Chris Newman (musician)

Christopher Lynn Newman (born 1953) is an American musician from Oregon.

Born in Longview, Washington, he spent most of his musical career in Portland, Oregon, leading bands such as the Untouchables (which in 1981 morphed into the long-running Napalm Beach); and Snow Bud and the Flower People (formed 1986). Mentored in the early 1980s by Greg Sage^[1] of the Wipers, Newman has played frequently in and around San Francisco, Portland, and Seattle beginning in the 1970s, and is known for his intense blues- and psychedelic- influenced guitar leads and operatic vocal stylings.^[2] Much of his early music was distributed on homemade cassettes throughout the Pacific Northwest during the 1980s, and his 1960s-garage-influenced riff-heavy rock has been cited as an influence by many of the Pacific Northwest "grunge" bands that became popular in the 1990s.^[3]

In 2007, Newman was among the first group of honorees inducted into the Oregon Music Hall of Fame^[4] Newman has recorded around thirty studio albums.^[5] Currently, Newman's primary musical project is a three-piece band called Boo Frog,^[6] while Snow Bud and the Flower People continue to perform on a regular basis, and Napalm Beach performs the occasional reunion show.

References

1. ^ SP Clark. Napalm Beach. Two Louies, August 1981.
2. ^ http://www.spclarke.com/historyofportlandrockpart2.htm S.P. Clarke: Two Louies Magazine: The History of Portland Rock: Part 2, The Early 80s"
3. ^ S.P. Clarke: Two Louies Magazine: The History of Portland Rock, Part 5: The Late ’80s
4. ^ http://www.omhof.org/honorees Oregon Music Hall of Fame Honorees.
5. ^ http://www.skullmanrecords.com/skullman-discography/ Skullman Records: Christopher L. Newman Discography
6. ^ http://endhits.portlandmercury.com/endhits/archives/2009/10/02/get-to-know-boo-frog Ned Lannamann. Get To Know Boo Frog. Portland Mercury, October 2, 2009.

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