Chris Anderson

Chris Anderson was born in Los Angeles California sept.22 1956. Moving to Sarasota Florida a an early age. Anderson was 16 when he started writing songs on guitar influenced by some of his favorite bands like Cream, Led Zeppelin Bob Dylan and Blues acts of the era Muddy Waters, Johnny Winter, Freddie King, BB King as well as the southern Rock bands such as The Allman Brothers. The fertile musical environment of Sarasota encouraged Anderson to experiment, he began adapting his favorite sounds to write original material from the start of his career. He has been a mainstay on the Southern Rock scene since the 1970’s, playing with ,touring ,or writing songs in groups such as the Outlaws, Grinderswitch, Lucinda Williams, The Allman Brothers, Bad Company, Lynrd Skynrd, Blackhawk, Hank Williams Jr, Steven Stills ,Johnny Neel and many others, His Debut Album OLD FRIEND has been described as a cross between Stevie Ray Vaughn Eric Clapton ,and Duane Allman . The New York times described it as one of the 10 best albums you’ve never heard. 5 Stars at Rolling Stone Magazine. Old Friend is a well rounded effort charged by Andersons vibrant guitar playing and the emotional depth of great songs sung with unremitting conviction, and delivered with the authority of a veteran bluesman .Not only does he come off as a major new talent but the performances on his records vindicate Andersons instincts as a great song writer. Anderson moved to Nashville Tennessee in the mid 90’s, and has been a member of the Multi platinum country group BLACKHAWK for years .He has written songs for, played on, and or produced countless recording sessions and cd’s and Jingles. His ability to cross many genres Rock, Pop, Country, Soul , R&B , Blues only enhance his songwriting in “MUSIC CITY”