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At 5:49am on February 27, 2014, Downtown Vinnie said…: Hey Chris,jus checkin in to see if you are still playin our fest in July.Hit me back

Vinnie...Facebooked ya too w my alias..lol

At 1:40pm on September 4, 2013, turtlehead said…: I don't know what the deal is Cris. It doesn't look like I can reply to any of your videos, but I haven't had any trouble on any other vids or discussions. I can see the comments, but there is nowhere to reply. Anyway, keep it up - you remind me of a friend of mine who plays some reggae and world music - your voices are very similar and I dig it.

At 10:46am on September 2, 2013, turtlehead said…: For some reason I can't comment on your videos, but just wanted to say I enjoyed both of your new songs.

At 1:24am on April 5, 2013, c# merle said…: dig your take of 'miss you' cris. a highpoint of the album for sure - well done mate.

At 1:29am on February 11, 2013, c# merle said…: cheers cris, i'll get to work on it this week

At 6:35pm on October 27, 2012, RTZGUITARS said…: Hey! Happy Birthday Chris! Take Care.

At 8:20pm on November 1, 2011, HotBox Guitars said…: They still have open mic night at Its a grind? I would like to come watch sometime.

At 7:21am on August 25, 2011, dogfinger steve said…: Hi Chris, the tuning in the vid was GDGg as far as i recall:0)

At 4:53pm on June 6, 2011, smokin' axe said…: Nice job on all of your videos Cris, and thanks for sharing on facebook!

At 1:55am on June 5, 2011, Uncle John said…: Cris,

   I like most of your stuff and quite a lot. I just love 'Had Me A Girl.' I am learning that one today and hope to play it Friday at open mike night.

   Cris, there are hundreds of excellent player/singer/performers who never reach mainstream stardom. But I hope you are one that reaches it and still has a happy life. Good on ya little bro.

   John

At 10:32am on June 1, 2011, Bluesheart said…: Hey Chris, nice work you are doing. Want to check out your videos when I get a chance.

At 11:32pm on May 25, 2011, Michael Fred Johnson said…: I bought some brass strip from a local model shop,drilled and polished it then sprayed it with an aerosol car lacquer

At 1:36am on May 25, 2011, Bad Finger (Eric) said…: I'm happy to hear you got some good boxes from your local shop! You have some great pics on your page. I'll have to take a look at some of your vids too.

E D

At 4:51pm on May 15, 2011, Andrew Carrell said…: Hi Cris - Thanks for the kind words about the "plank" lap steel. For fret placement, i took a piece of masking tape and laid in on the fretboard of one of my Gibsons - then marked the placement of the nut, bridge, and frets on the tape with pencil. Then I took the tape off, laid it on the lap steel, and used it to mark fret, nut, and bridge placement for the lap steel. Pretty simple really - I hope this helps ! Have a great day ! Andy

At 12:12am on May 4, 2011, c# merle said…: hi cris, thanks for the friendship. dig your stuff - nice playing

At 9:56pm on April 29, 2011, darren brown said…: http://http://dbrowncustoms.blogspot.com/ thanks for the add cris

At 3:18am on April 25, 2011, Lindo Cortez said…: new cd sounds good...your traack sounds rad...i'll be in town saturday...i need to get one of them recording programs...im bored as hell at home...

At 3:03pm on April 22, 2011, Glenn Kaiser said…: Thanks Cris! A tad weak imho... but fun... nothing like an Android phone one-off in the basement :} -Glenn

At 2:48am on April 20, 2011, Jason Farthing said…: Thanks for putting The Budrows videos up, we had a fun time playing for you guys. Let us know about another date for more CBG rock n' roll.

Jason

At 2:07pm on April 11, 2011, Uncle John said…: Nah, Cris. Only a few are really in the know about the blues greats - and I do not include myself in the 'few'. When you do songs as well as you do, you can give credits and turn people on to some great new artist. For one example, I never knew about Blind Willy Johnson until the last year.

John