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SOMEWHERE BETWEEN JOHN MAYER AND THE KINGS OF LEON, THERE'S A DISTINCTLY MELODIC GRAY ZONE – THE CHRIS GRAY ZONE. ELECTRIC SOUTHERN POP WITH A BIT OF BLUES GUITAR, A RAUCOUSLY ROCK...
Please vote for me in the MTV VMA best breakout Atlanta artist contest
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN JOHN MAYER AND THE KINGS OF LEON, THERE'S A DISTINCTLY MELODIC GRAY ZONE – THE CHRIS GRAY ZONE. ELECTRIC SOUTHERN POP WITH A BIT OF BLUES GUITAR, A RAUCOUSLY ROCK SENSIBILITY AND FEROCIOUS POP HOOKS, 24-YEAR OLD SINGER/SONGWRITER/MUSICIAN CHRIS GRAY IS POISED TO TAKE THE AMERICAN MUSIC SCENE UP A NOTCH. BORN AUGUST 23, 1984 IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA, CHRIS GRAY FIRST HEARD HIS MUSIC ON THE RADIO AT JUST TWENTY-TWO YEARS OLD. OF THAT EXPERIENCE, HE SAYS, “WHEN STAR 94 (ATLANTA) PICKED UP MY SINGLE [‘TELL ME HOW TO LIVE LIKE THIS’], I WAS ECSTATIC. HAVING ROTATION ON A TOP STATION IN A TOP MARKET WAS MORE THAN I EXPECTED. “TELL ME HOW TO LIVE LIKE THIS” WAS CHRIS GRAY’S FIRST SINGLE, PRODUCED BY FELLOW MUSICIAN JASON HOARD. THAT SUCCESS LED IMMEDIATELY TO SEVERAL HIGH-PROFILE PERFORMANCES, AND WORK WITH GRAMMY AWARD WINNING PRODUCER DON MCCOLLISTER. WITH MCCOLLISTER, CHRIS RECORDED BOTH “THE FIRST TIME,” AND “ROLLERCOASTER RIDE,” . ALONG WITH WRITING AND RECORDING NEW MATERIAL, CHRIS GRAY IS CURRENTLY MAKING A NAME FOR HIMSELF AS A CHARISMATIC AND POPULAR LIVE PERFORMER IN THE HIGHLY COMPETITIVE AND MUSICALLY SOPHISTICATED ATLANTA AND ATHENS, GA MARKETS. “CAN’T CHA BE MY WOMAN” IS GRAY’S NEWLY-RELEASED SINGLE. OF HIS INFLUENCES, CHRIS SPEAKS ACROSS GENRES AND ERAS, “I GET COMPARED TO EARLY JOHN MAYER A LOT, BUT MY PRIMARY INFLUENCE WAS MY FATHER, WHO WAS A MUSICIAN. BEYOND HIM, THERE’S BB KING, STEVIE RAY VAUGHN, KEITH URBAN, DAVE MATHEWS, BRAD PAISLEY…” COMING FROM A FAMILY OF MUSICIANS, CHRIS DISCOVERED HIS TALENT EARLY, PICKING UP HIS FIRST GUITAR AT THE TENDER AGE OF SEVEN. HE ALSO PLAYS PIANO BASS AND DRUMS, BUT GUITAR IS HIS FIRST LOVE, AND HIS PRIMARY TOOL FOR COMPOSING SONGS. CHRIS GRAY AND A GROWING GUITAR COLLECTION RESIDE IN STOCKBRIDGE, GA. OF HIS GUITARS CHRIS ADDS, “I PRIMARILY WRITE AND PLAY ON MY TAYLOR 614CE ACOUSTIC BECAUSE OF ITS SENTIMENTAL VALUE TO ME, OR MY AMERICAN TELECASTER OR STRATACASTER, BUT I OWN DOZENS OF GUITARS. I COLLECT THEM.”
