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Christopher at Mississippi Studios
Courtesy of Etix | Posted on October 11, 2023
Where
Mississippi Studios
3939 N Mississippi Ave
Portland, OR
Map
(503) 288-3895
When
Mon, January 29, 2024
8:00 pm
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Musicians
Christopher Benavidez
saxophone, tenorAbout
He was still in high school when he decided to skip class to show up unannounced at EMI Records/Parlophone in Copenhagen. Christopher solely played and performed a number of his own unrecorded songs letting his talent shine for the label executives who were instantly blown away by the 19-year-old singer and rewarded his chutzpah by signing him on the spot!
In some parts of the world, this story might sound like a cliché but for a small Nordic country like Denmark — a homogenous unit to the so-called Law of Jante: "You're not to think you're anyone special" — Christopher was anything but a cliché. If modesty was the rule rather than the expectation, the young man entering a world known major label with the power of his voice, go-getter attitude and a confident big smile on his face was indeed the unexpected....