ARTIST: Chris Staig
TITLE: Davenport
LABEL: CD Baby
GENRE: Rock
TIME: 38:36 min
SIZE: 60,10 MB
RIP DATE: Mar-03-2006
RELEASE DATE: Mar-03-2006
WEBSITE: n/a
Track List:
01. Rock'n'roll Holiday 03:36
02. Fell Off The Wagon 03:33
03. Time Won't Leave You 03:45
04. All I Need Is You 02:36
05. Celia 03:38
06. Graduation Day 03:32
07. I Want To Be Different 04:01
08. Another Year 03:07
09. Keys 03:13
10. Catherine 04:04
11. Look Me In The Eye 03:31
Release Notes:
Professionally trained guitarist, Chris Staig, has
won praises for his work with other performers and
for his solo recordings.
A former member of Taxi Chain, Chris performed with
the band that made their mark by having the bagpipe
as the dominant instrument.
After leaving Taxi Chain, he made two solo CDs that
expanded his skills from musician to songwriter.
Deeper We'll Dream (2000) elicited Kurt Swinghammer
to call Staig the "surprise local discovery of the
year" and The Toronto Sun refer to him as "a song
writing Charles Atlas". After his second release,
Death of Romance (2003), Staig received many angry
phone calls from ex lovers and employers. Although
fictitious, many of Staig's friends mistook the
characters as personal references, perhaps taking
the honest lyrics too literally. Both discs have
received commercial, campus and CBC radio airplay.
Chris currently plays guitar with Greg Hobbs and his
skills are evident with the recording of Hobbs' CDs
"Drake Motel" (2001) and "Threats and Promises"
(2004). Hobbs comments, "Staig has an uncanny
ability to colour a song perfectly without showing
off."
After six and a half years, he recently retired from
hosting the weekly open mic night at Toronto's Old
York Tavern. Chris now only hosts the first
Wednesday of every month.His role of driving
everyone home at the end of the night, has also been
retired.
The appeal of Chris' songwriting is widespread and
varied. His work was covered and recorded by both
power pop cynic Dan Bryk ("Honest Love") and
Canadian novelty song act The Arrogant Worms ("Buy a
Bottle of Booze").
Chris' current band consists of Josh Hicks on the
drums, Ayron Mortley (Taxi Chain, Pagan Mary) on
guitar and Dennis Mohammed (Wild Strawberries,
Kathryn Rose) on bass.
Chris misses the house he used to share with Josh
Hicks at on Davenport Rd.
His latest release, "Davenport" is a dedication to
that time and the relationships he experienced with
close friends. He describes the CD as, "a labour of
friendship and a triumph of hard won optimism".
Produced by Josh Hicks at the Purple Tea Room Studio
on Davenport Rd. it has a direct connection to the
neighbourhood and his respect for the community
around him.