![]() He continued to hone his musical chops during the mid 1990s, living and recording in Copenhagen, Denmark, known for its creatively stimulating free forward attitudes, but by 1996 he returned home to New Orleans.Ĭhris then added “King” to his name to honor B.B., Albert, and Freddie and took reflective regard for his hometown Delta roots, settling in and building his own recording studio. To further inform his musical palette he moved to Austin, (King was a regular in house player at Antones), performing among the blues/rock circles of the late 1980s, early 1990s. ![]() Deciding to take up the blues mantle himself, in 1986 King recorded and released his debut album, The Beginning, playing guitar and all the instruments on the album. The benchmark revelation in King’s musical education occurred during his 1983 tour, witnessing the reverence that European audiences held for the blues as a greatly esteemed, indigenous music style and for the American blues artists who performed and interpreted it. ![]() Tabby’s musical kinship and travels with the likes of Buddy Guy, Joe Tex, Guitar Kelly, Moses Whispering Smith, and Henry Grey, embedded the seeds that took root in King, who by his early teens, was playing guitar with these greats live, on their albums, and wound up on the infamous Louisiana All Star Blues Tour in Europe in 1983. His father, Tabby Thomas, a Louisiana blues legend in his own right, encouraged Chris from childhood to play the guitar and a multitude of instruments. King also performs all vocals, all instruments including bass, drums, keyboards and produced and mixed the album.Īmazingly versed and accomplished as a guitarist, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist, King, born in 1964 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is the beneficiary of a remarkable musical heritage. The album echoes inspired, atmospheric, authentic Delta/Bayou blues journeys from King as he glides with ease on authoritative slide and acoustic voicings on Dobro, Martin steel string, and classical nylon string guitars while throwing in a scratch of electric Strat every now and then. Me, My Guitar And The Blues is the uncompromising new release from acclaimed guitarist, bluesman Chris Thomas King.
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