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Chris Katris

THE BABY FLIES - First new recording in 20 years

About Me

Chris Katris (That's Me!) Makes music in his basement and will try to share it with anyone who'll take a CD off his hands. He(ME!) likes to call his music, (ALLOVERTHEPLACE ROCK) Good tunes are good no matter what the "FORMAT" and you might even find a good one on this page(he would like to think) Just drop me an e mail and I'll send you a CD for free! for now!? This is his 5th CD in the last 5 years. Recorded with a 2nd hand computer, a cheap mic, and a old drum machine. Armed with a mailing list of magazines and radio stations, he (ME!) continues to shine a light over an ever increasing following of devoted fans around the world. Thank you and have a wonderful rest of the day.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/28/2006
Band Website: chriskatris.com
Band Members: It's just me so far (Chris) on Guitar,Vox,Computer,Drum Programing,Sitar Samples,endless dreams. Oh! and Lead Dehumidifer.
Influences: THE BEATLES, (then all the rest) - Bob, Beach Boys (if you should ever), My Mom, Kinks(2 good reasons), Sly, The Godfather (watch me!), Otis Redding, Jimi, Cream, Marvin Gaye, Allmans(I have not come to), 60's AM Radio, Temps(sunshine,blue sky), Everly Bros(wake up), The King, The Killer, Little Richard, Louis Armstrong, Ella, Karen (just like me), The Chairman Of The Board(set em up joe), Tony B, Dexter Gordon, Fats Waller, Aretha (what it is), Brother Ray, Willie the Lion, Stevie Wonder( this time it will be forever),Donovan(elevator in the brain), Van Der Graff Gen, ((early)) Genesis w/ Peter and Steve (all change), XTC, Gong (it's not the only way), The Jam(too many right wing meetings), The Pistols(the problem is you), Magazine(at the place where), The Ramones(beat on the brat), Gang Of Four(outside the trains), Diz, Bird, Sir Duke(newport), The Count, Artie Shaw, Steve Earle, George Jones (dated 1962), The Man In Black, Carl Perkins, The Drifters(where you just have to wish), Zappa, Ricky Skaggs, Muddy, Edwin Starr(feet don't fail me), Buckwheat, The Cure(early) Roxy Music (what's her name?), Woody, Leadbelly, Stephen Foster, Vin Scelsa for all the great music, Emma Goldman, Eleanor Roosevelt, Randi Rhodes, Amy Goodman, Shelia Jackson Lee, THE NY METS(pitching?), Bob Murphy (the happy recap), Cleon Jones, Jane Jarvis on the Hammond Organ(?), ..17 at first, ..31 behind the plate, George Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein(when your a jet), Barry White(can't get enough), Mozart, Brahms, Blowfly, Beethoven, The Baby Flies, Flipper(sex bomb baby), Kool mo Dee, Grand Master Flash(ha-ha ha), Krs 1, Chuck D, Kurtis Blow(break it up), Elton John(early), Neil Young(I could be happy), The Band. ----I could go on and on (GET THE PICTURE)
Sounds Like: POP ROCK W/ BLUES/COUNTRY/R&B OVERTONES,THAT CAN TAKE A TURN TO A HARDER EDGE OR A SUBTLER BLEND.(mmm) AND ALWAYS ATTEMPTING TO ADD DIFFERENT INFLUENCES OF MUSIC TO THE MIX, WHILE STILL BEING ANCHORD TO A VERY BASIC SONG STRUCTURE. (HECK YEAH, THAT'S THE TICKET!)
Record Label: careful what you ask for......................
Type of Label: None