1. Baptized By The Blues
2. Paycheck To Paycheck
3. Whiskey Ain't Working
4. Elevator To Heaven
5. I'm Your Man
6. Keep On Movin'
7. Second Wind
8. Again
9. Ali Shuffle
10. Shantytown
11. Come Back Home
12. Doin' Time
13. Drinks Are For Free

Chris Bell – vocals, guitar
Paul Kallestad – Hammond organ
Bill Johnston - saxophone
Chuck Maithonis – bass guitar
Mike Lowery – drums

Songwriter, lead guitarist, and vocalist showcases his fluency in blues genres and techniques past and present as he plays guitar dirtier than dirt, amazingly achieving poignant single-note leads as easily as he rips into searing slide riffs. ---cdbaby.com

This Band is one of few that can capture the true essence of the old style blues from Chicago. --- chrisbellblues.com

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01. Bad News — 3:22
02. Forgive & Forget — 3:44
03. My Cadillac — 3:58
04. Money Doesn't Grow on Trees — 5:35
05. Out There in the Distance — 3:14
06. Travellin' Shoes — 3:07
07. Real Bluesman — 4:15
08. Cool Cat — 2:03
09. It's a Shame — 3:37
10. Blues Highway — 3:00
11. 24 Hours a Day — 4:43
12. That Ain't Right — 3:37
13. Get Up! — 2:36
14. Cotton Pickin' Blues — 2:17

Yep, he's a bluesman. This is a very good blues CD in the vein of Kenny Neal back in his early days. Nice horn arrangements and a tight band. Lots of good stuff here; guaranteed to put a smile on your face if you like the blues. --- J R Bellamy. cdbaby.com

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01. Down Home Cookin' - 3:02
02. Ain't Seen Nothing - 2:57
03. Elevator to Heaven - 8:58
04. Mr. Chill - 2:31
05. Doin' Time - 3:20
06. Heck With You - 3:15
07. Wine Cooler - 3:49
08. Roll With the Punches - 3:45

Chris Bell – guitar, harp,vocals
DC Olsen – bass
Gilbert Gonzales – drums
John Lewis - guitar

Bluesman Chris Bell's eclectic vocal and guitar style of blues, rock, and pop--most soulfully demonstrated in "Elevator to Heaven"--moves this album, according to one reviewer, "slightly ahead of the up-and-coming guitar-hero pack."

According to one reviewer, "Bell's wide array of guitar tones and fluent blues stylings puts this album slightly ahead of the up and coming guitar hero pack." Since 1999, "Elevator to Heaven" has been one of the top 10 rated songs on the Lycos Music Listening Room. ---cdbaby.com

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01. Sweet Josephine
02. The Devil, My Guitar & Me
03. It’s Not My Cross To Bear
04. My Jimi Hendrix Stuff
05. Long Train Ride
06. Something To Blame
07. I Don’t Like To Brag
08. Working Man
09. Why My Baby So Cold
10. More Things Change
11. Testify
12. The Water
13. John Lee Hooker
14. Don’t Wake Me Up

Guitarist/singer/songwriter, Silver Bridge Recording blues artist Chris Bell was born in Washington, D.C. and raised in Massachusetts, and credits both his parents for introducing him to blues, jazz, rhythm & blues and gospel music. At the early age of nine, he picked up his first guitar and discovered his passion. During the 1980's, while majoring in art and music at the University of Massachusetts, Chris participated in jazz workshops with Archie Shepp, attended a summer session at Berklee School of Music, and studied under guitar great Tony MacAlpine. In 1990, Chris relocated to Los Angeles to further develop his musical career, and in 2000, went back to his roots and formed what is known today as Chris Bell & 100% Blues.

Having always been influenced by some of the great blues artists both past and present from B.B. King’s swingin’ old school style, to stinging single note passages like masters Albert King and Albert Collins, combined with searing slide riffs from Bell’s favorite Johnny Winter, and the psychedelic sounds reminiscent of the master Jimi Hendrix, Chris can do it all. His remarkable guitar playing compliments any blues genre he covers while paying tribute to those vintage styles his forefathers cast before him.

Since his first release of “Blues 2001", followed by “Hell Is Too Hot For Me” and “Real Bluesman”, and “The Devil, My Guitar & Me” due out in 2010, Chris shows no signs of slowing down.

He continues to tour throughout the Western United States with regular trips each year to the East Coast, the Midwest and Texas. Chris is establishing himself as one of the premier up and coming blues artists of this generation and has only begun to scratch the surface of what promises to be a long and prosperous career. See www.myspace.com/chrisbellblues for live performance footage, music, pix, and more! ---cdbaby.com

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