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Chris Gill

Chris Gill has been lighting up stages  for over 20 years with his originals and cover pieces.  Whether solo, an exuberant duo act with D’Mar, or with the fresh and heavy rhythmic grooves of his band, the Sole Shakers, Chris brings life to every stage.

The Sole Shakers

Chris has played with some of today’s finest musicians, including Buckwheat Zydeco, Taj Mahal, Michael Burks, Theodis Ealey, Cedric Burnside, Billy Branch, Bernard Allison, Dexter Allen, King Edward, Vasti Jackson, Bud Spires, Jarekus Singleton, Jimmy “Duck’ Holmes, Grady Champion, and D’Mar, who he plays with as a duo, D’Mar & Gill.

2018 Semi-Finalists

FESTIVAL HISTORY

  • Chicago Blues Festival

  • Legendary Rhythm and Blues Cruise

  • Rhythm and Blues Festival (Jackson, Mississippi)

  • King Biscuit Blues Festival (Helena, Arkansas)

  • B.B. King Homecoming (Indianola, Missisippi)

  •  Wheeling Heritage Festival (Wheeling, West Virginia)

  • Tim Horton’s Southside Shuffle (Port Credit, Canada)

  • Hambone Festival

  • Wasaga Beach Blues Festival (Wasaga, Canada)

  • St. Thomas, Virgin Island Blues Festival 

  •  Juke Joint Festival (Clarksdale, Mississippi)…

INTERNATIONAL BLUES CHALLENGE SEMI-FINALIST 2018
Chris Gill & the Mississippi Boogie Krewe

Henry Rhodes

Forrest Gordon

Chris Gill

Gary Scott

2014 Chicago Blues Festival
Lonesome for Leaving
MS Blues Expo with Fingers Taylor
                             2012
INTERNATIONAL BLUES CHALLENGE FINALIST
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