Chris Whelton
Tsunami Artist: 2017 - Chris Whelton
Other Sponsors: Zemaitis Guitars, GHS Strings, Corona Amp Works, Pete’s Music, Ghost Electronics, Option5 Guitar Pedals, Ferguson’s Famous Oklahoma Style BBQ & Catering.
Favorite Equipment: 1979 Gibson Les Paul Custom, 1963 Fender Concert amplifier, Tsunami “bulletproof blue” cables, Ghost and Option5 effect pedals, GHS “10’s” string set.
Why I use Tsunami: Keith makes beautiful cable sets for famous artists with exotic wood connectors. I told him I can’t use those. We are a working bar band that abuse our equipment weekend after weekend. I need cables that are “bulletproof”, that never break, that never kink or stretch, that are a nice bright color so I can see them on my stage and not trip on them in the dark, that coil by themselves. Thats how the Bulletproof Blue cables came about. They are they best money a working guitarist can spend on their rig. I also us Tsunami connector cables on my whole pedal board. They completely clean up your sound and tone.
Most Over-rated band: The Beatles
Most Under-rated band: Gin Blossoms
Greatest Unknown Musician You’ve Ever Seen: guitarist Gino Matteo
First Concert: Bonnie Raitt/ J. Giles Band 1976
Worst Concert: Ozzie Osborn, 1981
Last Concert: Brad Paisley, Staples Center 2018
Favorite Quote: "Playing music on a stage is living, everything else is waiting".
Current band: The Barstow Prophets
Genre’: Blues/rock
Instruments: Lead guitar & vocals
Musical Influences: Allman Brothers, SRV, Delbert McClinton, Eric Clapton, Joe Bonamassa, Sheryl Crowe, Black Crows,
Bandography: The Chris Whelton Band 1985 - 1987
Judge Whelton & The Convicts 1995 -1998
The Forty Nineteens 2008 - 2014
The Barstow Prophets 2013 - current
Discography: Red Barn (1996)
End Of The Road (1998)
No Expiration Date (2010)
Spin It (2012)
Well, If I’d Known She Was Your Sister…(2015)
Just American Music (2016)
The Family Business (2017)
