Chris Cain's jazz-tinged, blues-soaked guitar, and deep, warm vocals have the maturity and authenticity of bluesmen many years his senior. His expressive style is the result of a lifetime of study and the relentless pursuit of music mastery. His passion and intensity are a blend of his mother's Greek ancestry and his father's soulful black heritage.
Cain was raised on stories of his father's childhood upbringing on Memphis' historic Beale Street. As a child, Chris was taken by his parents to concerts by B.B. King, Ray Charles, Johnny Otis, Fats Domino, and Freddie King - often viewed from atop his father's shoulders. He began teaching himself to play guitar at the age of eight in a home where blues music played continuously. Cain recalls, "I can remember when I was a kid, my dad would be mowing the lawn with the stereo blasting Muddy Waters on 10. When I look back - that was pretty cool!"
The gifted and soulful San Jose, California native has been performing as a professional musician since he was fifteen. Chris studied music at San Jose City College, and was soon teaching jazz improvisation on campus. Over the next twenty years, Cain would also master piano, bass guitar, clarinet, alto and tenor saxophone. The combination of his blues upbringing and his jazz studies melded to form the searing guitar style that sets Chris Cain apart, and has moved him to the top ranks of the blues music scene.
Thank you for the add, and keep on jammin' them blues. It's music to our ears. Mike Dollins of BLUES GUITAR NEWS www.bluesguitarnews.com Visit my blues friends, and tell them Mike sent-cha. ..
Hello and welcome from the Arkansas Delta. Thanks for the add, and We'll be at the Hot Springs Blues Festival Sept 2009 Details at Blues Guitar News www.bluesguitarnews.com From Mike, Guido, Brad and Fraz - Keep on jammin' them blues, it's music to our ears. Come on out and join us at the Thusday Jam Session - Odie's House of Blues on Central Ave, Hot Springs.
Hot Springs Blues Festival Sept 4, 5 & 6th Labor Day Weekend Category: Music BLUES FESTIVAL LINE UP Hill Wheatley Plaza in downtown Hot Springs, Arkansas. Interstate 30 follow the signs to Hot Springs Detials at Blues Guitar News www.bluesguitarnews.com
Friday, 9/4, 6:00 PM Mike "Whisker Fish" Dolllins & The Cruize Brothers Undeground Blues Division 2blu Stella Vees.
Saturday, 9/5, 3:00 PM Ben "Swamp Donkey" Brenner, Unseen Eye Joe Pitts Band WSNB JP Soars and the Red Hots Shemekia Copeland
Po'Boyz Blues Fans loved your show last night! We will be having you & your band back as soon as possible! You were incredible! Blessings Brenda & the Po'Boyz Staff
Keep on jammin' them blues, it's music to my ears. Proud to have you as one of my top friends here on MySpace. www.mikedollins.biz BLUES GUITAR NEWS www.bluesguitarnews.com
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