heartland (like the best Caedmon’s Call songs or classic John Mellencamp stuff). It’s more than just the style, the production value or the musicianship. There is a truth to the music, something that I can identify with. You can sum up the sound as authentic rock. It’s hard to put a finger on the reason for the authenticity that runs through “Less Like Me”. Part of it is the numerous friends and family members that appear on the album with Craig that gives you the feeling you could show up in a living room with these people and experience the same thing that’s found on the record. Most of the authenticity is the honesty in the lyrics. It’s as if Eakright has nothing to hide, and he is actually able to use the music to bring truth to the forefront. The authenticity comes from what is found at the heart of the album which is exemplified in the lyrics of MORE LIKE JESUS, “When you look in my heart Lord/ What do you see?/ Do you see your Son in me?/ I want to be more like Jesus/ I want to be less like me.” You can see this thread running through the album as a whole, especially in Hear My Cry, Fly, Wait For The Lord, and on a fresh approach to How Great Thou Art. The entire album ultimately points to the heart of an artist that desires nothing more than for God to be glorified through his life. We’re invited into personal thoughts and prayers that, through their authenticity, challenge us to reconsider the desires of our hearts and without even knowing it you feel as if you are sitting around the living room singing along with Craig and his friends striving to be someone who is more like Jesus, and less like me.