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Artist
Chrisopher Blue
12+ albums
indiealternativeexploresoundofalternative rockzone acoustic
about
The story couldn’t be more incongruent: A man spends his days and nights in a shoe on wheels otherwise known as a Dodge Neon, homeless and utterly alone, writing songs as the waves crash and the miles crunch by. Yet somehow, the voice arising out of those songs is not that of a man who is lost and adrift, but one who has finally found home. This story is that of singer/songwriter Chrisopher Blue, and his evocative album room tones. “It’s almost as if these songs were written for where I am now,” says Blue of the rooted sound. “Psychologically I was in a different place than I was physically. I'm home today in my heart and my head, and the songs reflect that process. They're the stories of how I got home.” Now based in Mendocino, California, after spending several less than successful years in Seattle, Blue’s home, and for that matter, lifestyle, is the very definition of rustic. No mod cons, no cell phone reception for miles... the man lives in a geodesic dome made of trees felled from the spot, for crying out loud. (Actually, it’s a historic dwelling, built in the 60’s by the grandson of Hiram Bingham IV, a diplomat who performed heroic acts during WWII and the brother of the discoverer of Machu Picchu.) The mental image is a head-shaker, to say the least. Here’s a guy who worked with John Cale and once fronted 10 Minute Warning, a raging band that, among its members, included Duff McKagan — fresh off the ultimate in balls-out rock and roll trips, Guns N’ Roses. McKaga
