BIOGRAPHY
Originally from Vancouver BC, Chris is a dual citizen, multi-instrumentalist with an affinity for early jazz, swing, blues, bluegrass, rock, funk, country and various world musics.
He began playing the guitar at the age of twelve and soon formed a garage band that played together every day till the end of high school.
Chris attended Vancouver Community College and earned a diploma in jazz guitar. After college he was performing in blues and funk bands when he stumbled across a bluegrass jam. The Bluegrass bug bit him and he has never quite recovered. He learned to play each of the bluegrass instruments but Dobro wound up being the vehicle that has had him touring across the USA, Canada and Europe with a wide variety of acts.
An armchair musicologist Chris loves to travel and always makes an effort to connect with local musicians wherever he goes. He has also traveled specifically for study including trips to Nashville to attend Reso-Summit and Kolkata, India to study with Pandit Debashish Bhattacharya.
In 2016 after a 6 month stint living in New Orleans Chris moved to the front range of Colorado to play Dobro with popular touring act Thunder and Rain.
Recently Chris has decided to stop touring, settle down next to the mountains in Boulder, teach lessons, play local gigs and raise his growing family.
Originally from Vancouver BC, Chris is a dual citizen, multi-instrumentalist with an affinity for early jazz, swing, blues, bluegrass, rock, funk, country and various world musics.
He began playing the guitar at the age of twelve and soon formed a garage band that played together every day till the end of high school.
Chris attended Vancouver Community College and earned a diploma in jazz guitar. After college he was performing in blues and funk bands when he stumbled across a bluegrass jam. The Bluegrass bug bit him and he has never quite recovered. He learned to play each of the bluegrass instruments but Dobro wound up being the vehicle that has had him touring across the USA, Canada and Europe with a wide variety of acts.
An armchair musicologist Chris loves to travel and always makes an effort to connect with local musicians wherever he goes. He has also traveled specifically for study including trips to Nashville to attend Reso-Summit and Kolkata, India to study with Pandit Debashish Bhattacharya.
In 2016 after a 6 month stint living in New Orleans Chris moved to the front range of Colorado to play Dobro with popular touring act Thunder and Rain.
Recently Chris has decided to stop touring, settle down next to the mountains in Boulder, teach lessons, play local gigs and raise his growing family.
