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Chris

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About Me

Born in South Carolina, grew up in Atlanta, moved around from Asheville to Nashville then migrated back to South Carolina… Charleston that is. I build homes down here for a living; it’s the greatest job in the world. A job is not really the way to describe it, more like a empty white canvas that I get to smear paint on everyday and watch it grow to something really groovy! I went to Architecture school at Auburn University in Alabama, but decided that I couldn’t sit in an office all day long, so I grabbed a skill saw and started building houses right after college… which by the way, took me 7 years to complete! I liked college!I also play guitar and sing on the side… more like at night and on the weekends! Mostly Americana type music. I used to play the Atlanta acoustic/folk scene, but then I moved away, got busy working, moved again, didn’t work too much, went to Nashville for recording engineering, figured I couldn’t make a living at it, moved again, and now I only play for my 3 dogs and beautiful wife, Christy. We just found out that we’re going to be having a baby in November, so I plan on playing for our new little picker to make sure he or she grows up knowing who John Prine, Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson are!
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My Interests

I really dig music. Kinda makes me who I am. I love playing my guitar and writing music, wish I carved out more time to do so. I live at the beach in Charleston, SC so I really love the water around here. Love getting in the surf... it's such a comfort. I used to Kayak a lot up in the mountains, ya know, where you could get hurt... now I just put my boat in the ocean and surf the easy waves! Yeah, gettin' soft in my older years! I have 3 great dogs that always make me laugh. And my biggest inspiration is my beautiful wife of 4 years! She always makes me laugh and I could simply live in the middle of the woods or a deserted island as long as she was with me... basically my muse!

I'd like to meet:

Picker's

Music:

Music... makes the world go round. Man, we can accomplish anything and everything through music. Brings people together, makes people smile, laugh, sing together... man, we could stop wars with this stuff! Simply put I like a lot of music... but mostly I stick to the Americana style; people like John Prine, Darrell Scott, Tim O'Brien, Dylan, Alison Krauss, Arlo Gutherie, Dwight Yoakam, Donna the Buffalo, Leftover Salmon, Doc Watson, Emmylou, Lyle Lovett, etc... I think you sorta get the picture. These guys have great, pure sounds, incredible presence... music that willl stick around for years. This is good stuff folks!

Movies:

"Easy Rider" and "Harold and Maude"... some of the greatest!

Books:

"Fountainhead", "Catcher in the Rye", "The Lorax"

Heroes:

My Dad... he's such a DUDE!!!