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Chris King

I try to stay busy...

About Me



I’m looking to play some shows. I’m available for bars, taverns, & late-night gatherings...

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I’m 24. I was born in east Texas & raised in south Texas in one of the smallest towns around. I went to college & now I have a real job that makes for a pretty good gig. Have a listen, holler anytime...

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/19/2006
Band Members: mostly me most of the time, and brad cook on electric guitar. i'm also looking for a pedal steel player and maybe a drummer. holler if you are or know someone.
Influences: kkyx, del mccoury, the cardinals, smog, andrew wyeth, tennessee & hank williams, jenny lewis, loretta lynn, roger miller, the avett brothers, old 97s, the history channel, & wilco
Sounds Like: exaggerated semi-true stories
Record Label: no current label
Type of Label: None

My Blog

>> get gospel

so i've been sitting on this idea for about a year and a half & i guess i've just been too timid to do it. but now i'm going to do it.i'm going to record (in my home) (with my new mics) a christian/go...
Posted by Chris King on Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:05:00 PST

>> new song / you can fight me all that you want

i posted a new song that i finished writing the other day. it's a hasty recording with just me and a guitar - complete with an empty section for a ________ solo (dobro, guitar, etc.), and some mic cli...
Posted by Chris King on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 03:26:00 PST

>> new record!

ok, not sure why i've been putting off posting about this - but this thursday i'm going in to cedar creek recording in austin, tx to make a record... it's going to be a 6-song ep & i'll be accompanied...
Posted by Chris King on Tue, 06 May 2008 02:07:00 PST

>> john prine & emmylou harris

for those of you who don't know - i also make concert posters & various other kinds of artwork including (but not limited to) cd artwork, business cards, and apparently tattoos... i do it under a "com...
Posted by Chris King on Sun, 04 May 2008 11:41:00 PST

>> the donut palace (a short story)

a short story---about once a week, coach wadsworth & myself venture from the confines of jourdanton high school & take the 5 mile trek into pleasanton, texas. in pleasanton, texas, there is an establi...
Posted by Chris King on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:06:00 PST

>> fix ’em up

ok, finally decided on a title for the new ep i'm working on (thanks for the help, anna). now i can pick out the songs, fix 'em up, & make 'em sound really pretty for you all... there's also a real ni...
Posted by Chris King on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:20:00 PST

>> new ep that i can’t come up with a title for

when i move at the end of this month, i'm probably going to start recording a new ep... of which i can't come up with a title for... most of the songs are slow. actually, all of the songs may be slow....
Posted by Chris King on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:07:00 PST

>> pedal steel & drummer

so, i decided to post this instead of just posting bulletin after bulletin... i'll still probably do a bulletin every now & then..but, i'm looking for a pedal steel player and drummer to practice/poss...
Posted by Chris King on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 08:19:00 PST

>> steel heart ep (take two)

cd or ep, or whatever you want to call it: all finished. burned, stamped, & numbered. i'm going to have them tonite (saturday) at revolution. those folks, the gougers, will be there... they're kind of...
Posted by Chris King on Sat, 13 Oct 2007 12:51:00 PST

>> rhinestone

if my dreams comes true, i'll end up like porter wagoner... decked out in a rhinestone suit, still singing at 80 or 90 or however old he is... i won't have to answer to anyone but the lord, and i woul...
Posted by Chris King on Sun, 07 Oct 2007 09:37:00 PST