Charles Christopher "Chris" Duarte (born February 16 1963, San Antonio, Texas, USA) is an Atlanta-based guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. Duarte plays a rhythmic style of Texas blues-rock that draws on elements of jazz, blues, and rock 'n' roll. Background Duarte won a major label deal with Silvertone Records and released Texas Sugar/Strat Magik in 1994, and was named ?Best New Talent? in Guitar Player?s 1995 Reader's Poll. He finished fourth in the magazine?s ?Best Blues Guitarist? category behind Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy and B.B. King. Though Duarte has played a limited number of U.S. dates in recent years with the Japanese band Bluestone backing him, he performs primarily as a power trio, The Chris Duarte Group. Originally formed with long-time friend and collaborator John Jordan on bass, the latest incarnation features Joseph Patrick Moore on bass and Jeff Reilly on drums. Apart from his band, Duarte has performed as a sessio

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