Bringing Down the House

This is a memory courtesy of Craig's friend, Stina. I recall Craig bragging about the event but never thought he literally brought the house down. I don't know why not -- seems like a very typical scenario for him. He beamed and bragged, once again, when we read him this message... Enjoy. ~E

...I thought I'd share with you one of my favorite Craig memories, so you can ask him about it. A bunch of us (Kim was there, some other S&H folks) went out to karaoke one night at a place called Odgen St. Tavern (or something like that). We all took our turns doing our ear-bending renditions of various 80s hits - the usual Livin' on a Prayer, I Love Rock N Roll, Paradise City...you get the picture. Craig's song didn't come on until prime time (after everyone in the bar had the right ratio of alcohol flowing in the bloodstream), and he chose to sing Get Up (Sex Machine) by James Brown. It was the first time I heard him sing and I was blown away by how good he was - and he was IN the role! Movin' like James Brown, hitting the words. Just a blast to watch. Clearly, the rest of the bar patrons felt the same. In a few verses, everyone in the bar was dancing and singing along. Several folks (not in our group) jumped on the tables and started dancing. This was back in the day when the bar still had TV monitors mounted from the ceiling to provide lyrics to the singers. Next thing you know, the tvs are falling off the ceiling from all the commotion and the karaoke DJ angrily puts a stop to Craig's show and to all the karaoke for the rest of the night. Craig literally brought the house down. It was great. To this day, TV monitors are not mounted on the ceiling there.