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Chris Beard bends the blues

Chris Beard — a k a The Prince of the Blues — was shopping around for labels to release what would be the fifth album for the blues rocker. But execs didn’t get it, didn’t want it, or were simply uninterested. Beard was running into walls and out of options. He was frustrated. This was […]

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Wake-up call

Chris Beard plays the blues as if his pants were on fire. His fleet fretwork is deadly, often reducing his guitar to five, four, and sometimes three strings before the song is through. His blues have plenty of soul and sweat and show no signs of letting up. Beard is equally relentless. But this past […]

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