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Chris Field is a United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 based rock and roll

Rock and roll

Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...

 singer/songwriter

Songwriter

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 and recording artist who was discovered by music producer Bob Rose while on tour with Julian Lennon

Julian Lennon

John Charles Julian Lennon is an English musician, songwriter, actor, and photographer. He is the son of John Lennon and Lennon's first wife, Cynthia Powell. Beatles manager Brian Epstein was his godfather. He has a younger half-brother, Sean Lennon. Lennon was named after his paternal...

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Before crossing the channel to pursue his musical career. Chris Field's early musical days were spent playing guitar in Vancouver, Canada in various Acid Rock

Acid rock

Acid rock is a form of psychedelic rock, which is characterized with long instrumental solos, few lyrics and musical improvisation. Tom Wolfe describes the LSD-influenced music of The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Pink Floyd, The Doors, Iron Butterfly, Big Brother & The Holding Company, Cream,...

 groups. Field's then moved to Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

, Canada and built a name for himself in the city as one of the wildest psychedelic guitar players on the Canadian music scene.

Chris Field was signed to FOD Records http://www.fodrecords.com in 2004 and recorded his debut at Rockfield Studios

Rockfield Studios

Rockfield Studios, near Monmouth in Wales and just outside the village of Rockfield, Monmouthshire are where many of British rock music’s most successful recordings have been made.-History:...

 in Wales

Wales

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 and Air Studios in London

London

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. Fields debut is titled Powis Square after the infamous west London block. The song "Only the Rich Survive" from Powis Square was written by Chris Field after spending a night drinking and talking politics with Hunter S. Thompson

Hunter S. Thompson

Hunter Stockton Thompson was an American journalist and author who wrote The Rum Diary , Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 .He is credited as the creator of Gonzo journalism, a style of reporting where reporters involve themselves in the action to...

 on the west coast of Canada. The video for the single "Make it Tonight" was filmed in London at Abbey Road Studios

Abbey Road Studios

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. Field rides a custom chopper in the video which was supplied to him by rock and roll tour manager Phil Kaufman."

Powis Square includes special guests Sam Brown, Blondie

Blondie (band)

Blondie is an American rock band, founded by singer Deborah Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. The band was a pioneer in the early American New Wave and punk scenes of the mid-1970s...

 bassist Nigel Harrison

Nigel Harrison

Nigel Harrison is an English musician, and best known as the bass player of the rock band Blondie....

 and Robert Plant

Robert Plant

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 guitarist Robbie Blunt

Robbie Blunt

Robbie Blunt is a rock guitarist who has worked with a variety of bands, most notably Robert Plant's in the 1980s. Since leaving Plant's band in the mid-1980s, Blunt has provided session work for a number of artists, such as Julian Lennon, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and Clannad.-w/ Robert...

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Chris Field has been cast by U.K director Tony Van Den Ende http://www.newsic.it/artisti/dett.php?id=643 to play the lead role in a film based on events in the life and times of psychedelic renegade Syd Barrett

Syd Barrett

Syd Barrett , born Roger Keith Barrett, was an English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and painter, best remembered as a founding member of the band Pink Floyd. He was the lead vocalist, guitarist and primary songwriter during the band's psychedelic years, providing major musical and stylistic...

. Preproduction started in spring 2009 in London

London

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. Chris field releases "Steel Tiger"http://chris-field.com summer 2011 on Warmgun Records http://chris-field.com.

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