Blues Guitarist Chris Cain

Nominated by the Blues Music Awards in Memphis for 2018 Blues Guitarist of the Years

Nominated by the Blues Music Awards in Memphis for 2018 Blues Guitarist of the Year
BluesBlast Magazine Cover March 2018

Blues Blast Magazine Annual Awards Committee has nominated Chris Cain as Male Blues Artist of the Year and his self-titled album, Chris Cain, as Best Contemporary Blues Album of the Year in their annual awards
Blues Blast Magazine, Cover photo © 2018 Marilyn Stringer
Chris Cain Uses Boomer Strings

Chris Cain is happy to announce he has accepted an invitation to join the GHS Strings family. Chris has been using GHS Boomers throughout his career and, despite occasional lapses using other brands, he always comes back to GHS 10-46. They consistently give him the tone he needs and do a better job of holding up to those deep bends. A big shout out to Riccardo Piccirillo for this wonderful photo.

Chris Cain's jazz-tinged, blues soaked guitar and deep, warm vocals have the maturity and authenticity of bluesmen many years his senior. His expressive style is the result of a lifetime of study and the relentless pursuit of music mastery. His passion and intensity are a blend of his mother's Greek ancestry and his father's soulful black heritage.

"Nowadays most young blues players are Strat-wielding Stevie Ray Vaughan-a-bes. Not Chris Cain. With a voice that recalls B.B. King and a thick toned Gibson guitar sound reminiscent of Albert King, Cain is forging a unique style. With his own highly personalized songwriting, "Hall Of Shame" is a giant step in the development of one of the most compelling young bluesmen on today's scene."
-Larry Nager (syndicated Scripts-Howard music critic)