The Chardonairs

The Chardonairs ----Tom “TC” Campbell and Rick “Chard” Anderson started playing guitar together back in New Jersey.Tom moved to Key West Florida and Rick moved to Los Angeles California. Both played with other musicians and bands and gained skill and experience during those years.Tom played many shows with The Athsmatics, and The Wright Brothers in Key West.Rick co-founded The Contents with other Jersey pals Mike "Raz" Rescigno, and Jeff "Hutch" Hutchinson and played the Hollywood club circuit for three years, playing noted venues like The Troubador Club, and Gazzarri's as well as completing several sucessful recording projects, some produced by the venerable Joey Molland of Badfinger.In recent years, both Tom and Rick have returned to there home state of New Jersey, and resumed where the left off, reuniting with many old jersey friends and making more friends in the eternaly vivacious New Jesey music scene,playing many venues like The Twisted Cafe in Asbury Park, Espresso Joe's in Keyport, and Connie's in Sayreville. When asked to define there sound, they often say: “Cowpunk”!The Chardonairs are prolific song writers and have many originals under their belts. The Chardonairs also have a long list of cover songs including classics by, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presly, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, plus works by many modern artists.They can be seen and heard at cafés, pubs, benefits, etc all over the world; They invite you to visit their website at myspace.com/thechardonairs . Welcome!