Chris Duarte (musician)

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Charles Christopher "Chris" Duarte (born February 16 1963, San Antonio, Texas, USA) is an Atlanta-based guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. Duarte plays a rhythmic style of Texas blues-rock that draws on elements of jazz, blues, and rock 'n' roll.

Background

Duarte won a major label deal with Silvertone Records and released Texas Sugar/Strat Magik in 1994, and was named “Best New Talent” in Guitar Player’s 1995 Reader's Poll.[citation needed] He finished fourth in the magazine’s “Best Blues Guitarist” category behind Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy and B.B. King.

Though Duarte has played a limited number of U.S. dates in recent years with the Japanese band Bluestone backing him, he performs primarily as a power trio, The Chris Duarte Group. Originally formed with long-time friend and collaborator John Jordan on bass, the latest incarnation features Joseph Patrick Moore on bass and Jeff Reilly on drums. Apart from his band, Duarte has performed as a session player with Julie Burrell, Diana Cantu, Alan Parsons, Bobby Mack, Tracy Conover, Indigenous, Omar & the Howlers, and the Talking Heads.

Discography

  • Blue Velocity, 2007 (Blues Bureau International)
  • Romp, 2003 (Zoë/Rounder)
  • Love Is Greater Than Me, 2000 (Zoë/Rounder)
  • Tailspin Headwhack, 1997 (Silvertone)
  • Texas Sugar/Strat Magik, 1994 (Silvertone)
  • Chris Duarte & The Bad Boys, 1987 (SRS Records)

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