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CHRIS CAIN'S BLUES
" ITS ALL GOOD "
Jeff Camilari John Darley Chris Cain John Annas
THREDBOW
BLUES FESTVAL 1997
Mr Blues
Chris Cain has a jazz-tinged,blues soaked guitar
tone that is instantly recognizable. His deep,warm
vocals have the maturity and authenticity of
bluesmen many years his senior. Combined with his
natural ability for songwriting, Chris Cain is without a
doubt, a triple-threat talent.
At the age of eight, Cain taught himself to play guitar
and began playing professionally before he was
eighteen. He studied music at San Jose City
College and soon mastered 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.
Cain’s debut recording, Late Night City Blues (Blue
Rock’it Records-1987) garnered 4 W. C. Handy
Blues Award nominations, including “Guitarist of the
Year.” Cain’s next three releases; Cuttin’ Loose
(1990), Can’t Buy a Break (1992), and Somewhere
Along the Way (1995) were recorded on Blind Pig
Records and solidified Cain’s position as one of the
nation’s top blues artists. In November 1997, Cain
released his 5th record, Unscheduled Flight on Blue
Rock’it Records.
In addition to his recording career and heavy touring
schedule, Chris Cain’s music has been featured in
both film and theater. The movie Just Write starring
JoBeth Williams, Sherilyn Fenn, and Jeremy Piven
used the title cut from Late Night City Blues during a
bar scene in the film. Just Write is scheduled for
video release in March, 1999.
In 1997, San Jose Repertory Theatre
commissioned Chris Cain to write an original blues
music score for Thunder Knocking on the Door: A
Blusical Tale of Rhythm and the Blues, by Keith
Glover. Chris collaborated with Michael Butler and
composed 13 original songs plus underscoring for
the play. Their music earned them a nomination for
Best Musical Score from the Bay Area Theatre
Critics Circle Awards.
Thunder Knocking on the Door played to sold out
houses during it’s five week run at San Jose
Repertory Theatre and at Seattle’s A Contemporary
Theatre. Chris Cain was Musical Director and Lead
Guitarist in the onstage blues band for both
productions, and according to reviewers in both
cities, Cain was the thunder and the lightning of the
show.
Upon returning home from Seattle, Cain performed
a homecoming concert at San Jose Rep that
included selections from the Thunder score. The
sold-out show was recorded and resulted in the CD
release of Chris Cain Live at the Rep. Releasing
Live at the Rep on his own label, Chris Cain Music,
has been a successful venture. This and all Chris
Cain
Discs
are distributed globally through Amazon.com, and are
available at concerts.
With an abundance of talent and uncommon
versatility, Chris Cain is well on his way to
establishing himself as a musical force to be
reckoned with. Music writer John Orr states, “...more
than anyone else, anywhere, Chris Cain represents
the future of the blues.”
I Recently had the pleasure of touring with Chris Cain
Although I'd known Chris for quite a while, I hadn't seen
him perform but a few times, I am now a stone fan
Very few artists understand the spirit of the blues the
way chris does, And, not only can he play it and sing it,
he has a gift for song writing that is rare in blues today.
ROBBEN FORD
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