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Chris Sterr

Demos and Sounds

About Me

I have been playing music almost all of my life. I come from a family of folk/rock/blues based guitar players/singers, and feel that it is my personal responsibility to carry the torch. Being in bands since I was 12, it's kind of hard to imagine life not having my hands in something. We started BUMP 6 years ago while Yorg and I finished our undergrads at Michigan State University, and have been on this crazy journey playing, recording, touring the country, and meeting all kinds of amazing people ever since.This particular music site features selections that is both music from BUMP, as well as other projects and things that I have been involved with through the last year or two. Enjoy, and any comments, salutations, or thoughts are welcome.

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Music:

Member Since: 1/13/2007
Band Website: bumpgroove.com
Band Members: Chris Sterr, BUMP, Boss RC-50, The Curtis Street Ensemble, others...
Influences: My musical influences include (in no particular order): Bill Frisell, Warren Haynes, Jimmy Herring, Terje Rypdal, Ryan Adams, Derek Trucks, The 3 Kings: B.B., Albert, and Freddie, Wilco, The Verve, Eric Clapton, Jerry Garcia, Oz Noy, Charlie Sexton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Steve Howe, Grant Green, Jack White, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Lennon, Frank Zappa, Neil Young, Brian Wilson, Harry Nilsson, Wayne Krantz, Tom Verlaine, The Band, Walter Becker and Donald Fagen of Steely Dan and all of their brilliant guitar players, The Yardbirds, J. Spaceman, J.J. Cale, Radiohead, Edward Van Halen, Wes Montgomery, Bruce Hornsby, Neil Young, Bela Fleck, Robert Randolph, Don Was, Tom Petty, Mike Cambell, Jimi Hendrix, Mick Taylor, John McLaughlin, Miles Davis, Randy Newman, Stan Getz, Larry Carlton, Jackson Browne, Chet Atkins, Carlos Santana, Nels Cline, Robben Ford, Jeff Beck, John Paul Jones, Lowell George, Trey Anastasio, Rory Gallagher, Eric Johnson, Herbie Hancock, Jimmy Page, The Curtis Street Ensemble, and others that I'm blanking on right now.
Sounds Like: Local players/friends that you should check out include Brian Sheehan of Simplicity (one of my favorite local bands), Evan Perri of The Hot Club of Detroit (original member of "Scruff"), Steve "Sven" Dely, Kris Kuzawa, Costa, Mac, Tano Pillot, Matt Diamond of Blend, Chris Emmerson, Brett Lucas, Jam Samich, Bryce Carrol-Coe, Joe Fik, Matt Van, , Justin Rock, and Maurice Hogan.

Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Lyrics to "Allright (Version 1)"

This new song I wrote yesterday morning, and recorded at home it this morning before rehearsal.  People have been asking me what I'm singing in this song, so I figure  I'd lay them out here....
Posted by Chris Sterr on Wed, 21 May 2008 10:04:00 PST

The Music

"Remember To Forget" is a BUMP  original (along with the following two). All guitars are played on my homebuilt Stratocaster, played through both my Mesa/Boogie .22 with a couple of rythym overdu...
Posted by Chris Sterr on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 09:04:00 PST

Time for some work...

All right, it's high time for some updates here.  I've just put up two of my compositions that have been recorded with BUMP, Astronomics (Hidden) and Remember To Forget up,  Escapism (a coll...
Posted by Chris Sterr on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:08:00 PST