The Chris Duarte Band at Bull Run Restaurant

New CD "My Soul Alone" just released on Feb 26 and will be available for signing at this show.

Chris Duarte has established himself as one of the most formidable fret-board scorchers on the contemporary blues-rock scene. Since emerging in the mid-1990s from Austin, Texas, a blues guitar hotbed, Duarte has forged new pathways for the blues and scouted numerous fresh trails for creative musical expression. Lauded for the exquisite artistry and vivid tonality of his six-string work, over the last decade Duarte has also proven his considerable mettle as a songwriter, singer and bandleader. Blues Access called him a "genius," but Duarte sees his work in a much more basic and fluid context. "I'm a musician who is still out there searching for better ways to get from point A to point B, and better my craft. I'm just not content staying in one place." In 1979, at the age of 16, he moved on his own to Austin "and bought a '63 Stratocaster for $500. He soon earned a virtual Ph.D in blues music. Playing with Texas favorites like Bobby Mack & Night Train and Junior Medlow & The Bad Boys, he quickly earned a rep as a hot new gun in a town with an army of guitar talents. At the same time he dug into the work of such Austin guitar legends as Jimmie Vaughan, Denny Freeman and Derek O'Brien, paying special note to the rhythmic foundation that's a hallmark of the Lone Star blues style....

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New CD "My Soul Alone" just released on Feb 26 and will be available for signing at this show.

Chris Duarte has established himself as one of the most formidable fret-board scorchers on the contemporary blues-rock scene. Since emerging in the mid-1990s from Austin, Texas, a blues guitar hotbed, Duarte has forged new pathways for the blues and scouted numerous fresh trails for creative musical expression. Lauded for the exquisite artistry and vivid tonality of his six-string work, over the last decade Duarte has also proven his considerable mettle as a songwriter, singer and bandleader. Blues Access called him a "genius," but Duarte sees his work in a much more basic and fluid context. "I'm a musician who is still out there searching for better ways to get from point A to point B, and better my craft. I'm just not content staying in one place." In 1979, at the age of 16, he moved on his own to Austin "and bought a '63 Stratocaster for $500. He soon earned a virtual Ph.D in blues music. Playing with Texas favorites like Bobby Mack & Night Train and Junior Medlow & The Bad Boys, he quickly earned a rep as a hot new gun in a town with an army of guitar talents. At the same time he dug into the work of such Austin guitar legends as Jimmie Vaughan, Denny Freeman and Derek O'Brien, paying special note to the rhythmic foundation that's a hallmark of the Lone Star blues style.
Watch Chris on Video HERE

Open: Dan Lawson is one of America’s premiere guitar players with a charismatic blues-rock sound like no other. Band members are: Dan Lawson on lead guitar, Tim Provost on drums and Jason Adams on bass.

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