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Christopher Charles Stamey (born December 6, 1954)[2] is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. After a brief time playing with Alex Chilton, as well as Mitch Easter under the name Sneakers, Stamey formed The dB's with Peter Holsapple.

Chris Stamey
BornDecember 6, 1954 (1954-12-06) (age 67)
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
GenresRock, power pop, jangle pop
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • singer
  • songwriter
  • record producer
Instrument(s)
  • Guitar
  • bass guitar
  • trumpet
  • vocals
Years active1977–present
Labels
  • Car Records
  • DB Records
  • A&M Records
  • New Rose Records
  • Yep Roc Records
[1]
Websitechrisstamey.com

Early life


Stamey was born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States.[3] He grew up in Winston-Salem, North Carolina,[4] and graduated from R. J. Reynolds High School.[5]


Career


In 1977, Stamey founded the independent New York City record label, Car Records, which released the 1978 Chris Bell single with the tracks "I Am The Cosmos" and "You And Your Sister".[6]

Stamey recorded and released two critically acclaimed albums with The dB's, Stands for Decibels (1981) and Repercussion (1982), which were initially only released in the UK,[2] before leaving the band to pursue a solo career.[7]

In 1991, Stamey and Holsapple reunited to record the album, Mavericks, which led to live concerts in London, England.[3]

In 1996, Stamey moved back to Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and opened the recording studio, Modern Recording, with former dB's producer Scott Litt.[2] He has worked as a producer and sound engineer for various artists and recording projects including those by the alternative country group Whiskeytown.

In 2004, Stamey released the album Travels in the South, quickly followed by V.O.T.E. 2004, enlarged as 2005's A Question of Temperature featuring the group Yo La Tengo as the album's backing musicians.

In July 2009, Stamey and Holsapple released their second album as a duo entitled Here and Now, which was promoted by a follow-up concert tour.[8]

In 2012, Stamey reunited with the dB's to complete Falling Off the Sky, their first new studio album in 25 years and their first in 30 years with the original 1978 line-up.

On February 5, 2013, Stamey released the solo album Lovesick Blues on Yep Roc Records, followed by Euphoria in 2015.


Discography



Solo albums



Singles



EPs



As a member of the dB's



As Chris Stamey and Friends



With Kirk Ross



With Peter Holsapple


Albums
Singles

With Yo La Tengo



As producer



As contributing musician



References


  1. "Chris Stamey". TrouserPress.com. Retrieved 2015-05-02.
  2. "Chris Stamey Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  3. Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 2359. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
  4. O'Donnell, Lisa (6 May 2018). "Following the Muse: Stamey Chronicles a Musical Journey". Winston-Salem Journal. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  5. Gillispie, Tom (7 March 2013). "'The Winston Sound': Musician Whose Roots Go Back to '60s and '70s Winston-Salem Returns for SECCA Event". Winston-Salem Journal. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  6. "Producer / Mixer – Music Mixing and Recording at Modern Recording". Chrisstamey.com. Retrieved 2015-05-02.
  7. "Discography – Albums – The dB's Online". Thedbs.com. Retrieved 2015-05-02.
  8. Mark Deming (June 9, 2009). "Here and Now – Peter Holsapple,Chris Stamey | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-05-02.





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