Guitarist, singer, and songwriter Chris Gill has been lighting up stages in the mid-South for over twelve years. Armed with sweet guitar rhythms, a soulful voice and a clever, unique songwriter's perspective, Chris is well-known as one of Jackson, Mississippi's most entertaining performers. His songs incorporate elements of blues, rock, reggae, folk and dance music.Chris' style is a mix of blues, island calypso and reggae, jazz, Mississippi slide, and funk. He started playing guitar in the 5th grade, but says he was really bit by the bug when I started listening to Taj Mahal, B.B. King, Eric Clapton, and the Allman Brothers Band in college. "I saw Bonnie Raitt and Merle Haggard in Jackson," he says, "and that's when it hit me, 'That is what I want to do!' I love the healing power of music."Chris has performed with some of today's finest musicians, including:Buckwheat Zydeco,
Taj Mahal,
Kim Wilson,
Anson Funderburgh,
Raphael Semmes,
Fabulous Thunderbirds,
Doug Macleod,
Greg "Fingers" Taylor,
Jesse Robinson,
Jack Owens,
Bud Spires, and
Scott Albert Johnson.
Here is some live video of Chris Gill and the Sole Shakers. Performance at the Jackson Hilton for Cigars Under the Stars.
