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Chris Eldridge is an American guitarist and singer. He is a member of Punch Brothers and frequently performs in a duo with fellow guitarist Julian Lage. He is also the guitarist in the house band on Live From Here. He was a founding member of the bluegrass band The Infamous Stringdusters. His father is noted banjoist Ben Eldridge of the Seldom Scene.

Chris Eldridge
Origin	Fredericksburg, Virginia
Genres	Progressive bluegrass Bluegrass
Instrument(s)	Guitar
Years active	2000-present
Labels	Nonesuch Records
Website	http://www.chriseldridge.net/

Biography

Although initially drawn to electric guitar, Eldridge began developing an acoustic career by his mid-teens, largely due to his father, a founding member of the seminal bluegrass group The Seldom Scene. Eldridge later studied at Oberlin Conservatory, where he studied with legendary guitarist Tony Rice. After graduating, he joined the Seldom Scene with whom he received a Grammy nomination in 2007.^{[citation needed]} In 2005 he founded a critically acclaimed bluegrass group, The Infamous Stringdusters. At the 2007 International Bluegrass Music Association awards Eldridge and his Stringdusters bandmates won Emerging artist of the Year, Song of the Year, and Album of the Year for their debut album, Fork in the Road. Meanwhile, in 2005 he had caught the attention of mandolinist Chris Thile, who enlisted him, along with banjoist Noam Pikelny, violinist Gabe Witcher, and bassist Greg Garrison to start working on an ambitious side project. Soon after they decided to focus all of their collective energies into a band and Punch Brothers was formed.

In 2019, he won the Instrumentalist of the Year award at the Americana Music Honors & Awards.^{[citation needed]}

Discography

Punch Brothers

Year	Title	Label
2008	Punch	Nonesuch
2010	Antifogmatic	Nonesuch
2012	Who's Feeling Young Now?	Nonesuch
2012	Ahoy! (EP)	Nonesuch
2015	The Phosphorescent Blues	Nonesuch
2015	The Wireless (EP)	Nonesuch
2018	All Ashore	Nonesuch
2022	Hell on Church Street	Nonesuch

Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge

Year	Title	Label
2013	Close to Picture (EP)	Modern Lore
2014	Avalon	Modern Lore
2017	Mount Royal	Free Dirt Records

The Infamous Stringdusters

Year	Title	Label
2006	The Infamous Stringdusters (EP)	Sugar Hill
2007	Fork In The Road	Sugar Hill

Seldom Scene

Year	Title	Label
2007	Scenechronized	Sugar Hill
2014	Long Time... Seldom Scene	Smithsonian Folkways

References

External links

• Chris Eldridge on Myspace
• Punch Brothers Official Website
• Punch Brothers on Myspace

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