Chris Volpe

San Francisco-based Americana artist is a self-taught
guitar virtuoso and skilled songwriter. In addition to
complex finger-picking styles akin to Leo Kottke and
Paul Simon , Volpe's lyrics are nothing short of poetry.
Witness an excerpt from "1849 Revisited": "For all
along the river banks there lives/A residue collected in
the weeds/It smells of tasteless regret: a faint glimpse/Of
hearts that sold the life they own to lease". Volpe has
also taught himself to play piano, banjo, bass and drums,

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