MP3 Chris English - Chris English 1-13-07

Deep blues- clever songs - inspired foot stomping, harp, howling vocal, finger style and slide guitar. Live solo performance that remains faithful to true blues using guitars from the 20's and 30's. "It's the real deal"

16 MP3 Songs in this album (66:04) !
Related styles: BLUES: Country Blues, BLUES: Slide Guitar Blues

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Details:
This is a recording of a live show at The ESO in Belle Haven, Virginia on January 13, 2007. The ESO (Eastern Shores Own) is an art center that also hosts musical shows in an intimate black box setting. Jim Smith of Muddy Hole Studios recorded the show, mixed and mastered the CD. What's important to me is, this is what went down that night. We didn't retake this or punch in that. I picked out what songs would go together best and fill up a CD, and kept them in the same order of the show. All in all this is an honest recording of a live show the way it used to be done and I'm real proud of that.

C. English



Chris English was born and raised in Salisbury, Maryland and started playing guitar at age 11. His older brother introduced him to the blues in the late 1960's, during his high school years. Chris concentrated on slide guitar and harmonica at this time teaching himself, using open tunings. Chris is now primarily performing as a solo act, playing traditional and acoustic blues. He has an authentic style of playing. Over the years he has been true to his art learning the subtleties that make each blues special. His performances are both intense and spiritual releases. His dad calls him preacher man. Delta style is his forte, singing, playing guitar and harp, stamping out the time on an old wooden coca cola crate, creating the subtle polyrhythms and powerful vocals that comprise this elusive form. He also uses vintage guitars from the '30's to replicate the sound and feeling of the blues he has studied and loves. Chris released his second CD, "Lowdown in the House", in July 2004. This is a live, solo, collection of traditional and original blues. His first CD, recorded in 1996, "Live at the Avalon", is a combination of solo and band work. His three-piece band, Brother Lowdown, was formed in 1986. Both CD's were co-produced and engineered by Jim Smith of Muddy Hole Studios. Currently, Chris is teaching a course in Blues, that he created, at Salisbury University, Salisbury MD, titled "Blues, the Roots of Rock and Roll". This lecture course explores the social and economic climate that shaped the music as well as the musicians that crafted the music. The course includes live performances to demonstrate different styles of blues, and will serve to further Chris in his own education of the blues.

Contact and Booking Information:
Chris English
5078 Cooper Road Eden, MD 21822
Phone: 410-546-2779
chrisenglish@shorefast.net