Prior to becoming one of the featured saxophone soloists with TMD & the Brass Soulution, Craig graduated from Arkansas State University (Bachelor of Music Ed. '81'), and set off to tour for two years through the mid-south with a showband. In 1983 he became a musician in the US. Navy where he toured Europe with the Sixth Fleet band and later played in the Navy Band in New Orleans. In 1991 Craig joined the Naval Academy Band in Annapolis, Maryland where he performs with the Wind Ensemble, Big Band and Saxophone Quartet.