Chris Burns
The Royal Cuckoo
3202 Mission
San Francisco, CA 94110
Nov 8, 2017
7:30 PM UTC
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Freddie Hughes & Chris Burns at The Royal Cuckoo: This former Mission dive (Belinda's, we hardly knew ye) has taken a sudden turn for the hip. New owners transformed the tiny space into a den of droll anachronistic culture, where vintage lamps cast a subtle glow over a collection of thrift-shop paintings, taxidermy animal heads, and half-quaint/half-quirky retro tchotchkes. You might find a local musician warming the keys of the electric organ in the corner, or perhaps a solo bluesman blowing on his harp, but otherwise the soundtrack comes via a dusty old record player: simply flip through the repurposed library card catalog to find the title of your favorite LP of folksy Americana, classic jazz, trad Latin, tropical exotica, or "Novelty and Beyond," then tell the bartender to slap that platter on the turntable. The most modern thing in the Royal Cuckoo is its signature drink menu - artisanal cocktails being very trendy and "now," of course - so despite the hipster clientele, don't come here looking for the latest high-tech fad. The Royal Cuckoo is the rotary telephone of San Francisco bars.
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Chris Burns Biography
Chris Burns was born and raised in San Jose, California and always thought he would be an actor. However, he discovered his true love when he picked up the guitar at age 11. After falling deeply in love with the guitar Chris began writing music as well. Not soon after Chris began taking formal guitar lessons he picked up “The Beatles Greatest Hits For Guitar” and taught himself to play every song in the book. Over the last 15 years Chris has developed his song craft by playing in different bands, home recording himself and diving deep into the songwriting skills of artists like Ani DiFranco, Paul Simon and Keller Williams.
In early 2007 Chris left the band Moon Shine Blue to pursue a solo music career in the Orlando Area. He started by playing every ‘open mike’ that he could find. Armed with his acoustic guitar and a digital delay pedal he began widening his repertoire and developed his live looping technique. “I’m nowhere near guys like Keller Williams but I do enough to sound full in a loud bar setting.” Mixing originals with a few carefully selected covers, Chris began to build a loyal following and started opening up for bands like The Fling and K-G and the Band in downtown Orlando.
Chris met Jason Gloria and Alex Eastman of Diatonic Productions soon after he started in Orlando. They hit it off and began recording what they thought would be a simple 6 song EP of acoustic guitar and vocal. What they ended up with was “CB RADIO”, a six song “mini concept album”. On this CD Chris plays acoustic and electric guitar, banjo, mouth flugel (made popular by Keller Williams) and performs the vocals with support from Alex Eastman on bass and Erik de la Cruz on percussion (both from The Fling). “CB RADIO” sounds like a full band project at points while keeping the intimate feel of a solo acoustic singer/songwriter.
In the next several months Chris intends to build on his initial success by following the release of “CB RADIO” with some live recordings and a full-length album already in the works that will include a video of the title track. “Right now I’m just focusing on playing in and around Orlando to get better known. After all, I just got here. The next step will be to play festivals and venues throughout Florida. Baby steps…baby steps…”
Read MoreIn early 2007 Chris left the band Moon Shine Blue to pursue a solo music career in the Orlando Area. He started by playing every ‘open mike’ that he could find. Armed with his acoustic guitar and a digital delay pedal he began widening his repertoire and developed his live looping technique. “I’m nowhere near guys like Keller Williams but I do enough to sound full in a loud bar setting.” Mixing originals with a few carefully selected covers, Chris began to build a loyal following and started opening up for bands like The Fling and K-G and the Band in downtown Orlando.
Chris met Jason Gloria and Alex Eastman of Diatonic Productions soon after he started in Orlando. They hit it off and began recording what they thought would be a simple 6 song EP of acoustic guitar and vocal. What they ended up with was “CB RADIO”, a six song “mini concept album”. On this CD Chris plays acoustic and electric guitar, banjo, mouth flugel (made popular by Keller Williams) and performs the vocals with support from Alex Eastman on bass and Erik de la Cruz on percussion (both from The Fling). “CB RADIO” sounds like a full band project at points while keeping the intimate feel of a solo acoustic singer/songwriter.
In the next several months Chris intends to build on his initial success by following the release of “CB RADIO” with some live recordings and a full-length album already in the works that will include a video of the title track. “Right now I’m just focusing on playing in and around Orlando to get better known. After all, I just got here. The next step will be to play festivals and venues throughout Florida. Baby steps…baby steps…”
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