CHRIS HART Sings for the MATADORS (1999)

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Artist: The MATADORS
Release: Matadors (Demo)
Style: Rockabilly
Date: 1999

Chatham Connection: Singer Chris Hart is from Chatham.During his high school years he fronted the punk rock band L.O.T.D. (Lice Of  The Dead). After moving to London, he joined Jivaro Fracus, and later the Matadors. In 2000, Chris began a venture into solo records.

At the time, the band did a mix of covers and original music.

The Matadors are:
Joel Parkins – Guitar
Steve Crew – Drums Linda McCartney – Organ
Jefry Sheppard – Dog House Bass
Chris Hart – Vocals

Tracks:
01. Ride
02. Other Man
03. Hangin’ Round
04. London Dungeon (Misfits cover)

These songs were recorded at dB studios in London, Ontario in 1998-ish.
I was lucky enough to catch Chris perform in local punk & rockabilly bands before he moved on to London. Chris’s voice is amazing. He may not like that I think he has an early Danzig/Misfits sound, but he does, and he turned it into his own. Go listen.

Note from chrwradio : Chris Hart went on to record his own record entitled Lonesome Blood. Linda McCartney sadly died that year of cancer related illnesses. Jef and Joel, however, transformed the Matadors into what the original intention of the band was….a youth oriented Satanic outreach and musical revue. The new Matadors also put out a record, aptly named ‘Heartless’, in 2002.

* Watch/listen to the recording preview below.

Listen here: http://chrwradio.com/lma/1999/The%20Matadors%20-%20The%20Matadors/matadors.htm

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CHRIS HART – Behind The Blue Wall (2004)

 

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Artist: CHRIS HART
Release: Behind The Blue Wall
Date: 2004
Home: From Merlin (Chatham-Kent), now London.

All songs written by Chris Hart

Tracks: Behind The Blue Wall, Dionne, Falling From The Sky, Forget About Me, Heart On My Sleeve, Love (X3), Mrs. Mathieson, Rip Van Winkle.mp3, Take Me BackAngel, Waited Too Long, We Were Stoned.

Chris Hart – guitars, vocals
Blair Heddle – banjo, mandolin
Dan Fawcett – guitar
Shawn Saunders – guitar, harmony
Jerry Fletcher – steel guitar
Jeff Fountain – bass
Ted Peacock – drums
Dean Harrison – piano, Hammond B3, accordian
Aaron MacDonald – saxophone
Craig Robertson – trumpet
Casey Peavoy – harmonica

Recorded at EMAC Studios, London, Ont.
Produced, engineered and mixed by Dan Brodbeck
Assistant engineer – Sigfried Meier

* Watch CD preview below.

Listen to the CD here: http://chrwradio.com/lma/2004/Chris%20Hart%20-%20Behind%20The%20Blue%20Wall/chris%20hart.htm

CHRIS HART – Lonesome Blood (2000)

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Artist: CHRIS HART
Release: Lonesome Blood
Date: 2000
Home: From Merlin (Chatham-Kent), moved to London

Musicians:
Chris Hart – acoustic guitar and vocals
Dan Brodbeck – electric guitar and backing vocals
Joel Parkins – electric guitar
Shaun Sanders – electric guitar and acoustic
Jerry Fletcher – pedal steel
Mike Bonnell – hammond b3, wurlitzer and piano
Casey Peavoy – harmonica
Jeff Fountain – bass
Ted Peacock – drums

Tracks
Shoot Me To Sleep, Lonesome Blood, Dirt Beneath Your Feet, Drifting Away, Dead Savannah, The Simple Truth, The Perfect Ending, Wish I Could Turn Around, Eternally Blue

Digitally recorded At DB Studios in London, Ontario, Canada
Engineered and mixed By Dan Brodbeck at DB Studios

All songs written by Chris Hart, except Dead Savannah written by Theodore Hart. All songs registered Socan © 2001

* Watch CD preview below.

Listen to The CD here: http://chrwradio.com/lma/2001/Chris%20Hart%20-%20Lonesome%20Blood/hart.htm

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Chris Hart Gets Ready For His U.S. tour. (2009)

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Chris Hart

Artist: Chris Hart
Release: The Magic Hour
Year: 2009
Genre: Country/Rock
Raised: Merlin (Chatham-Kent)
Home: London

Members:
Chris Hart – Vocals
Others: n/a

Tracks:
1. Mystery
2. Best of Me
3. Bad Girls
4. Try Again
5. Down in Flames
6. Hey Hey Hey
7. Black Anger
8. Midnight Man
9. New Year’s Eve

Notes:
* He has been writing and performing music for the past 20 years.
* Dabbled in many styles of music including Punk, Rock-A-Billy, Blues, and Country. Lately falling into the ambiguous roots or Americana category.
* Chris has collaborated with various acts, most notably the infamous matadors. It wasn’t until 2001 that he decided to pursue a solo career. His first record “Lonesome Blood” was a dark and brooding country epic. One Critic referred to it as Goth-Country.

* Watch/listen to the CD preview below.

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* Watch live video of Chris performing in Nashville below.

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JIVARO FRACUS – Gonna Die Anyways (1993)

Artist: JIVARO FRACUS
Home : London Ontario Canada
CD Release : Gonna Die Anyways
Music Style : Rock
Date : 1993

The Scoop : Chris Hart (Originally from Chatham) moved to london to start this band. Chris started out on the local Chatham Punk scene in a band called L.O.T.D. (Lice Of The Dead). His brothers Terry & Ted were members of M.A.D. around this time.
     By 1999, Chris was the singer for the Matadors, a band that was legendary on the London scene for it’s Rockabilly rthyms.
   Chris Hart went on to record his own record entitled Lonesome Blood

Chris Hart from Chatham

 Track Listing. 
Above, Broken Bottles, Buried, Come In From The Darkness, Confessions, Criminal Grip 2, Flashlight, Grip, Her Side, Metropolitan Jerusalem, Nothings Wrong, Sketch, Soft Winging, Stole A Smoke, Stranded, Time To Leave

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