Chris Anton

Guitarist Chris Anton grew up in Western Massachusetts where he first picked up a guitar at the age of 18. He heard a good friend playing something on an acoustic guitar one day, interrupted him, and said “you have to show me that!” After that day, Anton was hooked, and immediately started studying Jazz theory, performance, and gigging with bands all over New England. In 1999, he packed his car with his guitar & amp and a couple bags of things and drove west to Colorado, where he immediately set out to meet musicians and dig into the Colorado music scene. Through the early 2000’s, Anton toured the US with several different bands based out of the Denver area, often playing upwards of 200+ shows per year from California to Chicago to Boston and everywhere in between in a variety of styles including jazz, rock, live electronica, and even some experimental live looping and improvisation projects. He fulfilled a personal musical dream in 2008, when he performed on the main stage at Red Rocks for the Monolith Festival, and currently also plays with roots rock band SoundRabbit, as well as several other Denver-area bands and performers. Anton’s jazz credentials come through in his playing, sometimes evoking the melody and luminance of a John Scofield solo, but with the driving groove of a Jimmy Johnson session at Muscle Shoals.