Chris Duarte Interview - “I’ve DONE what I SET OUT TO DO”

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  • Опубліковано 6 тра 2023
  • On this Chris Duarte interview: Sobriety and surviving 3 divorces… how accidentally playing as a trio changed his career and his life, Being named one of the top 3 guitar players in Texas & how this changed the game for him, backstory to some of his greatest songs… Why “You gotta will those sounds out,” John Coltrane, “Never say die,” Best decision he ever made, and why he has nothing to prove to anyone, any more. Great, sincere convo!
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    Chris Duarte is an incredibly talented, passionate and quite versatile guitarist / singer / songwriter / artist.... with a very high level of musical awareness. He’s a phenomenal soloist who’s not afraid to inject jazz and unconventional blues fills into his music. Chris has released 14 LPs including his latest record that just dropped, Ain’t Giving Up.
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  • @EveryoneLovesGuitar
    @EveryoneLovesGuitar  Рік тому +5

    Thanks for listening! Subscribe & check out the rest of our interviews here: ua-cam.com/users/EveryoneLovesGuitar 🎶 💥 🎸

    • @pointuout2020
      @pointuout2020 Рік тому

      I’m tired of 6th street being all hip hop! We need rock & blues back asap! Love Duarte’s creativity!

  • @JavierTijuana
    @JavierTijuana 6 місяців тому +4

    I saw Chris at Antone's in Austin in 2018. I have followed him since Sugar Strat Magic but the experience of Chris Duarte live at full power is really astonishing. The energy, his music as a vibrational force he throws at the stage is overwhelming. I can't say enough about this man. Love his music and his last record is superb.

    • @EveryoneLovesGuitar
      @EveryoneLovesGuitar  6 місяців тому

      Thank you for listening @JavierTijuana! 🎉🔥😇 I feel the same way...

  • @BBQROCKSTAR178
    @BBQROCKSTAR178 Місяць тому +1

    I have been following Chris for about 21 years. I can tell you that he is one of the sweetest people you will ever meet. I believe it comes out in his lyrics as well as his guitar playing.

    • @EveryoneLovesGuitar
      @EveryoneLovesGuitar  Місяць тому +1

      Yes, I agree @BBQROCKSTAR178 - thanks for listening 💥 🎶 🎸 !

  • @jeffb.4889
    @jeffb.4889 Місяць тому +3

    Chris Duarte is an AWESOME guitarist!!!

    • @EveryoneLovesGuitar
      @EveryoneLovesGuitar  Місяць тому

      Yes, I agree @jeffb.4889 - thanks for listening 💥 🎶 🎸 !

  • @lakcunha7654
    @lakcunha7654 5 місяців тому +3

    His memory is impeccable, his regular fans such as me after seeing him at 16 with my dad remembered us by name after the first few times, now over 20 years later he makes us feel like part of his family. Not only does he make my jaw drop and my eyes go into a refusal to blink when he plays in front of your face , the best of all is his realness and kindness to people he meets. Literally one of my favorite person I've ever met

    • @EveryoneLovesGuitar
      @EveryoneLovesGuitar  5 місяців тому

      Yes, I agree @lakcunha7654 - thanks for listening 💥 🎶 🎸 ! Had the pleasure to meet Chris just a few weeks after we did this interview. Gracious, kind and friendly as anyone could be... enjoy your weekend

    • @lakcunha7654
      @lakcunha7654 5 місяців тому

      Thanks for doing this interview, he deserves it. His story needs to be told ❤ it's a shame his type of music isn't main stream, he's a legend but he feels happy to accomplish what he set out to do and made people happy, love that answer.

