Chris Almoada's Press-Book - English, With Tonio

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Rockabilly & Hillbilly Rock

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theBroken Hearts


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Chris Almoada is a singer and guitar player who has been performingsince the late 1970s. He belongs to the first generation of Europeanartists to embrace rockabilly.

In 1972, at the age of 11, Chris began playing boogie-woogie and ragtimeon the piano. That same year, he discovered the rock n roll music ofBill Haley, Gene Vincent, and Eddie Cochran. But it was Wanda Jackson,the Queen of Rockabilly, who gave Chris the biggest thrill with such hitsongs as "Lets Have a Party" and "Honey Bop". What a voice! What asound!

In 1976, Chris began playing the guitar. His favorite LP was a new albumentitled Sun Session. The sound of Scotty Moore introduced him to thetechnique of guitar picking. In 1978, Chris put together his firstgroup, the Rockin Shoes. The group favored titles appearing under suchrecord labels as Collector, Goldband, Starday, King, Redita, and Fed...

During the 1980s, Chris composed music and sang with two other groups:the Ol Timers and Mystery Train.

After a hiatus in the 1990s, Chris returned to the music scene by giving private performances as a solo guitarist. In early 2000, AlainChennevire (a singer and former member of the Alligators who pioneeredrockabilly in France) enlisted Chris as a guitar player specializing inthe picking style. At the same time, Chris and a friend of his (whoplayed the upright bass) cofounded a group dedicated to Western swing inits purest 1940s style. The Spikebones reprised the songs of Johnny LeeWills and Milton Brown, as well as those of Jimmy Revard and the LightCrust Doughboys.

Today, Chris is the solo guitarist for the

French group Easy Lazy C. Additionally, he isthe lead singer of his own group, the Broken

Hearts, which recorded its first CD, Come to NewOrleans, in July 2010 (Rydells Records). This

CD includes first-rate songs such as "Cool Cat",

"Come to New Orleans", and "Another mornin" thatwere written in collaboration with David E.

Miller, an American lyricist. It also includes

two original songs, "Somebodys knocking" and"Gone really gone", both of which Chris authored

in the early 1980s but which havent been

released until now.


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The Broken hearts

Red Dennis"Today , drummer of The Hot Rocks and Chris Almoada, he

started in the 80's with The Sprites.He learned to play drums by listening for hours to the 1956

Gene Vincent sessions in which Dickie Be-Bop Harrell

added spice to the pieces with his boisterous rythmshots,

supported by his frenzied shouts." "Many performers usedhis feelin to accompany or record with them (Rockn Roll

Gang, The Sprites, Jerry Dixie, Hollister, Betty and the

Bops, Ricky Norton from France, Ruby Ann ,Nelson Carrera

from Portugal, Orv ille Nash from the USA among others) .

He pioneered the French Revivalist rock and roll scene and performed in Europe and in Canada with such artists as

Johnny Powers, Ray Campi, Hayden Thompson, Sonny Bur-

gess, The Crickets, The Comets, Linda Gail Lewis, Elizabeth

Lee, Crazy Cavan, and others He had the privilege of per-

forming on stage with some famous American and Englishmusicians of that time including Charlie Gracie , Gene Sum-

mers , Wee Willie Harris and many others or with Martin

Fontaine from the international show Elvis Story.

Pascal FreycheToday , bass player for Roy Thompson's Mellow Kings andChris Almoada, he started in the 90's with The Swingsters, of

Al Willis fame, and played all over Europe sharing the bill

with almost all top Rockabilly acts (of that days).

Antonio Testa is a Franco-Italian singer and multi-instrumentalist (piano and guitar). Antonio has lived in Paris

since 1990, and has performed solo as well as collaboratedwith a number of musicians and musical groups.

Passionate about popular musical in general since childhood,

Antonio has become particularly interested in the music of theSouthern United States: jazz, country, blues, r & b, rock n

roll, and rockabilly. He has extensively researched the musi-

cal roots of the American South (notably, late 19th Century

through the 1930s) in order to better understand the essential

qualities and characteristics of the various musical trends ithas produced. This musical melting pot has inspired a wide

range of pianistic playing styles. Antonio has performed in a

number of Parisian venues including such jazz and rock nroll clubs as Le Limonaire, LUtopia, Le Baiser Sal, and Le

Petit Journal Montparnasse. His talents have also been show-cased in musical engagements in other European countries

(England, Germany, Italy).

Antonio T.


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Social Networks

(Rob) Love the guitar sound on Somebodys knocking!

(Carol) thankyou great music.. Welcome

(Pete) Hi, Chris! I really love your stuff, you're awsome!

(Pascal) Trs bon cd chris titres comme on les aime

(Sandra) Like you guys, really awesome sound

(Bella) The songs are great, I hope you can come out to Los An-geles soon to play some shows!

(Carlos) Really good tracks, I listen it another times, great workmate...thanks for the add and grettings from the Northem Spain

(Franco) Love the Guitar Chris, interesting combination of 'pick-ups', real cool man!

(Sabrina) Hi Chris ! I have to thank....I like your music really li-

ke... Thanks...:) wish you a nice day.. Greetz Babe

(Isabela) Very Nice Song ( Gone Really Gone ) !!!

(Juan Antonio) Con t permiso lo copio. Abrazos Chris

(K-man's) Thanks for your new CD "Come to New Orleans"! Allkiller, no filler! Looking forward to see you in Bonn 2011!!

(Bostjan) Thanks for the cd! I got it yesterday! Cd is great.Great

sound on cd!!Like it!


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http://youtu.be/8trP-DPSRl4

Biography

Trailer CD Come to New Orleans

http://youtu.be/9GeC6Ezn9M4

Live performances

http://www.youtube.com/

Videos


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