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Watching The Blue Four perform can transport the
listener back to the heyday of Chicago blues. Led by guitarist Chris James and bassist Patrick Rynn,
the group is comprised of four seasoned professionals with well over a half century of combined blues
playing experience. They've paid their dues in the smoky Chicago blues joints and toured coast to coast
across North America, Europe and Japan, as well as the Hawaiian islands, playing countless blues festivals,
club dates and television appearances. [...]
Chris James has paid his dues - and then some -
over the course of his quarter century in professional music. A self-taught musician born in
Fayetteville, North Carolina, Chris has spent his life studying
and immersing himself in all aspects of music - theory, harmony, composition, and arrangement, all of
which he's used to bolster his own interpretation of the blues. [...]