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Rockabilly & Hillbilly Rock

2011 - v 1.1

Chris Almoada is a singer and guitar player who has been performing since the late 1970s. He belongs to the first generation of European artists to embrace rockabilly. In 1972, at the age of 11, Chris began playing boogie-woogie and ragtime on the piano. That same year, he discovered the rock n roll music of Bill Haley, Gene Vincent, and Eddie Cochran. But it was Wanda Jackson, the Queen of Rockabilly, who gave Chris the biggest thrill with such hit songs as "Lets Have a Party" and "Honey Bop". What a voice! What a sound! In 1976, Chris began playing the guitar. His favorite LP was a new album entitled Sun Session. The sound of Scotty Moore introduced him to the technique of guitar picking. In 1978, Chris put together his first group, the Rockin Shoes. The group favored titles appearing under such record labels as Collector, Goldband, Starday, King, Redita, and Fed... During the 1980s, Chris composed music and sang with two other groups: the Ol Timers and Mystery Train. After a hiatus in the 1990s, Chris returned to the music scene by giving private performances as a solo guitarist. In early 2000, Alain Chennevire (a singer and former member of the Alligators who pioneered rockabilly in France) enlisted Chris as a guitar player specializing in the picking style. At the same time, Chris and a friend of his (who played the upright bass) cofounded a group dedicated to Western swing in its purest 1940s style. The Spikebones reprised the songs of Johnny Lee Wills and Milton Brown, as well as those of Jimmy Revard and the Light Crust Doughboys. Today, Chris is the solo guitarist for the French group Easy Lazy C. Additionally, he is the lead singer of his own group, the Broken Hearts, which recorded its first CD, Come to New Orleans, in July 2010 (Rydells Records). This CD includes first-rate songs such as "Cool Cat", "Come to New Orleans", and "Another mornin" that were written in collaboration with David E. Miller, an American lyricist. It also includes two original songs, "Somebodys knocking" and "Gone really gone", both of which Chris authored in the early 1980s but which havent been released until now.

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Red Dennis
"Today , drummer of The Hot Rocks and Chris Almoada, he started in the 80's with The Sprites. He learned to play drums by listening for hours to the 1956 Gene Vincent sessions in which Dickie Be-Bop Harrell added spice to the pieces with his boisterous rythmshots, supported by his frenzied shouts." "Many performers used his feelin to accompany or record with them (Rockn Roll Gang, The Sprites, Jerry Dixie, Hollister, Betty and the Bops, Ricky Norton from France, Ruby Ann ,Nelson Carrera from Portugal, Orville Nash from the USA among others) . He pioneered the French Revivalist rock and roll scene and performed in Europe and in Canada with such artists as Johnny Powers, Ray Campi, Hayden Thompson, Sonny Burgess, The Crickets, The Comets, Linda Gail Lewis, Elizabeth Lee, Crazy Cavan, and others He had the privilege of performing on stage with some famous American and English musicians of that time including Charlie Gracie , Gene Summers , Wee Willie Harris and many others or with Martin Fontaine from the international show Elvis Story.

Pascal Freyche
Today , bass player for Roy Thompson's Mellow Kings and Chris Almoada, he started in the 90's with The Swingsters, of Al Willis fame, and played all over Europe sharing the bill with almost all top Rockabilly acts (of that days).

Antonio T.
Antonio Testa is a Franco-Italian singer and multiinstrumentalist (piano and guitar). Antonio has lived in Paris since 1990, and has performed solo as well as collaborated with a number of musicians and musical groups. Passionate about popular musical in general since childhood, Antonio has become particularly interested in the music of the Southern United States: jazz, country, blues, r & b, rock n roll, and rockabilly. He has extensively researched the musical roots of the American South (notably, late 19th Century through the 1930s) in order to better understand the essential qualities and characteristics of the various musical trends it has produced. This musical melting pot has inspired a wide range of pianistic playing styles. Antonio has performed in a number of Parisian venues including such jazz and rock n roll clubs as Le Limonaire, LUtopia, Le Baiser Sal, and Le Petit Journal Montparnasse. His talents have also been showcased in musical engagements in other European countries (England, Germany, Italy).

Web links
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www.reverbnation.com/chrisalmoada

www.facebook.com/chrisalmoada

www.youtube.com/user/chrisalmoada

Records

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From France, Spain, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Italy, Sweden...

Press and letters

From France, Spain, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Italy, Sweden...

Press and letters

From France, Spain, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Italy, Sweden...

Social Networks
(Rob) Love the guitar sound on Somebodys knocking! (Carol) thankyou great music.. Welcome (Pete) Hi, Chris! I really love your stuff, you're awsome! (Pascal) Trs bon cd chris titres comme on les aime (Sandra) Like you guys, really awesome sound (Bella) The songs are great, I hope you can come out to Los Angeles soon to play some shows! (Carlos) Really good tracks, I listen it another times, great work mate...thanks for the add and grettings from the Northem Spain (Franco) Love the Guitar Chris, interesting combination of 'pickups', real cool man! (Sabrina) Hi Chris ! I have to thank....I like your music really like... Thanks...:) wish you a nice day.. Greetz Babe (Isabela) Very Nice Song ( Gone Really Gone ) !!! (Juan Antonio) Con t permiso lo copio. Abrazos Chris (K-man's) Thanks for your new CD "Come to New Orleans"! All killer, no filler! Looking forward to see you in Bonn 2011!! (Bostjan) Thanks for the cd! I got it yesterday! Cd is great.Great sound on cd!!Like it!

Videos
Biography

http://youtu.be/8trP-DPSRl4

Trailer CD Come to New Orleans

http://youtu.be/9GeC6Ezn9M4

Live performances

http://www.youtube.com/

Contact & booking

Jeff REBY E-mail : jfreby@sfr.fr Cell. +33(0)6.89.32.67.27