Chris Bailey (musician)

Not to be confused with Chris Bailey, rock musician from Australian band The Angels.

Chris Bailey
Birth name	Christopher James Mannix Bailey
Origin	Born in Nanyuki, Kenya, Irish nationality
Genres	Rock, punk, post-punk, blues, grunge, folk
Occupations	Singer, Songwriter, Instrumentalist, Record producer, guitarist
Years active	1976–present
Labels	Cadiz
Associated acts	Kid Galahad and The Eternals The Saints Al and the Gators The Chris Bailey Combo Chris Bailey and the General Dog
Website	The Saints site The Saints on Myspace Chris Bailey on Myspace

Chris Bailey is the co-founder and singer of rock band The Saints.^[1] He was born in Nanyuki, Kenya in 1959 to Irish parents. Bailey grew up in Belfast, Northern Ireland until the age of seven, when his family emigrated to Australia. The Saints were formed in Australia in 1974. Their first hit was in the UK with the classic punk anthem "(I'm) Stranded". The band slowly evolved toward a more sophisticated sound on their next few albums.

After several years of solo adventure, Bailey revived The Saints to record Howling in 1996. This album was followed by Everybody Knows the Monkey (1998), Spit the Blues Out (2002), Nothing is Straight in My House (2005) and Imperious Delirium (2006), which were all recorded under the name of The Saints.

A cover of The Easybeats' "The Music Goes Round My Head" was issued as a single in December 1988 and featured on the soundtrack to the film Young Einstein. In 1991, Bailey formed the Chris Bailey Combo which included Paul Hester, Nick Seymour and Dror Erez, as well as a revolving cast of guest players.^[2]

Demons was Bailey's second solo album, recorded in Memphis, Tennessee, where he had been sent by TVT Records. Savage Entertainment was released in October 1992, and in 1993 Bailey wrote and recorded together with Concrete Blonde's Johnette Napolitano, which included a rework of the song "All Fools' Day".

Bailey's fourth solo album 54 Days . . . at Sea was recorded in Malmö, Sweden and was released in 1994. It featured Bolivian folk musicians Mundo Folk, whom Bailey had seen busking when visiting friends in Sweden the previous year. Swedish musicians Eddie Nyström (guitar), Magnus Börjeson (bass) and Stellan Colt (drums) provided the rock base for the album.
For the Earth Music compilation, issued in June 1994, Bailey contributed a cover of Tim Finn's "Not Even Close".

When Mushroom Music celebrated their 25th anniversary in 1998, Bailey was one of the invited artists to perform on a stage at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in front of an audience of about 100,000 people. He performed two of his most famous songs, "Ghost Ships" and "Just Like Fire Would", solo and also a duet with Paul Kelly: "Wide Open Road", a tribute to the late David McComb of The Triffids.

2003 saw Bailey make a guest appearance, singing the chorus vocals on "Bring It On", on Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds album Nocturama. Bailey then toured America with the group and performed with them on the Late Night with David Letterman show.

At the 2005 Queensland Poetry festival in Brisbane, at the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, Chris Bailey headlined the event.

Chris Bailey and the General Dog is another one of Bailey's constellations, their latest record being Bone Box in 2005.^[1][2] During the spring of 2007, Bailey undertook a solo tour of France, on occasion as a double act with French rock artist Mickaël Furnon, alias Mickey, from rock group Mickey 3D.

Discography

Chris Bailey solo albums

• • Casablanca (1983)
  • What we did on our holidays (1984)
  • Demons (1991)
  • Savage Entertainment (1992)
  • 54 Days at Sea (1994)
  • Encore (1995)
  • Bone Box (2005)

The Saints albums

See discography in article about The Saints

References

General

• McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Whammo Homepage". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1865080721. http://web.archive.org/web/20040405231007/www.whammo.com.au/index.asp. Retrieved 27 January 2010.  Note: Archived [on-line] copy has limited functionality.
• Spencer, Chris; Zbig Nowara, Paul McHenry with notes by Ed Nimmervoll (2002) [1987]. The Who's Who of Australian Rock. Noble Park, Vic.: Five Mile Press. ISBN 1-86503-891-1. ^[3] Note: [on-line] version established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition.

Specific

1. ^ ^{a b} Spencer et al, (2007) Bailey, Chris entry. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
2. ^ ^{a b} Magnus Holmgren, ed. "Icehouse". Australian Rock Database. Magnus Holmgren. http://hem2.passagen.se/honga/database/i/icehouse.html. Retrieved 27 January 2010. 
3. ^ "Who's who of Australian rock / compiled by Chris Spencer, Zbig Nowara & Paul McHenry". catalogue. National Library of Australia. http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2090055. Retrieved 27 January 2010. 

External links

• Chris Bailey on Myspace
• The Saints on Myspace
• The Saints Official homepage
• Quotes by Chris Bailey from brainyquote.com

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