Chris Tobin - "Just me and my guitar"

One of the Hinckley ACT's most consistent performers is Chris Tobin (guitar and vocals) who after 35 years in many different bands, playing many styles of music, has returned to his "roots".

Chris explained:-

"I started to play guitar at the age of eleven, but in keeping with the rest of the family I could never be bothered to learn to read music.

"My ear for chord sequences developed by studying the stacks of sheet music that was crammed into the old piano stool. Simple little songs that could probably be busked with three or four chords had these beautiful changes that would be a sin to ignore. I found the chords from the ukulele ‘chord boxes’ that would appear on the 30s and 40s sheet music. I would then have to find where my other two fingers would have to go!

"After spending nearly 35 years in various pop, rock, dance bands, I have come full circle and returned to the ‘old piano stool’ and for the last ten years, with just me and my guitar, I give my interpretation of the songs that inspired me as a youngster.

"I play the songs that I like and hope that the audience likes them too. No particular category or period, just songs that I like, but I have to confess; although the folk circuit has been so good to me I still don’t know any folk songs! I don’t have the memory capacity for all those verses!

"I also have a few self penned songs that I blend in with my play list.

"Priority is to keep it mostly ‘happy’ and not too intense, but with the occasional ‘sad’ song just to keep the light and shade."

Contact details for Chris

Chris Tobin email.