Chris was born in a small town in upstate New York.Chris began playing guitar at the age of eight and has since played with greats such as Robben Ford, Sammy Hagar, and Jeff Carlisi (.38 Special) to name a few. His influences are Randy Rhoads, Ted Nugent, Jeff Carlisi, Slash, Paul Gilbert, Steve Vai, and Robben Ford. His musical education ranges from performing club dates and studio sessions as well as studying at the Academy for the Performing Arts where he is flourishing in a musical environment.
Chris has been featured on National TV performing on CNN Live with Jeff Carlisi, performed with the Atomic Punks (the greatest Van Halen tribute band in the country), featured on Fox 5 News, NBC Nightly News,music newspapers such as Vegas Rocks and the Las Vegas Sun etc. ,and quoted in People Magazine. In 2005, He was named the "Best Guitar Player" in Las Vegas when he won "Guitarmageddon" (Guitar Center's National Contest).
He Recently traveled to Atlanta and played and recorded on a song written by Jeff Carlisi, Liberty Devito (Billy Joel), and Derek St. Holmes (Ted Nugent)
Chris landed a recent endorsement deal with Dean Markley Strings
Chris is the lead guitarist in rock band Adeltas Way produced by Bryan Howse (Hinder,Nickelback,Avril Levigne,Chris Daughtry,etc.), Kevin Churko (Ozzy, Mutt Lange) and Skidd Mills(ZZ Top, Saving Abel).
They will be going on tour in the up and coming months
Much interest from talent searches, record labels, and other music industry watchful eyes will undoubtedly continue to present him with great opportunities to launch a lifelong, successful career.
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