Chris Staig: News

During this career as musician, which I prefer think of as a calling, not a career, I have played some bizarre gigs. I played a buffalo roast at age 14. I have played bars, theatres, on the street, on the sidewalk and high at the CN Tower. I have played a strip club called "Scanty's". I played an extremely depressing Fall Fair in Mamora, Ontario. I played an outdoor festival in New Orleans where the bagpiper grabbed the wrong tin whistle and we drove through the night back to Memphis...
So when the North by Northeast festival invited me to play at Pearson International Airport, I thought nothing unusual here. In fact, I felt a duty to play my song "Fell Off the Wagon" at the airport.

Here's the footage:







Still, this gig was a bit bizarre.
Do you agree, folks?
See you at NXNE

On Monday April 7th, "Time Won’t Leave You", was CBC Radio 3's "New Music Track of the Day".

http://radio3.cbc.ca/blogs/2008/04/New-Music-Canada-Track-of-the-Day-for-April-07-2008-Chris-Staig-Time-Wont-Leave-You



Thank You ALL AT CBC RADIO 3 !

One of my fave tunes from my last CD, a tune called "Time Won't Leave You", recently advanced to the round before becoming a semi finalist in the 2006 International Songwriting Competition. While I would have liked it to have gone even further, I believe that means my tune got as far as the Leafs did in the 77-78 playoffs. Does it mean the song made it out of the quarter finals? Anyhow, its a good tune, I'm pleased it was recognized.

Check out this year end list at www.absolutepowerpop.blogspot.com, and you will find my latest CD among the fine recordings listed.
You can copy and paste this link if you wish:
http://absolutepowerpop.blogspot.com/2006/12/absolute-powerpop-top-100-of-2006.html

Having just (re)touted Warren Zanes' Memory Girls, it's kind of fitting that I've selected Chris Staig's Davenport as today's featured disc. Staig, from Toronto, has a very similar sound to Zanes, both vocally and stylistically.

Davenport features a winning combination of power pop, roots rock and singer/songwriter pop. There are also hints of Neil Young and John Lennon as well as Grandaddy's Jason Lytle. Things start off in fine fashion with Staig pleading for a "Rock'n'Roll Holiday", as it's "time to blow up my television/can't make shopping my new religion"; in the next track Staig sings of how he "Fell Off The Wagon", an ode to getting plastered. "All I Need Is You" is a catchy rocker in the vein of the Ike Reilly disc I raved about yesterday, and "Another Year" almost heads into the Rockpile territory mined so well by Terry Anderson (he of the Olympic Ass-Kickin' Team).

He has three tracks from Davenport streaming at his myspace page, and others can be sampled at cd baby, which is of course the best place to pick it up.