HOME PHOTO GALLERY BOOKING INFO
SOUL FARMER - CD ARCHIVES LINKS ABOUT THE BAND
Chris Forte
Born
April 3, 1972
La Grange, Illinois
EDUCATION
American
Conservatory of Music - 1991
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago Musical
College of Roosevelt University - 1992
– 1998
Chicago, Illinois
Bachelor of Music – Jazz Guitar, Conferred in June – 1998
AWARDS and PUBLICATIONS
“Albert King
Award”
Best Guitarist - International Blues Challenge
Memphis, Tennessee
January 22, 2000
“Elmhurst Jazz Festival”
Outstanding Performance Award
Elmhurst, Illinois
March, 1998
“Chicago Finest Fingers -Top Ten”
Awarded Forth Place
Sponsored by Gibson Guitars,
Guitar Magazine and Gand Music & Sound
Chicago, Illinois
1994
“Edmonton Journal”
Music Review by Peter North
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
February 11, 2000
“Kane County
Chronicle”
Music Review by Eric Schelkopf
St. Charles, Illinois
September 2000
“Buddy Guy’s Bluesletter”
Live Review by Dave Witter
Chicago, Illinois
August 2000
“Blues On Stage”
CD Review by Gordon Baxter
Minneapolis, Minnesota
August 2001
“Blues On Stage”
Live Review by Ray Stiles
Minneapolis, Minnesota
February 18, 1999
“Blues Bytes”
CD Review by Tim Holek
St. Paul, Minnesota
September 2001
“Delta Snake Blues”
CD Review by Michael Roberts
September 2001
"W.C. Handy Blues Awards Journal Part V"
Review of Handy Awards by Linda Seubold
Memphis, Tennessee
June 2000
RADIO & TELEVISION
“Jenny Jones Show”
Music/Comedy Performance for 3
Episodes
Aired Internationally
Originally Recorded - Chicago, Illinois
1998-1999
“The Big Breakfast”
Live Performance
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
February 11, 2000 & December 2001
“Absolute Artistry”
Interview / Feature
Chicago, Illinois
May, 2000
“Ben Around Town”
Weekly Feature in Introduction
Chicago, Illinois
2000 - 2001
“WGN Morning News”
Live Performance
Chicago, Illinois
September 1999 & October 2001
“The
Big Breakfast“
Live Performance
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
December 30, 2002
“Paul Parello Blues Power”
Live Performance
Elgin, Illinois
2000 – 2001
“Bernice on Your Side”
Live Performance / Interview
Chicago, Illinois
March 2000
“Tom Marker’s
Blues Breakers”
“Let Me Love You” – Sam Cockrell &
The Groove
Aired on WXRT 93.1fm
Chicago, Illinois
May 2001
“Local Anesthetic with Richard Milne”
“Tryin’ to Get Over Losing You” –
Sam Cockrell & The Groove
Aired on WXRT 93.1fm
Chicago, Illinois
May 2001
HOME PHOTO GALLERY BOOKING INFO
SOUL FARMER - CD ARCHIVES LINKS ABOUT THE BAND
all art and graphics created by Noel D.
Stavropoulos in association with Molon Labe Productions
Amsterdam, Holland - EUROPE - copyright 2003 - 2007 - www.molonlabe.org
Website created by John P. Stavropoulos - Chicago Illinois - USA -
webslinger76@lycos.com