Dudley, Chris & The Tall Tree Band Black Dogs & Roughcuts CD

A Brief Bio of the Peripatetic wanderings of Chris Dudley Born August 27, 1968 at the Army hospital at White Sands Missle RangeIn Dona Ana County, New Mexico, Home of Fat Man, Little Boy and Chris Dudley.His mom, Constance McKay Hicks, now Santana, moved to the Big Island ofHawaii in 1972 when Chris was four. Chris' weening and teening were donebetween New Mexico and Hawaii.On his fifth birthday he received an ukulele, eventually moving to guitarin his early 20s. Chris has also played the harmonica since he was a childbut a rodeo accident in February of 2004 left his face partially paralyzed,effectively ending his harmonica abilities as well as nearly ending his life.As it is quite long, a complete list of post high school state moves islisted below. It would seem Mr. Dudley has been searching for something.Chris Dudley attended the University of New Mexico, receiving a B.A.in History and Philosophy in 1993. During his college years Dudley playedrugby--voted Captain in 92-93, roadraced motorcycles, winning an AmateurChampionship title in 1990 and going pro for a brief period in 1991.Chris worked thrughout his college career in the service industry. Mostimportantly he bartended at a newly reopened Sunshine Theater where he sawArlo Guthrie, Yellowman and George Clinton perform among others.Chris also worked horses, a love of his since childhood, as a groom andeventually as a farrier--the work he does to this day to pay the bills.In 1996, finding himself in Santa Cruz, California, Chris took a job as areporter for a small weekly newspaper. He eventually worked as a freelancefor the daily Honolulu Star-Bulletin, writing sports and adventure stories.Chris especially loved the adventure stories where he got to do an activityand then write about it. He went Kite surfing, ballroom dancing, he evenboxed and "tested" Margaritas and played chess in Waikiki.Chris was also very active in the rodeo community, riding bulls and bronces(rather poorly) and then working as a rodeo clown. He was critically injuredin a rodeo accident in February of 2004. He spent several days in aninduced coma and then six months recovering. Chris had to relearn allof his songs. Some still come to him suddenly, over two years afterthe accident. A bullriding story Chris wrote for the Star-Bulletin was honored in the 1992Best American Sports Writing book.Chris is an avid homebrewer, surfer, fisherman, outdoorsman, writer, poet andmusician. He's been in barroom brawls --retired-- and volunteered athomeless shelters and worked with at risk youth in camps and group homes.He currently lives in a barn in Corrales, New Mexico, trading a couple ofconverted stalls for horseshoeing. It's a castle to the man who oncelived and worked out of a 1988 Nissan Sentra.He jokes that he deserved every whack. From his wealth of experience comeshis music and his easy going attitude.An incomplete list of moves after high school:1986, attended UNM, Albuquerque, NM1988, moved to Tempe, AZ1989, back to Albuquerque1990, June, moved to Boulder, CO1990, August, back to Albuquerque.1993, June, completed BS History and Philosophy, UNM, moved to Lexington, KY1993, December, moved to Kona, HI1994, May, moved to Lexington, KY1994, September, moved to Albuquerque1994, December, moved back to Kona, HI1995, August, moved to Santa Cruz, CA1997, January, moved to Berkeley, CA1997, November, moved to Kona, HI1998, August, moved to Honolulu, HI2001, June, moved to Albuquerque, NM2001, November, Lexington, KY2002, January, Albuquerque, NM2002, September, Honolulu, HI2003, September, Albuquerque, NM2004, February, Honolulu, HI2004, May, Kona, HI2004, September, Albuquerque, NM