Chris Beard Band

I can provide great music and an exciting show. I make the crowd a part of show.
I also bring showmanship with my show and satisfying. My root's of music stem back from the traditional blues and my style is a combination of the history of great guitar player. Such as BB. King, Albert king, Stevie Ray, Freddy King and other great guitar players.

Chris Beard grow up in a house filled with the blues, when your father grew up on Beale Street, when music was in your DNA, then blues is who you are and what you do.
Chris Beard is a modern blues guitarist and singer like few others. His personal connections to the blues were forged with the living blues men he’s sat with since childhood.
Born in 1957, Beard is the son of Joe Beard, a fine blues guitarist who grew up on Beale Street in the 1950’s before moving to Rochester, NY. When family friends like Matt “Guitar” Murphy and Buddy Guy stopped by, young Chris became their willing pupil.
After years playing the clubs in and around Rochester, Chris was offered the opportunity to record. In 1998, he released his debut recording, Barwalkin’, on JSP Records. That record earned Beard a W.C. Handy nomination as Best New Blues Artist. Chris produced his follow-up disc, Born To Play The Blues in 2001 to the critical acclaim of the blues press and earned Beard the title, Prince of the Blues. Then, in 2005, Beard released Live Wire, a stirring combination of live and studio performances for Northern Blues
“Blues is my roots,” says Chris. “I grew up as Joe Beard’s son in the house of the blues. I grew up around Buddy Guy and Matt Murphy. The influence of Buddy has been major. All he has to say to me is ‘Keep on doing what you’re doing.’ Matt always told me that the guitar has to become an extension of you. That will always stick with me.”
But on this latest recording, Beard, a world class guitarist, devoted time and energy into establishing his unique and compelling voice.
With the combination of Beard’s assertive voice and his exciting guitar, this record is a seamless combination of traditional blues with a contemporary edge.

CHRIS BEARD
PERFORMANCE RIDER

Promoter shall provide the following:

TRAVEL ACCOMMODATIONS
Round Trip AIR
5 PERSON

CHRIS BEARD
Promoter provides Transportation to and from Airport
Upon Arrival and Departure

HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS
4 Singles 1 Suite at four to five star hotel.
WITH BREAK FAST INCLUDED (WorldWide)

Parking at the venue will be as close to the exit door as possible; vehicle must be able to make immediate departure from the venue, Please provide for Tour Bus Electrical hookup
When Needed.
SOUND CHECK
A sound check is required prior to the Artist’s performance. The venue should be available to the Artist or Representative at an agreed rehearsal time. The lighting and sound crew must be present at sound check for a run-through rehearsal. ALL BACKLINE MUST BE READY BEFORE ARTIST ARRIVAL.

Artist area in V.I.P. should be sectioned off and reserved for Artist and his party ONLY. Stage must be accessible to performers in a manner other than through the audience.
Dressing Room x’s 2 must include:
One Separate dressing room for Chris Beard
One dressing room for band
12 clean white hand towels.
4 rolls of paper towels.
Seating Area for 8 people.

11. Dressing Room Catering:
12-pack Iced Down Bottled Water
Hot Coffee
24-Pack Soft Drinks Sprite,Coke
24 Cold Beers Premium Beers
1 Fruit Tray: Strawberries, Pineapples, Grapes, Melon
12-Pack Hi C Fruit Punch
Meat tray Turkey and Cheese
Chicken Crisp And Pasta with Side Orders (HOT)
NO PORK!!!!
1 Bottle Cognac
1 Bottle Hennsey
HOT FOOD HOT, COLD FOOD COLD
Clear Plastic Utensils
Chris Beard – Technical rider
Our crew: