A Special Chamberpop Concert with Chris Stamey

ABOUT CHRIS STAMEY

Chris Stamey began writing and playing music in Winston-Salem, NC, in the mid 1960s. In 1976, he self-released Sneakers, one of the very first American “indie” records, then relocated to Manhattan to play and record with Alex Chilton.

He formed the dB’s in Manhattan in 1978, then recorded well-received solo records for A&M and Warners (and, later, for Yep Roc and Omnivore) and toured with Anton Fier’s Golden Palominos (with a cast that included Michael Stipe (R.E.M.), Jack Bruce (Cream) and Bernie Worrell).

 As a producer, arranger and mixer, he has worked with more than a hundred artists, including Alejandro Escovedo, the Kronos Quartet, Flat Duo Jets, Skylar Gudasz, Branford Marsalis, Ryan Adams, Tift Merritt, Le Tigre, Those Pretty Wrongs, The Salt Collective and Yo La Tengo.

From 2010-2018, Stamey was orchestrator and musical director for an international series of concert performances of Big Star’s classic album Third, alongside original Big Star member Jody Stephens, the Kinks’ Ray Davies, the Kronos Quartet, members of the Posies, R.E.M., Teenage Fanclub, Wilco and Yo La Tengo. His “songwriting memoir,” A Spy in the House of Loud (Univ. of Texas Press), was published in 2018.

His recent releases include The Great Escape, Lovesick Blues, Euphoria, and New Songs for the 20th Century. His new album, Anything Is Possible, features collaborations with the Lemon Twigs and members of Brian Wilson’s band and is slated for a July 11th release on Label 51.