The Chris McCarty Band

Entertainer, Motivator, Passionate, determined, ...Believer. This Gainesville, FL native brings soul to the genre of acoustic-rock and does so with flair. McCarty has wowed live audiences and television audiences alike through his already impressive career. As early as 1998, McCarty demonstrated his confidence on stage when he was a runner-up in the Conan O'Brien College Band Search. In 2002, he performed at Gator Growl for a capacity crowd of 50,000 people when he opened for Sugar Ray.

In 2005, McCarty was the Adult Vocalist Winner of Lou Perlman's ?Talent Rock? contest and was a finalist last year in the popular Rockstar Supernova television show. McCarty has shared the stage with such artists as Blues Traveler, The Wailers, G Love and Special Sauce, Average White Band and even the legendary James Brown. This year, he has a song called ?The Next One? featured in the Sims Video Game. As of recent, McCarty opened several dates for the Dave Matthews Band during their Florida leg of their 2007 summer tour. In March 2009, McCarty won third place out of 400 bands in Florida's WJRR Central Florida's Best Band contest, where fans voted online for their favorite band. He is currently writing new music gearing up to hit the road.