    • @chuckufarley5348
      @chuckufarley5348 3 місяці тому +1

      Impeccable is an understatement I first met chris as an 11 year old when he did an in-store performance at my dad's record store . I hadn't seen him for over 15 years and he recognized me on sight and came right up to me saying it was greate to see me again and gave me a hug . Chris is truly the kind of musician you wish all others were . I have met so many musicians that you'd think were cool people only to find out they were pricks . Chris is absolutely not one of them

  • @hipgnotist777
    @hipgnotist777 Місяць тому +2

    Love John Jordan. I'm still trying to replace my lost copy of Only One. I do hope Chris is still friendly with him.

  • @user-cs2cc7pc1m
    @user-cs2cc7pc1m 3 місяці тому +1

    Chris you got this we love you and I am pulling for you

  • @Kaidence
    @Kaidence 7 місяців тому +4

    Chris is one of the best guitar players ever.

  • @lakcunha7654
    @lakcunha7654 5 місяців тому +2

    When Chris had Buddy Guy hang his head in disbelief after he showed up over Buddy's solo in 5 long years should be in your top 3. I knew it 😁

  • @stratslinger3921
    @stratslinger3921 Рік тому +4

    Soo Underated! Chris channels guitar through him like SRV did!

  • @blackdotpatrick
    @blackdotpatrick 7 місяців тому +2

    Hearing the Texas Sugar album profoundly changed my life. Along with SRV Chris is my most important influence and inspiration. I'm so thankful to have his music in my life.

    • @EveryoneLovesGuitar
      @EveryoneLovesGuitar  7 місяців тому +1

      Yes, I agree @blackdotpatrick - thanks for listening 💥 🎶 🎸 !

    • @blackdotpatrick
      @blackdotpatrick 7 місяців тому +2

      @@EveryoneLovesGuitar Thank you for doing this interview. As big a fan as I am I haven't gotten to see much like this from Chris and I really enjoy it.

  • @TheAndypierson
    @TheAndypierson 7 місяців тому +2

    Chris is not only a great guitar player but a very good person. Mardi Gras in Galveston he invited me and my kids to the show, took time to introduce us to everyone backstage. He always remembers me at the shows. ❤

    • @EveryoneLovesGuitar
      @EveryoneLovesGuitar  7 місяців тому

      Yes, I agree @TheAndypierson - thanks for listening 💥 🎶 🎸 !

  • @srvcoldshot
    @srvcoldshot Місяць тому +1

    Been following Chris since the first album. Saw so many shows with John Jordan & Chris playing his Strat. Such great times. He was supposed to be the next SRV & he could’ve been. But his guitar knowledge is so much more than sticking with straight blues. Still going strong after all these years

    • @EveryoneLovesGuitar
      @EveryoneLovesGuitar  Місяць тому +1

      Glad you enjoyed the interview @srvcoldshot, and thanks for listening 💥 🎶 🎸 !

  • @johnjames1813
    @johnjames1813 Місяць тому +1

    Outstanding!!!! Been into Chris since his first album. He's the real deal.

    • @EveryoneLovesGuitar
      @EveryoneLovesGuitar  Місяць тому

      Yes, I agree @johnjames1813 - thanks for listening 💥 🎶 🎸 !

  • @billholland8531
    @billholland8531 Місяць тому +2

    Fantastic interview. Chris is an open book.

    • @EveryoneLovesGuitar
      @EveryoneLovesGuitar  Місяць тому +1

      Glad you enjoyed the interview @billholland8531, and thanks for listening 💥 🎶 🎸 !

  • @Utubewrk123
    @Utubewrk123 10 місяців тому +4

    Chris always loved to play Fenders. His 63. And his 2nd 63. Yet Fender gives out signature models to tik tok or Instagram players but skip over many great players like Chris, Indigenous’s Mato Nanji etc. I could go on a lot longer but I won’t.

    • @EveryoneLovesGuitar
      @EveryoneLovesGuitar  10 місяців тому

      Yes, I agree @RobbJ745 - thanks for listening 💥 🎶 🎸

  • @teetie192
    @teetie192 7 місяців тому +2

    Chris Duarte is great ......he need more Atention!!!

    • @EveryoneLovesGuitar
      @EveryoneLovesGuitar  7 місяців тому

      Yes, I agree @teetie192 - thanks for listening 💥 🎶 🎸 !

  • @user-cs2cc7pc1m
    @user-cs2cc7pc1m 3 місяці тому +1

    He sk sweet n precious as an individual ❤

    • @EveryoneLovesGuitar
      @EveryoneLovesGuitar  3 місяці тому

      Glad you enjoyed the interview @user-cs2cc7pc1m, and thanks for listening 💥 🎶 🎸 !

  • @gregmize01
    @gregmize01 Рік тому +3

    Amazing player and great showman!

  • @MamaBlackWidow
    @MamaBlackWidow Рік тому +2

    Just saw Chris in Smithville tonight. (7/1/23) Was an entire body massage. Thanks, Chris

  • @TREVORJB101
    @TREVORJB101 3 місяці тому +1

    Finally getting a chance to see Mr Daurte in May at the Token Lounge. I've been a fan for years and hoping to shake his hand..maybe some talent will rub off on me!

    • @EveryoneLovesGuitar
      @EveryoneLovesGuitar  3 місяці тому

      Thank you for listening @TREVORJB101! 🎉🔥😇 As a side note... we hung out for a bit when he was here in town, I shook his hand.... still only play like myself. Maybe you'll have better luck than I did!

  • @honestabe5331
    @honestabe5331 9 місяців тому +1

    Good the see Chris doing well. It’s always a treat when I get to play with him. Easily one of my favorite guitar players.

  • @admarhermans1
    @admarhermans1 Рік тому +3

    I did not know of his playing and work, I might be an ignorant European, 😄.
    But he’s such a nice and uplifting guy!
    I’ll be checking his music out.
    🖖

    • @EveryoneLovesGuitar
      @EveryoneLovesGuitar  Рік тому +1

      haha not at all... Chris hasn't gotten anywhere near the publicity or love he deserves, even here in the states. Thanks for listening and enjoy!

  • @Oenloveslife
    @Oenloveslife 6 місяців тому +2

    Chris is simply one of the most wonderful musicians/guitarists/sweet humans in the world! There is no one else like him, a totally unique and awesome player/human!!

    • @EveryoneLovesGuitar
      @EveryoneLovesGuitar  6 місяців тому +1

      Yes, I agree @Sapsuckerdude - thanks for listening 💥 🎶 🎸 !

  • @conorbuescher5755
    @conorbuescher5755 9 місяців тому +2

    I got to see Chris a few weeks ago in Portland, Oregon. It was so amazing to see him out here on the West Coast. A tremendous talent and a major force on the guitar.

    • @EveryoneLovesGuitar
      @EveryoneLovesGuitar  9 місяців тому

      Yes, I agree @conorbuescher5755 - thanks for listening 💥 🎶 🎸 !

  • @wrdyke
    @wrdyke 7 місяців тому +1

    I remember watching Chris at the black cat on 6th Street late 80s and it was a big inspiration for me as a young Texas guitar blues player.

    • @EveryoneLovesGuitar
      @EveryoneLovesGuitar  7 місяців тому

      Glad you enjoyed the interview @wrdyke, and thanks for listening 💥 🎶 🎸 !

  • @bobwhisenhunt7085
    @bobwhisenhunt7085 3 місяці тому +1

    Chris seems like a really cool cat to be around. Great musician.

    • @EveryoneLovesGuitar
      @EveryoneLovesGuitar  3 місяці тому

      Yes, I agree @bobwhisenhunt7085 - thanks for listening 💥 🎶 🎸 !

  • @brianbard3410
    @brianbard3410 Рік тому +3

    Chris got dumped like we all do.
    Rock on brpther.

  • @mymccmedia
    @mymccmedia 7 місяців тому +1

    Thanks for the Great interview. I have been a Duarte fan since the 90’s when I saw him first in Corpus Christi. Fortunate to see him regularly until he left Texas. I still have the rare tulip shirt.
    I really enjoyed the Gibson 335 period and Mysterious Quartet Helsinki. Curious, what happened to John after dropping out to work with Kinky Freeman’s campaign?

    • @EveryoneLovesGuitar
      @EveryoneLovesGuitar  7 місяців тому

      Glad you enjoyed the interview @mymccmedia, and thanks for listening 💥 🎶 🎸 !

  • @wrdyke
    @wrdyke 7 місяців тому +1

    I remember early in AA I told my sponsor I got this cuz my name is Will and I've got willpower I was laughed out of the building

    • @EveryoneLovesGuitar
      @EveryoneLovesGuitar  7 місяців тому

      Probably heard a lot more like that in the rooms I'm sure :-)

  • @livingestudiolivesessions5787
    @livingestudiolivesessions5787 6 місяців тому +1

    man you are such a good host, enyoed every minute!

    • @EveryoneLovesGuitar
      @EveryoneLovesGuitar  6 місяців тому +1

      Thanks for your kind words @livingestudiolivesessions5787 and glad you enjoyed this 👍🏻🎸♫

  • @billhewlett1214
    @billhewlett1214 10 місяців тому +1

    Love ya Chris great interview you’re a great friend and person

  • @DougBossi
    @DougBossi Рік тому +2

    Great interview! I saw Chris live lots of times in the early 90s in Austin… to me he’s the closest spirit to SRV… a true artist

    • @EveryoneLovesGuitar
      @EveryoneLovesGuitar  Рік тому

      Glad you enjoyed the interview Doug, and thanks for listening 💥 🎶 🎸 !

  • @ericcrowder4451
    @ericcrowder4451 8 місяців тому +1

    Chris plays with such emotion I was one of the people who asked him if he was alright...
    So glad he got clean and just kept blowing me away every time I saw him...I felt sorry for his guitar...
    There's not a cord on the guitar that isn't hit ...PURE ENERGY..OFF THE CHAIN...NEVER MISS HIM WHEN HE'S TOWN
    Doesn't get any better!

    • @ericcrowder4451
      @ericcrowder4451 8 місяців тому +1

      Great interview ..Thanks❤

    • @EveryoneLovesGuitar
      @EveryoneLovesGuitar  8 місяців тому

      Thanks for your kind words @ericcrowder4451 and glad you enjoyed this 👍🏻🎸♫ Saw Chris in concert a few weeks after we did this interview, he's amazing and a lovely guy! Thanks for listening Eric!

  • @Stratcatblues
    @Stratcatblues Рік тому +2

    This is sooooo good. Great interview with a great guy. Actually, I just saw Chris tear it up at the Dallas International Guitar Festival yesterday (5/7).

    • @EveryoneLovesGuitar
      @EveryoneLovesGuitar  Рік тому +1

      Thank you for listening Stratcatblues! 🎉🔥😇 He's coming down here in two weeks, I'm looking forward to it myself!

    • @Stratcatblues
      @Stratcatblues Рік тому

      @@EveryoneLovesGuitar Awesome man, enjoy!!

  • @GaryCainMusic
    @GaryCainMusic 10 місяців тому +1

    Chris is a legend! Hugely inspirational player - great interview

  • @jupitermoongauge4055
    @jupitermoongauge4055 Рік тому +3

    Great interview. Texas Sugar Strat Magic is one of my favourite albums, so many incredible numbers. After Stevie passed it kept that kind of "floor it" Texas blues alive and moving in an amazing funky direction direction. I've been listening to it regularly for almost 30 years now, and still trying to figure out how to play a lot of it. Chris is phenomenal and so inspiring. I've been gigging a version of his Big Legged Woman and a Tin Pan Alley/Shiloh concoction for years.
    This is a great UA-cam channel too.

