Craig Sams:  

Hi, I'm Craig Sams I was born, raised and educated in Battle Creek, Mi. Washington, Northwestern and Battle Creek Central is where I went to school and met many of the people that to this day had a very profound effect (which was good) on my life. After graduation I attended and graduated from KCC. The whole time I was growing up I was deeply fascinated with music (Walt Disney had a profound effect on me and music). Third grade found me taking violin lessons at Washington School and then Clarinet through Jr Hi school. My Dad's collection of Classical and Jazz records kept me occupied through the years I was growing up as well my mother's guitar which I found in the basement of our home. At age 11 Brent Simmons and I decided to take up guitar..but I stuck with it. Van King also was helping me with piano since he played at Mt Zion Church which we both attended growing up. I also loved flying (Sky King was one of my childhood heroes) and was member of the local Civil Air Patrol Squadron along with John Stevens who later really did join the Air Force. When I was 18 the CAP pilot and friend I did a lot of my flights with Dale Decoe was killed in a flight accident by one his students ...so back to music studies..I attended Baldwin Wallace College in Ohio where I w...Expand for more