Artist description Chris Gaffney and the Cold Hard Facts are an integral part of the Orange County/LA roots-rock/Americana music scene. Playing together for 15 years everywhere from LongBeach, CA, to Vienna, Austria, they have achieved a tightness and sound both universal and unique. They switch from pure country to cajun to 60's soul to hard rocking originalswith every whim of the rodeo-clown band leader.

Music Style Country, Roots Rock, Americana

Musical Influences Texas country, cajun, Tex-Mex

Similar Artists Dave Alvin, Flaco Jimenez, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely

Artist History Chris Gaffney and the Cold Hard Facts have recordedthree earlier studio albums. Chris also has two solo albums as well as appearing on albums by Tom Russell, Lucinda Williams, The Iguanas, and Billy Bacon and the Forbidden Pigs.

Group Members Chris Gaffney - vocals, guitar, accordionDanny Ott - vocals, lead guitarMike Barry - vocals, bass guitarWyman Reese - keyboards, guitarDoug Livingston - pedal steel guitarTucker Fleming - drumsR.J. Simensen - rub board

Instruments accordion, guitar, steel guitar, bass, drums, keyboards

Albums Road to Indio, Chris Gaffney and the Cold Hard Facts, Mi Vida Loca, Loser's Paradise

Press Reviews L.A. Times, December 31, 1999 And in another world, Chris Gaffney and his cohorts are superstars, universally adored, respected and richly remunerated for their gloriously border-less, exhilarating music-making.

Location Anaheim, CA - USA

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