{"id":2,"date":"2017-12-04T11:19:31","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T17:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chrisholmmusic.com\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-04-29T13:59:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T18:59:07","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisholmmusic.com\/","title":{"rendered":"About Chris"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chris Holm is a one-man country blues band based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. A fingerstyle guitar picker and harmonica player, Chris ranges from the high-spirited liveliness of juke joint bluesmen, thumping on his suitcase drum, attacking his guitar strings with abandon, and shouting along in a gravelly howl, to the high and lonesome sounds of a weeping slide guitar and a blue yodel.<\/p>\n

Chris’ Story<\/h3>\n

Despite his Northern Minnesota roots, Chris\u2019 has formed in intimate connection with the music of the American South. Born and raised in the small community of Clearbrook, population 580, near the Headwaters of the Mississippi River, the river\u2019s musical heritage has made a strong impression on Chris throughout his life. Raised on the music of Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Flatt & Scruggs, The Beatles, and Creedence Clearwater Revival, he eventually dug into the heroes of his own heroes and discovered a deep appreciation for country blues and hillbilly country music. Sprinkles of his Scandinavian heritage add a unique flavor to his music for a sound that\u2019s both old and familiar yet fresh and original.<\/p>\n

You may also catch\u00a0Chris fronting his\u00a0roots rock & roll band The Fattenin\u2019 Frogs and psychedelic blues rock duo Heatwave & Landman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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