Chris Whitley
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Houston, United States (1991 – 2005)
Whitley was born in Houston, Texas. Though relatively unknown to the mainstream, he worked with many top named musicians throughout his career. In 1991, U2/Peter Gabriel producer Daniel Lanois and his protégé, Malcolm Burn, recorded Whitley’s debut album Living With the Law (Malcolm Burn also produced 2005’s Soft Dangerous Shores). In 2000, Whitley worked with Chris Wood and Billy Martin from the famed trio of Medeski, Martin and Wood, on the Perfect Day album. Others like Dave Matthews and Bruce Hornsby also appeared on 2001’s Rocket House.
Whitley played a unique brand of confessional acoustic and electric blues, mixed with inspired modern rock. His lyrics often contained overt sexual references and sometimes bordered on the surreal. An avid fan of jazz saxophone legend John Coltrane, Whitley was a master of the National / Dobro, made famous by many of the great Mississippi delta blues players of the 1930’s. Whitley also appeared in the concert documentary Hellhounds on my Trail - The Afterlife of Robert Johnson, with Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir, Fleetwood Mac co-founder Peter Green, jam band Gov’t Mule, and blues guitarist Keb’ Mo. In addition to recording his original material, Whitley has also guested on albums by Mike Watt, Rob Wasserman, Cassandra Wilson, Dave Pirner (of Soul Asylum) and Shawn Colvin.
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Living With The Law
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Perfect Day
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Dirt Floor
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Terra Incognita
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JukeBoxHero48
Love him...!
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nychtalopia
Oh, Chris, after 21,000 scrobbling I wish I could tell you how much you have changed my life and my mentality.
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soulfish
More info about the Dust Radio Movie here: http://t.co/s6rcWyIo
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soulfish
Hey, check out "Dust Radio Movie" on google, this will be an amazing documentary about Chris Whitley ! They have a Kickstarter project ending soon to help finishing the movie, for those who want to help!
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Osterdeich
Amazing singer and player. Even when he did the songs of others he showed sophistication in the selection and taste in how he performed the song. "I'm in Love With a German Film Star" remains one of the best covers I've heard east of "All Along the Watchtower" by Hendrix.
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DonPapi
Nice, honest and swinging! :o)
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NewMachineTat
Rest in peace, my friend. It's been a long 6 years since you left us... Missed every day
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PowerHour24
One of the greats, and sadly unrecognized.
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Duddley
"Dust Radio" is one of my favoured Songs. His music is "cool". Duddley
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JukeBoxHero48
Oh, yeah.......love him...thanx, Bo...
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noddyvantinking
yummy music man.
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wastingtime112
Chris was brilliant, I loved his music, and was so fortunate to see him perform live.
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nychtalopia
Thank you Chris, you changed my life.
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awdunford
The world is a more beautiful place with his music. We miss him greatly.
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zhalli
I send my love to chris where ever he is. Brillant Amazing all those adjectives superlatives. I wish Trixie would release an album soon
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mamafanfan
do u take coffee?
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Not my cup of tea...
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epi_gee
fucking fantastic .. ripcw. EPg
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