updated 1/13/12
Chris Duarte in Poland...
Here's a YouTube clip from Chris Duarte's trip to Poland last November: CLICK HERE
New Chris Duarte album "Blues In The Afterburner"...
Chris Duarte recorded his new album "Blues In The Afterburner" in July and it is available now (the Japanese release contains one bonus track). The sessions were at Prairie Sun studios in California with Mike Varney producing. Chris used studio musicians this time around instead of his band. To find out why, click HERE to read an interview with Chris about this exciting new album. Hats off to Shrapnel Records and Mike Varney for releasing an album a year since signing Chris Duarte to their label! It's a really good album, and a great follow-up to "Infinite Energy". Chris explores some new musical spaces, it's a trip! You can buy the new album HERE along with Chris Duarte's other titles.
This, That,
and
The Other
A new rib-crackin' compilation from the CDG band archives! For all serious Chris Duarte fans, this cd has lots of stuff you've never heard. Stuff that will curl your toes and rattle your skull! Stuff like outtakes from the albums "Only One" and "Tailspin Headwhack", home demos, radio appearances, live cuts, and three unreleased studio tracks of Chris Duarte with the band Mama. Stuff, stuff, stuff!
Songs include Siempre Mi Amor / Senor
Duarte
Cold Cold Day / Cross My Heart / Floating Bridge
Tropic Joy / Well, You Needn't / Azul Ezell
Last Night / Violence / The Only Thing
Red Desert / Black River / Drinkin' Free
Click here to see some photos from Chris Duarte's recording session with
Mama.
This is a factory-pressed made-in-the-U.S.A. silver disc and is a limited run of only 1,000 (all previous fan club releases are out of print). So hurry, before supplies last! For U.S. residents of the United States, this cd is $13.00 if using Paypal or $12.00 by mail (shipping is included). Foreign orders outside of the United States are $15.00 if using PayPal or $14.00 by mail (in U.S. dollars only and shipping is included).
If paying by mail, please send orders to:
Chris Duarte Group Fan Club
939 Revere Street
Aurora, CO 80011
Chris Duarte and Mama,
the "Toxikinesis" sessions...
Chris Duarte flew to Denver, Colorado on August 26th to record with the band Mama. They were recording tracks for an album to be called "Toxikinesis". Read more about this interesting collaboration and how it all came about by clicking here.
Chris Duarte has a new website...
Chris Duarte's new website is at www.thechrisduartegroup.com. Check it out here
Join the Chris Duarte Group Facebook page...
Chris Duarte now has a Facebook page! Won't
you be his friend?
Go to www.facebook.com/chrisduartegroup and sign up. Click here to go to it now.
Chris Duarte is also now on Twitter...
Chris Duarte is no longer a square and
tweets on Twitter! You can tweet
him at @IamChrisDuarte (www.twitter.com/IamChrisDuarte)
or you can tweet on over right here.
Chris Duarte appears on smokin' "Talladega Pile-Up" album...
On November 6, 2010, Chris Duarte was
invited to Los Angeles, California, to record a couple of tracks with Johnny
Hunkins. Johnny is the editor of Popular Hot Rodding magazine in
addition to being a well-rounded musician who can play a variety of instruments.
The album, titled "Talladega Pile-Up", was recorded at his home
studio. Chris and Johnny recorded two tracks, "Let It Eat!" and
"Memphis V6", with Chris shredding the guitar in a heavy rock
style. Johnny wrote "Let It Eat!", a cookin' instrumental jam,
with Chris Duarte specifically in mind. This is a road-rockin', tire-squealin',
down-shiftin', redlight-runnin' kick-ass collection of songs from start
to finish! I highly recommend getting a copy HERE. 
Here's some more comments from Johnny Hunkins himself:
"Chris Duarte flew in to lay down tracks for an instrumental prog rock tune for the album called "Let It Eat!" This song is a little different from the rest of the CD because it's got a little harder edge. I liked Chris for the part because he's super talented, he's a really nice guy, and he's also way into cars. I also discovered that he's got a much harder rock edge than anybody thought! Chris appears courtesy of Shrapnel Records and he plays Xotic guitars with GHS strings. His tracks were also recorded through a Motion Sound SRV-112 rotating speaker cab".
"Legends" 2010 Television Show available here on hi-def DVD!
This 75-minute dvd features the Chris Duarte Group on
Don Odell's "Legends" TV show in Palmer, Massachusetts, on September
7, 2010. The show was professionally shot with three hi-def cameras and
a soundboard feed in front of a studio audience of 30 lucky fans. Also in
attendance were local and national media and Chris gave three separate interviews.
Art Tipaldi, the editor of "Blues Revue" magazine, introduced
the band. They played a 70-minute set which featured two new songs from
the new album "Infinite Energy" plus several CDG classics. Interspersed
between cuts are interview clips with Chris. It's a cool performance and
even features Chris Duarte's 1963 Fender Stratocaster for the first half
of the show! Chris also added a red knucklehead to his stack for that extra
"crunch" to his tone (plus you also get to see his new "do"!).
The dvd is the complete TV broadcast of the "Legends" episode
and features "101", "Letter To My Girlfriend", "Big-Legged
Woman", "The Best That I Can Do", "Scrawl", "Satisfy",
"Sundown Blues", "Purple Gloaming", "One More Cup
Of Coffee", "My Way Down", and "Let's Have A Party".
It is beautifully photographed and the detail is amazing, some of the best
footage of the band ever shot. Don Odell has graciously allowed me to make
a limited run of this show available to help raise money for the Chris Duarte
Group fan club. Please note that these dvds are copied at home on a commercial
duplicator and are not factory pressed (the dvds have purple backs),
but the quality and sound on them is excellent throughout. There's only
a few hundred of these dvds available so get yours fast! For U.S. residents, this dvd is recessionally priced at only $10.00
by mail or $11.00 if using PayPal (shipping is included).
Foreign orders outside of the United
States are $12.00 by mail (in U.S. dollars only) or $13.00 if using PayPal
(shipping is included).
Hilarious "My Way Down"!!!
Chris Duarte and his wife Tomomi
were having problems with a tree rat, I mean squirrel, eating all the seeds
from the birdfeeder at their home in Atlanta, Georgia. They named him "Monster"
and had tried three different birdfeeder styles in a vain attempt to repel
the rapacious rodent, even looking for one that gave off an electric shock.
They recently got a new birdfeeder in an effort to foil his insatiable appetite.
See how they did by checking out this video that Tomomi shot (and put to
music) by clicking HERE.
Chris Duarte Group compilation DVD...
For all fans of Chris Duarte, one of the world's greatest guitarists, this is a 2-hour dvd of blistering live performances spanning his career from 1989 through 2009. His searing guitar mastery has sunburned ears of audiences the world over and it is on full display here with red-hot songs such as "Drivin' South", "Catch The Next Line", "Tailspin Headwhack", "Watch Out", "Screenwriter's Blues" and much more (including surprises along the way). STARING AT THE SUN is also a testament to the dedicated tapers and roadtrippers around the world who have recorded the Chris Duarte Group over the years. Please get a copy (or two) and help support this website. I receive absolutely no funding other than from your support. So put on some sunscreen, fry your eyes, melt your brain, and flip your wig STARING AT THE SUN! Not available in any store, this dvd is recessionally priced at only $12.00 by mail or $13.00 if using PayPal. Not only that, but shipping is included! This dvd is a limited edition and I only have 200 copies available - so hurry, before supplies last!
"AXPLORATIONS" Instructional DVD...
This comprehensive instructional guitar dvd by Chris Duarte is available from the Hal Leonard company at this link: AXPLORATIONS DVD
