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Chris Ayer

recording...! new songs soon

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Lennon Award Winner in Folk


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Member Since: 1/4/2005
Band Website: chrisayer.net
Band Members:

**NEW: "THE CENTER RING EP" (Nov. '07)

LIVE ALBUM: "LIVE SESSIONS" (Sept. '07)

"THIS IS THE PLACE" (Nov. '06):

Chris Ayer: Guitars, Vocals, Banjo, Synth, Rhodes, Percussion
Aaron Sterling: Drums, Percussion, B3 Organ
Eli Beaird: Bass, Cello, Piano
Jason Gantt: Guitars, Piano, Rhodes, Wurlitzer, Percussion, backing vocals
Laura Hughes: Backing vocals

Produced by Jason Gantt

The older CDs ('05 & '03)

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Paul Simon, Nickel Creek, Rumi, Ryan Adams, David Gray, Martin Sexton, James Taylor, Adam Duritz, Bob Dylan, Ram Dass, Stevie Wonder, Nick Drake, Wilco, Bright Eyes, David Byrne, Kerouac, Amos Lee, Alison Krauss, Kings Of Convenience, and Neutral Milk Hotel

Type of Label: None

My Blog

featured on The Gig Guide, ThePalestra.Com, FoxNews... showsshowsshows

Hey allMy show in Omaha tonight was featured on The Gig Guide video show on ThePalestra.com, and FoxNews.com.. check it out!thanks to all who’ve been coming out to the shows so far this year.. i...
Posted by Chris Ayer on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:02:00 PST

SXSW shows on Wednesday, and Austin is awesome.

HeyI'm in Austin now, getting excited for the SXSW events coming up this week. Exciting news that I got yesterday is that I'll be playing two shows on Wednesday (tomorrow). I KNOW it's last minute, ...
Posted by Chris Ayer on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 04:38:00 PST

US Tour starts tomorrow, South Carolina, Texas, Colarado, Utah, Montana, & more

1: hi! 2: I'm leaving today for 7 weeks of shows, and wanted to drop a note with the informacion.It starts off tomorrow night in Lexington, SC with good friend John Callaway and Hannah Miller, at th...
Posted by Chris Ayer on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 08:04:00 PST

UK TOUR starts this weekend

Hey all!I'll be flying across the pond for some UK shows this month. First show is monday Feb 12th in London, and two weeks of dates following that... check the list below to see where we're coming n...
Posted by Chris Ayer on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 06:39:00 PST

Center Ring EP out now, Rochester, NYC dates, winter US/UK tour dates announced

hey there,How've you been? Hope your primed for some December joys. Been a while since the last entry -- I've been hanging around New York, writing a whole bunch of new songs, playing occasionally a...
Posted by Chris Ayer on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 05:06:00 PST

northbound trains, and songs on the subway

I got back to new york today after playing in falls church virginia last night.i got to open for corey smith.. everyone on his tour, including the opener ('truckstop coffee' was their name.. from Flor...
Posted by Chris Ayer on Sat, 20 Oct 2007 03:28:00 PST

preview the songs, nyc acoustic throwdowns, new lyrics

hey there folkseshope my blog finds you having happy times. It's Friday now, but maybe you're reading this in a week or two. Which means I'm speaking to you in the FUTURE. Is it cool? Are robots i...
Posted by Chris Ayer on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 01:05:00 PST

videos for a rainy day

hey allI hope all's excellent with you. I finally got the tracks and graphics for the Live Sessions album submitted to iTunes and all, so it should be out in a month and half. More on that soonFor n...
Posted by Chris Ayer on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 03:01:00 PST

last cali shows, 90k plays, new songs/videos, yesm

Hey all,Little message in a bottle to let you know about this week's shows -- I'm back in San Diego again on Saturday (tomorrow), playing with a couple excellent musician, Ernie Halter and Skyler Ston...
Posted by Chris Ayer on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 03:11:00 PST

new live video... this is a test.

hey there.how's your thursday? Mine involved a drive over to Santa Monica, some good eats at a diner with my buddy Cody (check out his music here: Jensen), and an embarrassingly swift return, after I...
Posted by Chris Ayer on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 08:03:00 PST