Chris first picked up a guitar in the sixties after being inspired by the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show. He's had a guitar (or two) somewhere close by ever since. After learning popular tunes from the radio and records, and playing from published songbooks, he began writing his own songs. He collaborated with musician friends in the eighties and nineties, and started performing his own music at local venues. Decades of songwriting allows Chris the luxury of performing all original tunes.

Chris has called his style "ballads to blues" - some folks call it "contemporary folk". Chris has had many musical influences, growing up with fifties jazz, sixties folk and seventies rock. Rather than settle into a particular style, Chris concentrates on crafting the song with music appropriate for the sentiment. He uses a variety of guitar tunings and playing techniques and has continued crafting his skills by attending music workshops to learn from the best: songwriters such as Linda Waterfall and Carol McComb, and guitar masters Paul Chasman, Nina Gerber and others.
(You, too, can learn from the best by attending  Puget Sound Guitar Workshop - PSGW).	Photo courtesy Brian McLernon Photography
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After years of writing and performing, Chris produced his debut CD The Fifty Year Dream in 2002. It's filled with thoughtful and occasionally humorous songs : bluesy folk, ballads, a touch of swing and even a lullaby.

His second CD is a collection of his instrumentals. Barcelona Suite and Other Compositions. Released in 2011, it contains music inspired by different guitars in different tunings.

Future release plans include more blues, more guitars and additional arrangements of previous collaborations. Chris continues to write new material because the music hasn't stopped yet.