That recording led to a gig opening for the legendary group, Steppenwolf. We had been scheduled to open for Rare Earth and the Ozark Mountain Daredevils but...those gigs caved due to poor ticket sales and that chapter of my life abruptly closed.

Then it was time to hit the road in earnest. We spent a few years out there playing clubs not only in Nebraska, but Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Michigan, Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Colorado and New Mexico.
 
I really enjoyed that experience and wouldn't trade it for anything, but eventually I realized my life was pretty "narrow" and I was missing out on diverse opportunities not available when you're a "road dog". I also decided I didn't like waking up and not knowing where I was. That started happening a lot so I came back home, which was Nebraska City, Nebraska. Go Big Red!
 
I ended up playing with an exceptional Country/Rock Band from Missouri 9pm to 1am, then I'd go sit in with a young and talented local rock band till the wee hours of the morning. I was in heaven. The country band made really good money so that worked to pay the bills. That was an amazing run that lasted for 9 years.
 
Before long, I was able to settle into a great Rock Band in Omaha. We were fortunate enough to get to play most of the rooms we liked. Things were great for quite awhile but eventually, I realized I was spending more time on the business side of this thing than the music side, so I walked away....for good...or so I thought.

Flash forward 23 years. Life has been great, but it seems there was some kind of bug I couldn't shake, and before I knew it, I was auditioning for one of the owners of the Affix Group. We had been acquaintances for a few years, but hadn't realized we had music in common. Monica has been a great friend and over the course of the last five years, I've played at more that 50 different Senior Communities for this wonderful organization. If you're a Senior Community interested in booking me, please contact Erik Keizer with The Affix Group at 913.206.0303. Tell him Chris sent ya!

About this time, I started playing again at Brew Pubs and other small venues close to home. I began this new solo career accompanying myself on guitar while I sang and I also pre-recorded the guitar, so I could play the flute on a few songs. A good friend and professional musician from Kansas City, Scott Duncan called and asked me to play a series of gigs with him and asked me to play the Tenor Sax. I reminded him I no longer owned a saxophone so forget it. Well he's not the kind to do that so after a certain amount of , let's call it encouragement, I bought a Tenor Sax and for the first time in 29 years, I get to play again my first instrument, and first love, the Saxophone. Now at my local gigs I'm able to incorporate the sax and flute on few songs each set.

So just to round things out for me, I've begun to establish relationships with a few select venues here in the Littleton area where I can play a little more contemporary set list from time to time and get a chance to play for friends Kate and I have made over the last 20 years living in this beautiful community. Thanks for reading and please, come up and say hello if you make it out to hear me play.