We met Chris in Mediana. He is canoeing the Erie Canal, gathering songwriting inspiration and singing in different venues along the way. In Medina, he stopped by our boat, asking where he might be able to set up his camp. We couldn't help him with a campsite, since we didn't know the area, but we loaded him up with water, power bars and fritoes.
The crazy firemen we partied with at Medina referrred to him as "banjo boy"...and told us he was playing in Brockport the next night. As we pulled into Brockport, we saw his canoe on the wall. We were tying up the boat and he stopped by with another lady to say hi. Turns out she was a writer for the NY Times and was doing a feature on him. She interviewed us and said the article should be out in the next week or so (we'll post a link to it when it comes out).
Anyway, Chris told us he was indeed playing at the bookstore in town. We went to his performance and it was great! And no, he doesn't play the banjo...it's a large ukulele and a variety of harmonicas. We have his CD so we can share it with y'all when we get back. Very good. Reminiscent of Louden Wainwright III from the early 1970's. Sort of folk, sort of like Bob Dylan (except understandable).
The poster promoting Chris' concert.
Chris, singin' his heart out.
Loved the harmonica.
Someday this kid is going to be famous and we can say we knew him when....
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