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About Me

Chris Shaffer is an electrifying performer and is known as one of the most popular singers to come out of the Midwest in the last ten years. He is an emotional songwriter and storyteller with a deep soulful voice that invokes comparisons to Cat Stevens, Jim Croce, and Lou Rawls.
With an unforgettable voice and commanding stage presence, Chris is a musical force to behold. With his previous band, The Why Store, Chris wrote such radio hits as "Lack of Water," "Father," and "Surround Me." "Lack of Water," the band's national break-out song in 1996, was featured on the band's self-titled, major label debut which led to a performance on The Conan O'Brien show and a video starring Beverly D'Angelo and Chris Cooper for "Father."
Chris is known for his openness to his fans, the baring of his soul in his songs and reluctance to toot his own horn to the media. He has said "The Why Store went through the whole rock and roll cliche of record label nightmares. Every single negative thing that could be done to a band by a label happened to us and we faced it, and either overcame it, became it or succumbed to it.. but now, I believe there is nothing that can cross the table that i'm not prepared to deal with."

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Member Since: 9/26/2005
Band Website: chrisshaffer.com
Band Members: Demand Chris Shaffer with Eventful! Check out the OFFICIAL
Chris Shaffer YouTube Channel!
More thanks to JasonA for the YouTube love.

Influences:
Sounds Like: The Why Store
Type of Label: None

My Blog

VIM

I am truly sorry for any delay in the delivery of my new CD. It is out of my control at the present time, but it will be rectified soon. I am very thankful for all the ord...
Posted by Chris Shaffer on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 06:40:00 PST

House of Blues

Exciting News: We will be playing the Chicago House of Blues on Febuary 22nd! We're headlining the bill, so we should get on about 10:00. If you've never been to the HOB, you gotta g...
Posted by Chris Shaffer on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 04:50:00 PST

Vim's first review!

I scored the cover on this weeks Whatzup Magazine in Fort Wayne! if you live in Fort Wayne, make sure to pick one up. Not only did I get the cover story, i got my ...
Posted by Chris Shaffer on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 07:12:00 PST

MySpace Tour?

Hey everyone, As many of you may have noticed, i have a new MySpace layout! My marketing team did a great job on it, i hope everyone likes it. On the site you will see a picture of me and ...
Posted by Chris Shaffer on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 04:39:00 PST

New guitarist

Hello Everyone, Chris here. Without further delay the Chris Shaffer band proudly announces the inception of an insanely talented new lead guitarist, Troy Seele. I appreciate that change hurts for a m...
Posted by Chris Shaffer on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 07:37:00 PST

MY FIRST BLOG / HEADLINING AT HOUSE OF BLUES CHICAGO ON THURSDAY MAY 4 / L.A. EXPERIENCE

HELLO EVERYONE AND WELCOME TO MY FIRST BLOG. I AM HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT I WILL BE HEADLINING THE HOUSE OF BLUES IN CHICAGO ON THURSDAY MAY 4. I WOULD LIKE ...
Posted by Chris Shaffer on Tue, 11 Apr 2006 02:41:00 PST