    • @EveryoneLovesGuitar
      @EveryoneLovesGuitar  Рік тому

      Thanks for your kind words jupiter moongauge and glad you enjoyed this 👍🏻🎸♫

  • @punchdog9205
    @punchdog9205 5 місяців тому +1

    One of the loudest shows I ever witnessed. Gilly's Dayton, Ohio

    • @EveryoneLovesGuitar
      @EveryoneLovesGuitar  5 місяців тому

      That is cool @punchdog9205! Thanks for listening 💥🎶🔥

  • @pointuout2020
    @pointuout2020 Рік тому +2

    We need you back in Austin, Texas Duarte. He’s been down same road as Stevie, Jimmie Vaughan, and Doyle Bramhall ll! Bring the real music back to Austin, Duarte!

    • @ATX0705
      @ATX0705 8 місяців тому

      I thought he moved back to Austin?

  • @lakcunha7654
    @lakcunha7654 5 місяців тому +1

    He used to always do his mic checks reciting Shakespeare

  • @brianbard3410
    @brianbard3410 Рік тому +2

    Freddie and Albert kings the two other BLUE'S men that are just as satisfying as B.B. maby more beacaise they don't get as much commercial acclaim.

    • @EveryoneLovesGuitar
      @EveryoneLovesGuitar  Рік тому

      Freddie one of my top favorite players, love his tone and ferocity!

  • @Utubewrk123
    @Utubewrk123 10 місяців тому +1

    Don’t forget his dvd. Axploration.

  • @johndrake2729
    @johndrake2729 Рік тому +2

    Craig, you mentioned ACA. Has it worked for you? Can you tell me a bit about it? Thanks.

    • @EveryoneLovesGuitar
      @EveryoneLovesGuitar  Рік тому +1

      I found it incredibly helpful. Check out the workbook on amazon, that would be my advice - work a few of the steps and see how it goes. I think everyone has a different combinations of "solutions" for personal growth. It's never "only" one thing, but for me this one thing took me very far, John. All the best man...

    • @johndrake2729
      @johndrake2729 Рік тому

      Thanks, man.

  • @user-cs2cc7pc1m
    @user-cs2cc7pc1m 5 місяців тому +1

    Ieilfloveto contact Chris y.!I am Beaumont Brenda.Chris’s excellant musician he is very unique and such good music.see him at cactus moon Satelite lounge😂

  • @leedee4968
    @leedee4968 Місяць тому +1

    😊🎉

  • @brianbard3410
    @brianbard3410 Рік тому +2

    It's a lot of work doing a trio

  • @johnsutton9218
    @johnsutton9218 Рік тому +2

    Saw Chris back in the mid nineties in Greenville,S.C. at a outdoor concert. He tore it up. I've always been into the blues and he crushed it. Was wondering where he went. Great interview.

  • @user-cs2cc7pc1m
    @user-cs2cc7pc1m 5 місяців тому +1

    If I could hhave contact there’s

  • @allanmakela3011
    @allanmakela3011 7 місяців тому +1

    Not a huge fan,but he plays with conviction,don,t want to see any more SRV schict,or EVH tapping strategies,by dozens doing that into the dirt,my hats off to this dudes direction

  • @lakcunha7654
    @lakcunha7654 5 місяців тому +1

    He will change strings in the middle of a solo and you'd never notice

  • @drdanr
    @drdanr Рік тому +2

    So many great questions

    • @EveryoneLovesGuitar
      @EveryoneLovesGuitar  Рік тому

      Thanks for your kind words sacked lunch and glad you enjoyed this 👍🏻🎸♫

  • @pointuout2020
    @pointuout2020 Рік тому +1

    Duarte has gone down that path of Stevie, Jimmie Vaughan, Doyle Bramhall ll. Keep that head up Duarte and come back Austin and rip Austin another asshole.

  • @user-cs2cc7pc1m
    @user-cs2cc7pc1m 5 місяців тому +1

    Ask him if he remembers thewhitebbuffalo🦬 I’ve got pictures from way back I had to stop going because fell became paralyzed