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At various periods of his life, Craig was known as Skeeter, Grazer, Ingy, Craigers, Shlomo von Weston, the Big Salmon (because he was always swimming upstream), the Walking Juke Box, Binky Daniels, the Dude, and Father Michael. He was 100% musician. Music oozed out of his body and soul. He understood it like the air we breathe or the light that we see. It just was.
At 3, he got his first drum set. At 12, his first guitar. The music played relentlessly in his head. For relief, he began sleeping with a pocket transistor radio next to his ear and soon realized he could memorize the lyrics and the arrangements overnight.
Outside of music, his only jobs were a four-day sRnt as a cashier at McDonalds during one high school summer, an assistant tile-setter, a movie grip, and a gardener. Jobs that paid the bills so he could keep on making music or jobs that he could trade for studio time.
His bands played San Diego, Catalina Island, Bakersfield, Sacramento, Reno, San Francisco, Anchorage, Alaska and places in- between. The Plush Bunny nightclub in East LA on famous Whitter Blvd, Pick’s Elbow Room in Hollywood, and the Dewdrop Inn in downtown LA. They were regulars on the Sunset Strip at the Sea Witch and Pandora’s Box.
Rock & Roll stardom remained elusive to Craig despite having recorded almost 200 original songs over his lifetime. For Craig, it was never about stardom or success. It was about the music...and having a good time.
At 3, he got his first drum set. At 12, his first guitar. The music played relentlessly in his head. For relief, he began sleeping with a pocket transistor radio next to his ear and soon realized he could memorize the lyrics and the arrangements overnight.
Outside of music, his only jobs were a four-day sRnt as a cashier at McDonalds during one high school summer, an assistant tile-setter, a movie grip, and a gardener. Jobs that paid the bills so he could keep on making music or jobs that he could trade for studio time.
His bands played San Diego, Catalina Island, Bakersfield, Sacramento, Reno, San Francisco, Anchorage, Alaska and places in- between. The Plush Bunny nightclub in East LA on famous Whitter Blvd, Pick’s Elbow Room in Hollywood, and the Dewdrop Inn in downtown LA. They were regulars on the Sunset Strip at the Sea Witch and Pandora’s Box.
Rock & Roll stardom remained elusive to Craig despite having recorded almost 200 original songs over his lifetime. For Craig, it was never about stardom or success. It was about the music...and having a good time.