Music:
Member Since: 14/08/2005
Band Website: christopherwhitneylive.org
Band Members: Me and my Tacoma "Roadking"
FACT SHEET/CHRONOLOGY
introduction:
OK...I'm not gonna talk about myself in third person fashion here!
I'm a singer/songwriter with an extensive background in music, touring and recording ( most often times... in the background ) but I am coming out of my shell. Long story short, I'm just a nomadic farm boy from the south wading thru the wheat fields ( so to speak ) the eldest son of a preacherman/policeman, who was quite the "crooner" in his day. I remember stacks of vinyl 45's around the house with my Father singing "Bouquet of Roses" on the "A" side and thinking...
my dad's a rockstar! I realize that back then? if you cut a record ...you had something! today anyone can make a CD sadly, but hey who am I to judge.
Instruments I play :
Drums/Percussion, 6/12 string Guitar, Trumpet, Coronet, Vocal chords
Moved to Palos Verde Valley area of Southern California (LA) just out of high school
I have Performed at numerous venues throughout Texas , Arkansas , Florida, Oklahoma Seattle and Nashville, where I lived on Music Row for 2 years.
Currently working with several different Seattle studios and musicians
from Nashville, Florida and Texas
including; Samuel Mathews of "Rain On Me" Productions, Sam is a touring drummer for Bryan Duncan and The Neho Soul Band and produces Radio jingles and soundtracks for the film industry for production companies such as "Lions Gate" he has also toured with Quincy Jones! I am blessed and fortunate to be under the wing of such a talented and experienced Artist!!
I am also working with Sound Media Productions (Seattle) and Sound Guru- Sal Salvador also Ken Beck and THE ECCLESIASTICAL MUD CREEK MUSIC PROJECT in Dallas Tx. as well as various studio musicians from Nashville to Texas lending they're talents to my recording endeavors.
I write/co-write with anybody and everybody!! what better way to get yourself and music out there and "discovered"??
I established the Southern Draw Band in mid 1997 (as the founding drummer) played the Texas club circuit aggressively for many years-
Went on to tour Texas with the "Jay Johnson band" for 3 years._doing Festivals and Texas Radio.
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RADIO STATION APPEARANCES:
99.5 "The Wolf"
105.1 " Young Country
KBEC 1390 Waxahachie, TX
KHYI 95.3 Dallas TX
KATP 101.9 Amarillo TX
KCUB 98.3 Stephenville TX
Jay Johnson Band 1999-2003
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Released "Deep in the Heart of Texas" Jay Johnson/Dan Shinedling/Chris Whitney - "a songwriter collaboration C.D."
produced by "Texas Great" Tommy Alverson ( Uno Mas Cerveza ) in 2001
White Elephant Saloon Ft Worth Stockyards
OPENING & SHARED BILL VENUES:
Open for
The Derailers @ PoorDavids Pub
Open for Bruce Robison @ Poor Davids Pub
@THE Reverend Horton Heat
Shiner Sundays at Love & War in Texas live broadcasts on KHYI 95.3
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@Love & War in Texas w/ Jack Ingram
@Summerfest at Baja Beach w/ 99.5 "The Wolf"
@Pickin in the Pines Music Festival- Pine Mills TX 2000-2001
@The Golden Light - Amarillo TX
@The Blue Light - Lubbock TX
@ Americana JAM Music Festival 2000 & 2001 billed w/artists such as Pat Green & Miranda Lambert
@Tommy Alverson Annual Family Gathering Music Festival
@Wild Wild West festival- Dallas TX
@Raz on the Braz Music Festival
@Wildscape Farms Music Festival - Ft. Worth, TX
@Thirsty Armadillo- Stockyards in Ft. Worth TX
@Ricks on the Bricks - Tyler TX
@White Elephant Saloon- Ft. Worth Stockyards CD Release w/ Tommy Alverson
@Texas Music Nation Celebration MUSIC FESTIVAL
@Frank Brown International Songwriters Festival Perdido Key, Florida
@Characters Songwriters Cafe Perdido Key FL. regular performances
Owned & hosted by Larry and Gale Book ( NSAI Reg. Dir. )
@Cafe Bahnoff Little Sahara Sand Dunes Resort WAYNOKA, OKLAHOMA
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NASHVILLE VENUES
@The French Quarter
@The Commodore Lounge
@The Alabama Grill @ Opry Mills
@The BlueBird Cafe
Influences:
Lowell Whitney l Paul Davis l Gordon Lightfoot l "The Eagles"
l J.D. Souther l Tom Waits l Paul Overstreet
Steven Curtis Chapman l Bruce Carrol l James Taylor l John Mayer l Edwin McCain l Doug Burr l Don McLean l
Chris Rae l Orleans l Player l
Counting Crows l Sara McLachlan l Joan Osborne l TOTO l Supertramp l Pink Floyd l Jethro Tull l Gerry Rafferty l Michael Card l
Rush l Ambrosia l Michael Johnson l Kenny Loggins l Chicago l CSNY l
POCO l Lionel Ritchie l
Michael McDonald l Sting l Firefall l Jeff Johnson l Brian Dunning l The Nomadic Farmers l Big Methuselah
Sounds Like: ____________________________________________________________
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Glowing Reviews:
"Smooth sound. The music is on and hits you deep. Very Impressive." !
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Jeff Hightower- columnist
NashvilleRocks.net
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".....amazing ! "
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Kris Kratky-
A&R
The Indie Show
www.independentradionetwork.com
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" the songs are great! "
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Chris Young
singer/songwriter
Nashville Star IV finalist
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"Chris Whitney is the type of artist you instantly believe. Soft spoken
and understated until he strikes the first chord of his set, then
Whitney comes alive with heartfelt, well crafted ballads that run the
gammet of emotion from sweetly sentimental to Haunting. Chris gave me a
CD the first time we met that keeps me company on late night drives
home from Nashville. So download a track or two, better yet buy the CD
or best of all check Chris out at one of his writers nights and
have a drink with him after the show." :
Kyle T. Zimmerman
Professor of Theatre
Middle Tennessee State University
Type of Label: Major
