Craig Minowa

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Craig Minowa
Craig Minowa in 2004
Born	Owatonna, Minnesota, U.S.
Occupation	Musician
Known for	Cloud Cult

Craig Minowa is the singer/songwriter/frontman for the alternative rock band, Cloud Cult.^[1] He is also the founder of Earthology Records. Minowa was born Craig Richardson in February 1973. Minowa grew up in Owatonna, Minnesota, which is close to (Marshall, Minnesota), the home of Sean Tillman (Har Mar Superstar). Minowa is the middle child. He has two sisters, one older, Melanie, and one younger, Janelle. His father is an accountant and his mother is a nurse. All three siblings are very artistic. Minowa has a large tattoo of a tree on his calf that he designed himself. Minowa met his wife, Connie Staska, when his younger sister brought Connie home after school one day. The two adopted the last name "Minowa" when they married in 1998. Connie paints live on stage during Cloud Cult shows. Craig was in two bands in high school, Counterpoint and Eden's Ashes, both with current band member Scott West, who also paints on stage.

Minowa has a B.S. in environmental science from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. He is a committed environmentalist.

References

↑ Hopkin, Kenyon. "Biography: Cloud Cult". Allmusic. Retrieved 4 May 2010.

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Craig Minowa Arlen Peiffer Sarah Young Shannon Frid Shawn Neary Connie Minowa Scott West Eduardo Vaz Mara Stemm Matthew Freed

Studio albums	The Shade Project Who Killed Puck? Lost Songs from the Lost Years They Live on the Sun Aurora Borealis Advice from the Happy Hippopotamus The Meaning of 8 Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes) Light Chasers Love

DVDs	No One Said It Would Be Easy - A Film About Cloud Cult

Record labels	Earthology Records

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Name	Minowa, Craig
Alternative names
Short description	American musician
Date of birth	1973
Place of birth	Owatonna, Minnesota, U.S.
Date of death
Place of death

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