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11 tracks | 38 minutes
Released Feb 2006
on Urban Myth
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:35 Rock and Roll Holiday lyrics BUY MP3 03:35 Rock and Roll Holiday lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:35 Rock and Roll Holiday
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:32 Fell Off the Wagon lyrics BUY MP3 03:32 Fell Off the Wagon lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:32 Fell Off the Wagon
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:45 Time Won't Leave You lyrics FREE 03:45 Time Won't Leave You lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:45 Time Won't Leave You
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:36 All I Need Is You lyrics BUY MP3 02:36 All I Need Is You lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:36 All I Need Is You
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:37 Celia lyrics BUY MP3 03:37 Celia lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:37 Celia
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:31 Graduation Day lyrics BUY MP3 03:31 Graduation Day lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:31 Graduation Day
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:01 I Want to Be Different lyrics BUY MP3 04:01 I Want to Be Different lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:01 I Want to Be Different
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:06 Another Year lyrics BUY MP3 03:06 Another Year lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:06 Another Year
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:12 Keys lyrics BUY MP3 03:12 Keys lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:12 Keys
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:03 Catherine lyrics BUY MP3 04:03 Catherine lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:03 Catherine
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:30 Look Me in the Eye lyrics BUY MP3 03:30 Look Me in the Eye lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:30 Look Me in the Eye
Timeless roots rock to help you dance all over your problems
Bio / Background
Here's a review of "Davenport" from www.absolutepowerpop.blogspot.com
Having just (re)touted Warren Zanes' Memory Girls, it's kind of fitting that I've selected Chris Staig's Davenport as today's featured disc. Staig, from Toronto, has a very similar sound to Zanes, both vocally and stylistically.
Davenport features a winning combination of power pop, roots rock and singer/songwriter pop. There are also hints of Neil Young and John Lennon as well as Grandaddy's Jason Lytle. Things start off in fine fashion with Staig pleading for a "Rock'n'Roll Holiday", as it's "time to blow up my television/can't make shopping my new religion"; in the next track Staig sings of how he "Fell Off The Wagon", an ode to getting plastered. "All I Need Is You" is a catchy rocker in the vein of the Ike Reilly disc I raved about yesterday, and "Another Year" almost heads into the Rockpile territory mined so well by Terry Anderson (he of the Olympic Ass-Kickin' Team).
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He has three tracks from Davenport streaming at his myspace page, and others can be sampled at cd baby, which is of course the best place to pick it up.
Biography:
Professionally trained guitarist, Chris Staig, has won praises for his work with other performers and for his solo recordings.
A former member of Taxi Chain, Chris performed with the band that made their mark by having the bagpipe as the dominant instrument.
After leaving Taxi Chain, he made two solo CDs that expanded his skills from musician to songwriter. Deeper We’ll Dream (2000) elicited Kurt Swinghammer to call Staig the “surprise local discovery of the year” and The Toronto Sun refer to him as “a song writing Charles Atlas”. After his second release, Death of Romance (2003), Staig received many angry phone calls from ex lovers and employers. Although fictitious, many of Staig’s friends mistook the characters as personal references, perhaps taking the honest lyrics too literally. Both discs have received commercial, campus and CBC radio airplay.
Chris currently plays guitar with Greg Hobbs and his skills are evident with the recording of Hobbs’ CDs “Drake Motel” (2001) and “Threats and Promises” (2004). Hobbs comments, “Staig has an uncanny ability to colour a song perfectly without showing off.”
After six and a half years, he recently retired from hosting the weekly open mic night at Toronto’s Old York Tavern. Chris now only hosts the first Wednesday of every month.His role of driving everyone home at the end of the night, has also been retired.
The appeal of Chris’ songwriting is widespread and varied. His work was covered and recorded by both power pop cynic Dan Bryk (“Honest Love”) and Canadian novelty song act The Arrogant Worms (“Buy a Bottle of Booze”).
Chris’ current band consists of Josh Hicks on the drums, Ayron Mortley (Taxi Chain, Pagan Mary) on guitar and Dennis Mohammed (Wild Strawberries, Kathryn Rose) on bass.
Chris misses the house he used to share with Josh Hicks at on Davenport Rd.
His latest release, “Davenport” is a dedication to that time and the relationships he experienced with close friends. He describes the CD as, “a labour of friendship and a triumph of hard won optimism”. Produced by Josh Hicks at the Purple Tea Room Studio on Davenport Rd. it has a direct connection to the neighbourhood and his respect for the community around him.
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